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Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is very common around out little homestead. There are thickets of it all along the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. It ...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 11:28
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
Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:10
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:42
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
I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more about jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) other than what you hear in this show, except that it is now in its own ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:20
Well, the getting out of the growing business thing is not going well at all and I’ve had to come to grips with the fact that that I still need to ...
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- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 05:15
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The scientific name for jaguar is Panthera onca and these large wild felines range from Sonora, Mexico down to portions of central and South Americ...
- Added: Oct 19, 2017
- Length: 02:23
It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:02
I think I revealed most of my chicken history in this show.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:45
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
The green dodo (Dodoneaea viscosa var. angustifolia) was a very common landscape plant around Tucson back when I first started working in a wholesa...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:18
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...
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- Added: Jun 29, 2017
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Arizona poppy, Mexican poppy and summer poppy are some of the common names for the beautiful annual wildflower Kallstroemia grandiflora.
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 04:56
Come Springtime, Thank Phytochromes
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Autumn is the season of migration for many avian species and in the borderlands of southern Arizona hummingbirds are passing through, sparrows are ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 10:30
Here's a little song in honor of the Springtime planting season ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2016
- Length: 01:40
With a growing population and the cost of living on the rise, RadioActive reporters Julia Furukawa and Jack Paradise take a look into the world of...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 11:49
Hosts Kamna Shastri and Meron Fikru share their personal stories. Kamna speaks about the park from her childhood, and Meron talks about the busines...
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- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 10:46
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Chocolate-dipped strawberries start Keano Martinez and Molly Anderson on a path to find out why local fruits and veggies taste better. Along the wa...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 07:43
THIS WEEK: Splitting the Clapper Rail; bird feeding help for condo owners; a swimming songbird; and, are you out there, Saskatchewan?
- Added: Aug 15, 2014
- Length: 30:00
THIS WEEK: Is it a bird…or a cowboy boot? Help is on the way for the Wood Thrush, but will it arrive in time? And we answer a listener's question a...
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 30:00
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti goes to "bee school" to learn what's new in the 4,000 year old hobby of beekeeping.
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 21:46
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Believe it or not, there was a time not so long ago when young people played outside. While most suburban families had their share of Frisbees, foo...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 08:43
