Succulents and More™

Everybody has a different concept of “remote.” For most people, it simply means away from the built environment or the services they're used to. Others don't stop there; they keep going until they're really  away from it all.  Jan Emming falls in the latter group. Over the last 20+ years, he's turned a 40-acre parcel in northwestern Arizona into what he calls Destination: Forever Ranch , a sustainable-living homestead and desert botanical garden. If I had to describe Jan, I'd be hard pressed to come up with something short and simple. “Renaissance man,” as overused as that term is, comes to mind. With a degree in biology from Colorado State University, Jan is an astute observer of the natural world. He knows as much about animals as he does about plants, and he shares his daily discoveries on Facebook . Jan is a brilliant writer, and his personal website  contains a wealth of articles on a wide range of topics, including pieces about his travels. I'd visited Jan...