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                <itunes:subtitle>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 the glory of living in southern Arizona.</itunes:subtitle>
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                    <![CDATA[Magical Monsoon Moisture]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[The photo is mine and taken from our place looking west toward the Dragoons. I call the photo, “Come to Poppa.”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The photo is mine and taken from our place looking west toward the Dragoons. I call the photo, “Come to Poppa.”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Magical Monsoon Moisture]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The photo is mine and taken from our place looking west toward the Dragoons. I call the photo, “Come to Poppa.”]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The photo is mine and taken from our place looking west toward the Dragoons. I call the photo, “Come to Poppa.”]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:26</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Mexican Hog-Nosed Snake]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[I first learned this snake as the western hog-nosed snake (Heterodon nasicus). It’s now called the Mexican hog-nosed snake (H. kennerlyi). And this is neat, well at least for me; a snake of my Kentucky youth was the eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos). It has all the same crazy wonderful behavior as our borderlands species. Back in those olden days I remember folks called it puff adder or puffing adder, among other colloquial names based on its defensive behavior. Now you know. The photos are mine. Those are Marian’s hands doing what she has been doing for about 48 years…holding snakes…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I first learned this snake as the western hog-nosed snake (Heterodon nasicus). It’s now called the Mexican hog-nosed snake (H. kennerlyi). And this is neat, well at least for me; a snake of my Kentucky youth was the eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos). It has all the same crazy wonderful behavior as our borderlands species. Back in those olden days I remember folks called it puff adder or puffing adder, among other colloquial names based on its defensive behavior. Now you know. The photos are mine. Those are Marian’s hands doing what she has been doing for about 48 years…holding snakes…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Mexican Hog-Nosed Snake]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I first learned this snake as the western hog-nosed snake (Heterodon nasicus). It’s now called the Mexican hog-nosed snake (H. kennerlyi). And this is neat, well at least for me; a snake of my Kentucky youth was the eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos). It has all the same crazy wonderful behavior as our borderlands species. Back in those olden days I remember folks called it puff adder or puffing adder, among other colloquial names based on its defensive behavior. Now you know. The photos are mine. Those are Marian’s hands doing what she has been doing for about 48 years…holding snakes…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I first learned this snake as the western hog-nosed snake (Heterodon nasicus). It’s now called the Mexican hog-nosed snake (H. kennerlyi). And this is neat, well at least for me; a snake of my Kentucky youth was the eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos). It has all the same crazy wonderful behavior as our borderlands species. Back in those olden days I remember folks called it puff adder or puffing adder, among other colloquial names based on its defensive behavior. Now you know. The photos are mine. Those are Marian’s hands doing what she has been doing for about 48 years…holding snakes…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:15</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What's Going On Quest]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[Spotting Wyoming paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) with those bright red inflorescences out on that gravelly plain in a thicket of Apache plume was so cool.  Our “what’s going on quest” was a success. Paintbrush is what’s going on! The photos are mine. Do you see the beaks? Pretty cool.      ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Spotting Wyoming paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) with those bright red inflorescences out on that gravelly plain in a thicket of Apache plume was so cool.  Our “what’s going on quest” was a success. Paintbrush is what’s going on! The photos are mine. Do you see the beaks? Pretty cool.      ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[What's Going On Quest]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Spotting Wyoming paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) with those bright red inflorescences out on that gravelly plain in a thicket of Apache plume was so cool.  Our “what’s going on quest” was a success. Paintbrush is what’s going on! The photos are mine. Do you see the beaks? Pretty cool.      ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Spotting Wyoming paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) with those bright red inflorescences out on that gravelly plain in a thicket of Apache plume was so cool.  Our “what’s going on quest” was a success. Paintbrush is what’s going on! The photos are mine. Do you see the beaks? Pretty cool.      ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Burs in My Flip Flops and I Don't Care.]