Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

By Petey MesquiteySociety & Culture Education

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey episodes

November 25, 2019 Mearns Quail and Mexican Blue Oaks
The scientific name for Mearns quail is Cyrtonyx montezumae. The genus refers to its big claws for scratching around in…
5 min
November 19, 2019 Brickellia floribunda
I can’t believe I almost let November go by without at least mentioning desert broom (Baccahris sarothroides). It is the…
5 min
November 13, 2019 Petey in His Biome
It’s nice to have a yard full of native plants. Most of the time I have an idea what and…
5 min
November 05, 2019 Asteraceae in the Chihuahuan Desert
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name…
6 min
October 29, 2019 Phlox in the Hills
I like the way the family name Polemoniaceae just rolls off the tongue. What a delicious word to say. Oh,…
6 min
October 28, 2019 This Week in Blues History #31 – October 28-November 3
“This Week in Blues History” aims the spotlight on important recordings, artists, and events from the golden era of the blues. This time we profile Professor Longhair, who first recorded a beloved Mardi Gras classic, this week in 1949.
4 min
October 23, 2019 Winterfat
I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus…
6 min
October 18, 2019 Boucher to Bright Angel Day 5 – Salt Creek
Salt Creek
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5 min
October 18, 2019 Fall in the Borderlands
The photos are mine and of the plant Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum. It sure is nice to have some white flowers mixed…
6 min
October 09, 2019 MaLin the Hen and Salvia too
Salvia officinalis is known as cooking sage or garden sage. It is a sage and I say that because folks…
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…