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My morning ditties are not nearly as amazing as the song of a curved bill thrasher, but they help me begin the day.
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:23
There are a dozen species of Melampodium and I wonder which one Linnaeus was looking at when he honored Melampus with the genus name. And I wonder...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:28
It's true that every year I jump and shout about the fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and I proclaim that there should be a fe...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:19
Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of blooming plants and plants with leaves changing color as they prepare to go dormant. ...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 05:03
The botanical name for jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and for clammy weed it’s Polanisia dodecandra. I translate those very cool names in th...
- Added: Nov 16, 2022
- Length: 04:00
- Added: Nov 15, 2022
- Length: 05:00
Did you know that home gardeners have a critical role in helping to conserve the biodiversity of crops, which is crucial in combatting climate chan...
Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Nov 10, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
I have two huge trees in my yard and they dump a lot of leaves. Sometimes I wonder, what would happen if I just let those piles of leaves stay on ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2022
- Length: 03:17
- Purchases: 2
When a loved one passes away, we often just have two choices- burial or cremation. But there’s a new option in some states that claims to use less ...
Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Oct 05, 2022
- Length: 03:47
- Purchases: 3
Did you know that Monsanto knew PCBs were harmful to public health, but continued to profit from their sale? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Regist...
Bought by KVNF and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Sep 22, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
If you love the taste of homegrown midwest tomatoes, now is your chance to learn how to capture that goodness to enjoy all winter long.
- Added: Sep 08, 2022
- Length: 54:00
This episode is a reminiscence sparked by some photos taken over 60 years ago. I’m pretty sure my father took the photos, because I can’t remember ...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:42
The photos are mine of the Mirabilis longiflora flowers and Manduca sexta, the Carolina sphinx moth and tobacco hornworm. Note the seven streamline...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:21
Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are wonderful and lots of folks agree. The little town of Bisbee in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona ...
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 04:29
Today, we’re digging into urban agriculture. Would it be possible to get all of our food from local farms?
Bought by Raven Radio, KICI Iowa City, and WRFA-LP
- Added: Aug 07, 2022
- Length: 03:38
- Purchases: 3
San Miguelito (Antigonon leptopus) is quite the Mexican native plant. I read that it’s found in habitat not only in Sonora and Chihuahua and southw...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 05:08
The act of composting ensures that food scraps and green waste are never wasted, but returned to enrich the soil. It sequesters carbon, and helps t...
- Added: Jul 11, 2022
- Length: 58:00
Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency, our government agency that reviews and licenses pesticides relies almost exclusively on manu...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jun 30, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
I pursued the Mexican stoneroller ( Campostoma ornatum) for a few minutes trying to get a photo or two before deciding to quit harassing the fish i...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 04:19
What is the role of community in the life of a farm? How do farmers strike a work/life balance? Explore these questions and more on this special ep...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 54:00
Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that one third of all food in the U.S. goes uneaten and in 2018, about 81 percent, ...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jun 02, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Did you know that the American food supply is increasingly contaminated with the herbicide glyphosate? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered d...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: May 26, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
I forgot to say that false solomon’s seal was formerly in the family Liliaceae, but is now in Asparagaceae. There are 2 subspecies of Maianthemum r...
- Added: May 24, 2022
- Length: 04:09
The genus Artemisia is in the sunflower family Asteraceae and there are over 200 species found around the world in the northern hemisphere. Well, t...
- Added: May 19, 2022
- Length: 05:05
I started my nursery/horticulture career in the spring of 1980 at Desert Trees Nursery northwest of Tucson. It was and still is a wholesale nursery...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:16