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                                            <![CDATA[The distinctive odor of canyon ragweed (Ambrosia ambrosioides) is so Sonoran Desert. Hey, burs in your flip flops is a very Sonoran Desert thing too and some of those burs could be from kissing cousin Ambrosia deltoidea. Oh, I forgot to mention that canyon ragweed has medicinal uses, so you may want to look up its uses. So Sonoran Desert! And the plant list that I was perusing and enjoying was for the Dunbar Springs Neighborhood in Tucson. The inclusion of canyon ragweed on the list made me want to move to that neighborhood. I like the drawing of canyon…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The distinctive odor of canyon ragweed (Ambrosia ambrosioides) is so Sonoran Desert. Hey, burs in your flip flops is a very Sonoran Desert thing too and some of those burs could be from kissing cousin Ambrosia deltoidea. Oh, I forgot to mention that canyon ragweed has medicinal uses, so you may want to look up its uses. So Sonoran Desert! And the plant list that I was perusing and enjoying was for the Dunbar Springs Neighborhood in Tucson. The inclusion of canyon ragweed on the list made me want to move to that neighborhood. I like the drawing of canyon…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Burs in My Flip Flops and I Don't Care.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The distinctive odor of canyon ragweed (Ambrosia ambrosioides) is so Sonoran Desert. Hey, burs in your flip flops is a very Sonoran Desert thing too and some of those burs could be from kissing cousin Ambrosia deltoidea. Oh, I forgot to mention that canyon ragweed has medicinal uses, so you may want to look up its uses. So Sonoran Desert! And the plant list that I was perusing and enjoying was for the Dunbar Springs Neighborhood in Tucson. The inclusion of canyon ragweed on the list made me want to move to that neighborhood. I like the drawing of canyon…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The distinctive odor of canyon ragweed (Ambrosia ambrosioides) is so Sonoran Desert. Hey, burs in your flip flops is a very Sonoran Desert thing too and some of those burs could be from kissing cousin Ambrosia deltoidea. Oh, I forgot to mention that canyon ragweed has medicinal uses, so you may want to look up its uses. So Sonoran Desert! And the plant list that I was perusing and enjoying was for the Dunbar Springs Neighborhood in Tucson. The inclusion of canyon ragweed on the list made me want to move to that neighborhood. I like the drawing of canyon…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:06</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Amphibians and Reptiles, Oh My!]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[This episode of Growing Native is a rambling reminiscence about amphibians and reptiles. With the monsoon starting up here in the borderlands I think we’re going to be seeing some of those. Yay! The photos are mine. That’s a pile of wonderful field guides. I love the old 1966 Peterson Field by Robert Stebbins. The western duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the 1970s Tucson band The Dusty Chaps. And the boy and girl catching tadpoles, well, that’s me and my friend Cricky (Lucretia) back in those wonderful days.  ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This episode of Growing Native is a rambling reminiscence about amphibians and reptiles. With the monsoon starting up here in the borderlands I think we’re going to be seeing some of those. Yay! The photos are mine. That’s a pile of wonderful field guides. I love the old 1966 Peterson Field by Robert Stebbins. The western duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the 1970s Tucson band The Dusty Chaps. And the boy and girl catching tadpoles, well, that’s me and my friend Cricky (Lucretia) back in those wonderful days.  ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Amphibians and Reptiles, Oh My!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This episode of Growing Native is a rambling reminiscence about amphibians and reptiles. With the monsoon starting up here in the borderlands I think we’re going to be seeing some of those. Yay! The photos are mine. That’s a pile of wonderful field guides. I love the old 1966 Peterson Field by Robert Stebbins. The western duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the 1970s Tucson band The Dusty Chaps. And the boy and girl catching tadpoles, well, that’s me and my friend Cricky (Lucretia) back in those wonderful days.  ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[This episode of Growing Native is a rambling reminiscence about amphibians and reptiles. With the monsoon starting up here in the borderlands I think we’re going to be seeing some of those. Yay! The photos are mine. That’s a pile of wonderful field guides. I love the old 1966 Peterson Field by Robert Stebbins. The western duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the 1970s Tucson band The Dusty Chaps. And the boy and girl catching tadpoles, well, that’s me and my friend Cricky (Lucretia) back in those wonderful days.  ]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:03</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[A Jaunt to the Woodlands]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 15:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[The common name Firecracker Bush is a good one for Bouvardia ternifolia with its clusters of glowing scarlet flowers that look like small floral explosions, but it can also be one of the many common names for the plant Russelia equisetiformis. Yikes! Sooo, how about the combination of the flower color and the botanical to give  us Scarlet Bouvardia. That’s a pretty cool common name! And, I forgot to say that Bouvardia ternifolia is in the Madder family Rubiaceae, but now I have. The photos are mine and taken while on a recent jaunt to the woodlands.