Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

On cloudy mornings Petey likes to trot across the grassland. Or is that the lala land? Cloudy monsoon mornings are…

Eating and sharing homegrown food seems to be a spiritual event for Petey. Amen! There is nothing better than homegrown…

Petey can’t get to the mountains, but the mountains come to him. Lucky dude. Monarda menthaefolia or bee balm…

Petey fights the blues with a walk among plant friends. Weirdo. Bumelia is one of those plants that seems…

“A muggy monsoon mosey in the Mule Mountains.” Whoa Petey, you are the king of alliteration! Cnidosculous angustidens or Mala…

Petey blames Jack Kerouac for his life in the borderlands of southeastern Arizona. Let’s listen.

Well, sometimes a book sends you on a journey beyond its pages. My journey had me leaving Kentucky and ending up in Arizona and staying. But all along, it has always been about music, plants and animals. I’m a lucky guy.

Petey waxes poetic about life and finally describes a native Lotus. Let’s listen. Lotus greenei is truly a beautiful wildflower…

Petey reveals the results of eating a little too much ground flax seed. Maybe a little too much information, Petey.…

Petey may be turning his skin into a field guide. A Peteyson  Field Guide?! Oh dear. Curve billed thrashers,…

Petey feels the need to jabber about three different wildflowers. This better be interesting. We did not have good winter…