Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

By Petey MesquiteySociety & Culture Education

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey episodes

June 30, 2020 Plants, Fires and Starting Over
The Bighorn Fire in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, AZ. started on June 5th of 2020 and as I sit…
6 min
June 23, 2020 Soaptree Yucca and its Beautiful Moth
The miller moths that showed up at our little homestead are the adult of the army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris) and…
6 min
June 16, 2020 Tracking with Petey
Isn’t it wonderful to live in a region where clouds and humidity and rain are so celebrated? You can identify…
5 min
June 09, 2020 Butterfly, Grasshopper and Beetle
Every time I pull a reference book or field guide off the shelf to read about a recently seen insect…
6 min
June 03, 2020 Madrones in the Woodlands
These day trips of ours into the hills are so renewing. The particular canyon that I talking about is very…
6 min
May 27, 2020 In the Uplands
I could have jabbered on forever (you probably noticed) and still not have mentioned all the wonderful things happening now…
6 min
May 20, 2020 Petey Camps with Desert Bighorns
The desert bighorn is found in the arid regions of the western and southwestern US and across the border in…
5 min
May 13, 2020 Spectacle Pod
Searching our pantry and chest freezer has been quite an adventure. We’ve even found some unlabeled items in the freezer.…
6 min
May 05, 2020 Getting Out
We have always tried to get out to hike and picnic in wild places around us here in Cochise County,…
5 min
April 28, 2020 Marah gilensis
There are several species of Marah found in the western US, but only M. gilensis in Arizona. I call it…
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…