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The common name Firecracker Bush is a good one for Bouvardia ternifolia with its clusters of glowing scarlet flowers that look like small floral explosions, but it can also be one of the many common names for the plant Russelia equisetiformis. Yikes! Sooo, how about the combination of the flower color and the botanical to give  us Scarlet Bouvardia. That’s a pretty cool common name! And, I forgot to say that Bouvardia ternifolia is in the Madder family Rubiaceae, but now I have. The photos are mine and taken while on a recent jaunt to the woodlands.]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[A Jaunt to the Woodlands]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The common name Firecracker Bush is a good one for Bouvardia ternifolia with its clusters of glowing scarlet flowers that look like small floral explosions, but it can also be one of the many common names for the plant Russelia equisetiformis. Yikes! Sooo, how about the combination of the flower color and the botanical to give  us Scarlet Bouvardia. That’s a pretty cool common name! And, I forgot to say that Bouvardia ternifolia is in the Madder family Rubiaceae, but now I have. The photos are mine and taken while on a recent jaunt to the woodlands.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The common name Firecracker Bush is a good one for Bouvardia ternifolia with its clusters of glowing scarlet flowers that look like small floral explosions, but it can also be one of the many common names for the plant Russelia equisetiformis. Yikes! Sooo, how about the combination of the flower color and the botanical to give  us Scarlet Bouvardia. That’s a pretty cool common name! And, I forgot to say that Bouvardia ternifolia is in the Madder family Rubiaceae, but now I have. The photos are mine and taken while on a recent jaunt to the woodlands.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:03:54</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Scruffy Grassland Report]]>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Some spring time banter about the soaptree yuccas (Yucca elata) and pale wolfberry plants (Lycium pallidum) found in the scruffy grassland surrounding our home near the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. The photos are mine.  ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Some spring time banter about the soaptree yuccas (Yucca elata) and pale wolfberry plants (Lycium pallidum) found in the scruffy grassland surrounding our home near the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. The photos are mine.  ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Scruffy Grassland Report]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Some spring time banter about the soaptree yuccas (Yucca elata) and pale wolfberry plants (Lycium pallidum) found in the scruffy grassland surrounding our home near the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. The photos are mine.  ]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Some spring time banter about the soaptree yuccas (Yucca elata) and pale wolfberry plants (Lycium pallidum) found in the scruffy grassland surrounding our home near the banks of the Ol’ Guajolote. The photos are mine.  ]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:25</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Urban Renewal, Wild Escape and Shindaggers]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 15:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[The little urban park in Tucson where part of this episode takes place has always been nice renewal before hitting the road for the two hour trip home. The rocky hillside described is in the Dragoon Mountains and is pretty good for renewal as well. Shindaggers (Agave schottii) have yellow flowers on a four to five foot tall stalk. It’s quite striking. Oh, and I said that shindaggers sucker and that’s an understatement. Every fall for years I hunted and hiked the mesas at the base of the Galiuro Escarpment. Sometimes that involved navigating through stands of thousands of Agave…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The little urban park in Tucson where part of this episode takes place has always been nice renewal before hitting the road for the two hour trip home. The rocky hillside described is in the Dragoon Mountains and is pretty good for renewal as well. Shindaggers (Agave schottii) have yellow flowers on a four to five foot tall stalk. It’s quite striking. Oh, and I said that shindaggers sucker and that’s an understatement. Every fall for years I hunted and hiked the mesas at the base of the Galiuro Escarpment. Sometimes that involved navigating through stands of thousands of Agave…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Urban Renewal, Wild Escape and Shindaggers]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The little urban park in Tucson where part of this episode takes place has always been nice renewal before hitting the road for the two hour trip home. The rocky hillside described is in the Dragoon Mountains and is pretty good for renewal as well. Shindaggers (Agave schottii) have yellow flowers on a four to five foot tall stalk. It’s quite striking. Oh, and I said that shindaggers sucker and that’s an understatement. Every fall for years I hunted and hiked the mesas at the base of the Galiuro Escarpment. Sometimes that involved navigating through stands of thousands of Agave…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The little urban park in Tucson where part of this episode takes place has always been nice renewal before hitting the road for the two hour trip home. The rocky hillside described is in the Dragoon Mountains and is pretty good for renewal as well. Shindaggers (Agave schottii) have yellow flowers on a four to five foot tall stalk. It’s quite striking. Oh, and I said that shindaggers sucker and that’s an understatement. Every fall for years I hunted and hiked the mesas at the base of the Galiuro Escarpment. Sometimes that involved navigating through stands of thousands of Agave…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:21</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Penstemon Stuff!]