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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
A morning or two after I recorded this show I heard a scaled quail calling, so now I have both species calling starting at dawn and then off and on...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:20
Velvet mesquite is the predominate native mesquite of southern Arizona. If you go west toward California, you will start running into western honey...
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 05:18
It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
It is nice to have a yard full of native plants. Most of the time I have an idea what and where I want to plant things, but I confess to sometimes ...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2017
- Length: 04:48
- Purchases: 1
Hmm, I sure talk about a lot of things in this show, but fall does this to me and it is the season of seasons that it has just begun. So the monsoo...
- Added: Sep 20, 2017
- Length: 04:55
I like the title Wild Lettuce for this show. It seems incongruous, as in wild and lettuce don’t seem to go together.
- Added: Sep 20, 2017
- Length: 05:11
The common name of chocolate flower refers to the surprising morning fragrance of the flower.
- Added: May 10, 2017
- Length: 05:47
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
In southeastern Arizona Datura wrightii is the preferred source of nectar for the moth Manduca sexta and you may also notice that the caterpillar, ...
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 05:22
I suspect I talk about point-leaf manzantia (Arctostaphylos pungens) every February, as it is the time of year when I’m feeling florally deprived a...
- Added: Mar 16, 2017
- Length: 05:08
March 11, 2017 Inca doves are found all along the borderlands and southward into Mexico. The common name should probably be Aztec dove, as the Inca...
- Added: Mar 16, 2017
- Length: 05:26
Petey loves Platanus wrightii and daydreams of streets lined in huge unruly sycamores. He’s a dreamer.
Of course sycamores in the wild are magnifi...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 04:53
Natural Artificial Flowers
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Jan 24, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Off the usual money stuff, but hilarious. The economics of a weird cactus described only as Host Marc can. A must hear classic but not much about m...
- Added: Aug 20, 2016
- Length: 03:30
Today's show features a profile of Seattle Youth Garden Works.
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 10:22
Made in the Transom traveling workshop:
Welding large metal structures takes its toll on an aging sculptor. What's an artist's retirement plan?
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 03:59
Julie Sabatier tells the story of her worm composting bin that turned out to be a stinky, DIY disaster.
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- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 09:52
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious visits with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, ho...
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Farmers and gardeners alike are beset by gophers. There may be more than one way to skin a cat but for gophers, Greg is the guy.
- Added: May 02, 2009
- Length: 10:06
An update -- with a twist -- on ecologically-friendly lawn care. (18m35s)
Bought by KVMR and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Jan 19, 2009
- Length: 18:35
- Purchases: 2
Backyard chicken farmers give a guided tour of their coops.
Bought by WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 06, 2008
- Length: 05:35
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Jul 03, 2008
- Length: 06:01
New York City has outlawed the practice of beekeeping, but local honey is in high demand. What's an apiarist to do? Keep hives on the sly, of cou...
Bought by WBEZ, The Nature Podcast, WFUV, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 01, 2006
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 4