Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

By Petey MesquiteySociety & Culture Education

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey episodes

July 22, 2023 Mountain Nine Bark
I meant to talk more about the leaves of Physocarpus monogynus. They resemble the leaves of a currant or a…
5 min
July 18, 2023 Joyous Monsoon Season
Here’s to a glorious monsoon season! The photo is mine and taken at our home.
4 min
July 11, 2023 Amphibians and Reptiles, Oh My!
This episode of Growing Native is a rambling reminiscence about amphibians and reptiles. With the monsoon starting up here in…
5 min
July 01, 2023 Arizona Rosewood
The botanical name for Arizona rosewood is Vauquelinia californica. The species name californica means of California, but it’s not found…
5 min
June 27, 2023 Apache Plume
In the borderlands look for Apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa) between 3,500 ft. and 7,000 ft. on rocky slopes, out in…
5 min
June 19, 2023 Pale Wolfberry
June is the season of soaptree yuccas blooming and at our little homestead and all along the borderlands there are…
5 min
June 10, 2023 A Big Yellow Sign and The Same Old Things
This was going to be an episode about thread leaf groundsel, (Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus), a common southwestern shrub and…
5 min
June 05, 2023 Crimson Sage
Well, a few things: The first time I saw and identified crimson sage (Salvia henryi) was years ago just outside…
5 min
May 28, 2023 Penstemons!
Folks love to purchase blooming penstemons in the spring. I mean, who can resist the floriferous panicles of all the…
5 min
May 23, 2023 The Cliff Chipmunk and My Continuing Education
Mammalogy was one of my favorite courses back in my college days. It was 1968 (early Anthropocene) and there were…
5 min

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Petey Mesquitey is KXCI’s resident storyteller. Every week since the spring of 1992 Petey has delighted KXCI listeners with slide shows and poems, stories and songs about flora, fauna, and family and…