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 17:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[It’s funny how irritable those relic Parry penstemons from an old roadside hydro seed make me. For goodness sake, why weren’t more regional seeds used in that revegetation job? Short diatribe over. Penstemon species are fun to grow in your personal habitat and seed or plants are readily available. One way or the other you’ll get penstemon volunteers as well. Yay! If you are a beardtongue geek, I recommend Robert Nord’s book called Penstemons. I still pull it off the shelf so I guess that makes me a geek. The photos are mine of Penstemon fendleri, P. superbus and P.…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s funny how irritable those relic Parry penstemons from an old roadside hydro seed make me. For goodness sake, why weren’t more regional seeds used in that revegetation job? Short diatribe over. Penstemon species are fun to grow in your personal habitat and seed or plants are readily available. One way or the other you’ll get penstemon volunteers as well. Yay! If you are a beardtongue geek, I recommend Robert Nord’s book called Penstemons. I still pull it off the shelf so I guess that makes me a geek. The photos are mine of Penstemon fendleri, P. superbus and P.…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Penstemon Stuff!]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s funny how irritable those relic Parry penstemons from an old roadside hydro seed make me. For goodness sake, why weren’t more regional seeds used in that revegetation job? Short diatribe over. Penstemon species are fun to grow in your personal habitat and seed or plants are readily available. One way or the other you’ll get penstemon volunteers as well. Yay! If you are a beardtongue geek, I recommend Robert Nord’s book called Penstemons. I still pull it off the shelf so I guess that makes me a geek. The photos are mine of Penstemon fendleri, P. superbus and P.…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[It’s funny how irritable those relic Parry penstemons from an old roadside hydro seed make me. For goodness sake, why weren’t more regional seeds used in that revegetation job? Short diatribe over. Penstemon species are fun to grow in your personal habitat and seed or plants are readily available. One way or the other you’ll get penstemon volunteers as well. Yay! If you are a beardtongue geek, I recommend Robert Nord’s book called Penstemons. I still pull it off the shelf so I guess that makes me a geek. The photos are mine of Penstemon fendleri, P. superbus and P.…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:36</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Drive-By Bebbia in the Borderlands]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 16:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/25789/episode/2452885</guid>
                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/drive-by-bebbia-in-the-borderlands</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Fans of borderlands’ flora will tell you there is nothing better than spotting an interesting plant out the window of your truck as you rumble by and shouting, “What was that? Wait, stop, pull over!” A drive-by turns into a stop and go. The sweetbush (Bebbia juncea) that Marian and I saw on the day described in this episode was in rocky desert with lots of mesquite, acacia, tar bush and sumac. Sweetbush seems to like the “rocky” part of rocky desert. The photos are mine of blooming Bebbia juncea in a desert fence line. The American Lady butterflies (Vanessa…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Fans of borderlands’ flora will tell you there is nothing better than spotting an interesting plant out the window of your truck as you rumble by and shouting, “What was that? Wait, stop, pull over!” A drive-by turns into a stop and go. The sweetbush (Bebbia juncea) that Marian and I saw on the day described in this episode was in rocky desert with lots of mesquite, acacia, tar bush and sumac. Sweetbush seems to like the “rocky” part of rocky desert. The photos are mine of blooming Bebbia juncea in a desert fence line. The American Lady butterflies (Vanessa…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Drive-By Bebbia in the Borderlands]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Fans of borderlands’ flora will tell you there is nothing better than spotting an interesting plant out the window of your truck as you rumble by and shouting, “What was that? Wait, stop, pull over!” A drive-by turns into a stop and go. The sweetbush (Bebbia juncea) that Marian and I saw on the day described in this episode was in rocky desert with lots of mesquite, acacia, tar bush and sumac. Sweetbush seems to like the “rocky” part of rocky desert. The photos are mine of blooming Bebbia juncea in a desert fence line. The American Lady butterflies (Vanessa…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Fans of borderlands’ flora will tell you