Robin Recommends Oct 8, 2009
3 One of Southern Arizona's most scenic gems is Mount Lemmon. It's a great place to hike, bike, picnic and enjoy the spectacular views during spring summer and fall. (AZCentral -- Travel)
October is a good planting month in our area Oct 3, 2009
Among such perennials are: Baja fairy duster, blackfoot daisy, globe mallow, goldeneye, jojoba, Mount Lemmon marigold, deer grass, desert spoon, moss verbena, Santa Rita prickly pear, and the many salvias. For larger shrubs that can also create privacy, there are hopbush, privet, Texas mountain laurel, Arizona rosewood, woolly butterfly bush, or the fragile-looking sweet-scented aloysia. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Watered and wild, a grand little canyon Aug 23, 2009
Cherry Valley Ranch B & B 2505 East Mount Lemmon Road 520-896-9639. Charming rooms and gorgeous views. (Boston Globe)
GV Gardeners: Making scents of the garden Jul 26, 2009
A small native shrub with strongly scented leaves is the Mount Lemmon marigold (Tagetes lemmonii) ... To get fragrance from both the flowers and the foliage, select from Chaparral sage, Mexican tarragon, Mount Lemmon marigold, myrtle, or desert lavender. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Rose Canyon campground open on Mt. Lemmon Jul 21, 2009
The Rose Canyon campground on Mount Lemmon opened for the summer season on April 15, and all of the other public campgrounds and picnic areas on the mountain will be open by the first week of May. Spencer Canyon campground, Showers Point and the Marshall Gulch picnic area will all open on Friday, April 25, while Whitetail group campground will open on Thursday, May 2. (FOX 11, AZ)
Asteroid sheds light on dawning of solar system Mar 27, 2009
The asteroid itself was detected by the Catalina Sky Survey Telescope atop Mount Lemmon, north of Tucson. The instrument is one of three telescopes worldwide designed to find and track "near-Earth objects" of all sizes that appear on course to approach or actually hit the Earth. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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A telescopic observer atop Mount Lemmon, Arizona, discovered this incoming chunk of rock on October 6th, and it slammed into the atmosphere over northern Sudan just 19 hours later. Since the 1970s astronomers have tracked down thousands of asteroids that might someday strike Earth this is the first discovery that actually did. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Scientists track an asteroid and match its remnants Mar 26, 2009
The asteroid was spotted on Oct. 5 at an observatory on Mount Lemmon in Arizona, by Richard Kowalski. He noticed a white dot moving on his computer screen and sent the coordinates to the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Winter Storm brings snow to Mount Lemmon Feb 9, 2009
This weekend's weather made for a great escape to Mount Lemmon. Those with 4-wheel drive or chains were allowed to go up the mountain to play in the snow. (KOLD.com, AZ)
