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Pesticides are harmful. In Vergenoedg, farmers are using ducks as natural and amusing pest control.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
Since producing this episode of Growing Native we have encountered Jatropha macrorhiza a couple more times. A recent sighting was over near the New...
- Added: Aug 08, 2020
- Length: 05:17
I think that the common name of orange sneezeweed may be a bit misleading. The flowers we saw and photographed were more on the yellow side, but th...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 05:18
What is it about sycamore trees? When I mention a sycamore or show a photo of one to someone, invariably they declare their love of the tree. Well,...
- Added: Mar 17, 2020
- Length: 04:55
I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as they are the gateway...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 05:10
- Added: Mar 18, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:16
Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go. The current and correct name for ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:13
Desert Rosemallow is the official common name I think, though I see it called Coulter’s Hibiscus as well.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:34
Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:56
When bee season in New York City begins in early spring, that means retired police detective (and unofficial NYPD beekeeper) Anthony “Tony Bees” Pl...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 1
It's called the Looplore Experiment and it's partially funded through Kickstarter donations. This weekend-long "camp" revolves around arts and craf...
Bought by Boise State Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 06:59
- Purchases: 2
It’s a tradition on Valentine’s Day to give flowers to the person you love, and then they love you more, right?
Bought by WITF
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 02:07
- Purchases: 1
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.
- Added: May 02, 2011
- Length: 09:42
Visitors to Jane Austen's museum are scattering cremains. Administrators there disapprove. So does Ian.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 02:05