there is nothing better than spotting an interesting plant out the window of your truck as you rumble by and shouting, “What was that? Wait, stop, pull over!” A drive-by turns into a stop and go. The sweetbush (Bebbia juncea) that Marian and I saw on the day described in this episode was in rocky desert with lots of mesquite, acacia, tar bush and sumac. Sweetbush seems to like the “rocky” part of rocky desert. The photos are mine of blooming Bebbia juncea in a desert fence line. The American Lady butterflies (Vanessa…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:27</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Ubiquiticola]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[I love following drainages out of the mountains and across the deserts, observing all the plants and animals that follow them as well. Do I always tell you that? Having wild turkeys come out of the nearby mountains and wander by our little homestead reminded me about the magic of canyons and arroyos that cross our deserts. The reintroduction of the Gould’s turkey into the mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona began in the early 1980s and continued through the 1990s. There were failures and successes, but now a days you can’t go into the woodlands or forest of the borderlands…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I love following drainages out of the mountains and across the deserts, observing all the plants and animals that follow them as well. Do I always tell you that? Having wild turkeys come out of the nearby mountains and wander by our little homestead reminded me about the magic of canyons and arroyos that cross our deserts. The reintroduction of the Gould’s turkey into the mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona began in the early 1980s and continued through the 1990s. There were failures and successes, but now a days you can’t go into the woodlands or forest of the borderlands…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Ubiquiticola]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I love following drainages out of the mountains and across the deserts, observing all the plants and animals that follow them as well. Do I always tell you that? Having wild turkeys come out of the nearby mountains and wander by our little homestead reminded me about the magic of canyons and arroyos that cross our deserts. The reintroduction of the Gould’s turkey into the mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona began in the early 1980s and continued through the 1990s. There were failures and successes, but now a days you can’t go into the woodlands or forest of the borderlands…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I love following drainages out of the mountains and across the deserts, observing all the plants and animals that follow them as well. Do I always tell you that? Having wild turkeys come out of the nearby mountains and wander by our little homestead reminded me about the magic of canyons and arroyos that cross our deserts. The reintroduction of the Gould’s turkey into the mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona began in the early 1980s and continued through the 1990s. There were failures and successes, but now a days you can’t go into the woodlands or forest of the borderlands…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:03</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Phlox in the Same Old Woodland.]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[I like to say the name Phlox. I think it’s the letters p, h and l that make it fun, and yes, it’s probably just me. The name is from the Greek for flame and the specific epithet nana for the plant in this episode is also from the Greek and means dwarf. With that in mind, I suggest a common name for Phlox nana could be Little Phlame Phlox. Yay, and you’re welcome! Oh, and those are my notes rustling in this episode. I was a little disorganized. Okay, maybe a lot. And, the photos are mine, taken in…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I like to say the name Phlox. I think it’s the letters p, h and l that make it fun, and yes, it’s probably just me. The name is from the Greek for flame and the specific epithet nana for the plant in this episode is also from the Greek and means dwarf. With that in mind, I suggest a common name for Phlox nana could be Little Phlame Phlox. Yay, and you’re welcome! Oh, and those are my notes rustling in this episode. I was a little disorganized. Okay, maybe a lot. And, the photos are mine, taken in…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Phlox in the Same Old Woodland.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I like to say the name Phlox. I think it’s the letters p, h and l that make it fun, and yes, it’s probably just me. The name is from the Greek for flame and the specific epithet nana for the plant in this episode is also from the Greek and means dwarf. With that in mind, I suggest a common name for Phlox nana could be Little Phlame Phlox. Yay, and you’re welcome! Oh, and those are my notes rustling in this episode. I was a little disorganized. Okay, maybe a lot. And, the photos are mine, taken in…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I like to say the name Phlox. I think it’s the letters p, h and l that make it fun, and yes, it’s probably just me. The name is from the Greek for flame and the specific epithet nana for the plant in this episode is also from the Greek and means dwarf. With that in mind, I suggest a common name for Phlox nana could be Little Phlame Phlox. Yay, and you’re welcome! Oh, and those are my notes rustling in this episode. I was a little disorganized. Okay, maybe a lot. And, the photos are mine, taken in…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:11</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Bluedicks of Spring]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/bluedicks-of-spring</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[The plant Dichelostemma capitatum (synonym Dipterostemon capitatus) has at least two subspecies and is found all over the west. For me this lily-like plant announces spring in the desert and uplands. Marian and I felt so lucky to catch the emergence of hundreds and hundreds of Bluedicks in that oak woodland. The Penstemon species we saw were pretty cool as well, so I’ve included the photos I took of Penstemon fendleri and Penstemon superbus along with the ones of Bluedicks from the day described in this episode. And yes, the common name bluedicks makes me laugh like a fourth grader. I…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The plant Dichelostemma capitatum (synonym Dipterostemon capitatus) has at least two subspecies and is found all over the west. For me this lily-like plant announces spring in the desert and uplands. Marian and I felt so lucky to catch the emergence of hundreds and hundreds of Bluedicks in that oak woodland. The Penstemon species we saw were pretty cool as well, so I’ve included the photos I took of Penstemon fendleri and Penstemon superbus along with the ones of Bluedicks from the day described in this episode. And yes, the common name bluedicks makes me laugh like a fourth grader. I…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Bluedicks of Spring]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The plant Dichelostemma capitatum (synonym Dipterostemon capitatus) has at least two subspecies and is found all over the west. For me this lily-like plant announces spring in the desert and uplands. Marian and I felt so lucky to catch the emergence of hundreds and hundreds of Bluedicks in that oak woodland. The Penstemon species we saw were pretty cool as well, so I’ve included the photos I took of Penstemon fendleri and Penstemon superbus along with the ones of Bluedicks from the day described in this episode. And yes, the common name bluedicks makes me laugh like a fourth grader. I…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The plant Dichelostemma capitatum (synonym Dipterostemon capitatus) has at least two subspecies and is found all over the west. For me this lily-like plant announces spring in the desert and uplands. Marian and I felt so lucky to catch the emergence of hundreds and hundreds of Bluedicks in that oak woodland. The Penstemon species we saw were pretty cool as well, so I’ve included the photos I took of Penstemon fendleri and Penstemon superbus along with the ones of Bluedicks from the day described in this episode. And yes, the common name bluedicks makes me laugh like a fourth grader. I…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:25</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Floriferous State Trees]]>
                </title>
                <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/25789/episode/2414260</guid>
                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/floriferous-state-trees</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Initially the two Arizona state tree palo verdes were the genus Cercidium. That’s the way I learned them and that’s the genus name you’ll find in all the older floras and field guides. Well, not that older, and anyway, Parkinsonia (the Linnaeus name) was the genus of just the Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata. Sometime in the 1980s — I think, I dunno, feeling older— when it was realized that all three paloverdes were similar genetically and since Parkinsonia had been named first, that name had priority. Dropping Cercidiun was hard, but hey I got over it and I love…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Initially the two Arizona state tree palo verdes were the genus Cercidium. That’s the way I learned them and that’s the genus name you’ll find in all the older floras and field guides. Well, not that older, and anyway, Parkinsonia (the Linnaeus name) was the genus of just the Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata. Sometime in the 1980s — I think, I dunno, feeling older— when it was realized that all three paloverdes were similar genetically and since Parkinsonia had been named first, that name had priority. Dropping Cercidiun was hard, but hey I got over it and I love…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Floriferous State Trees]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Initially the two Arizona state tree palo verdes were the genus Cercidium. That’s the way I learned them and that’s the genus name you’ll find in all the older floras and field guides. Well, not that older, and anyway, Parkinsonia (the Linnaeus name) was the genus of just the Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata. Sometime in the 1980s — I think, I dunno, feeling older— when it was realized that all three paloverdes were similar genetically and since Parkinsonia had been named first, that name had priority. Dropping Cercidiun was hard, but hey I got over it and I love…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Initially the two Arizona state tree palo verdes were the genus Cercidium. That’s the way I learned them and that’s the genus name you’ll find in all the older floras and field guides. Well, not that older, and anyway, Parkinsonia (the Linnaeus name) was the genus of just the Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia aculeata. Sometime in the 1980s — I think, I dunno, feeling older— when it was realized that all three paloverdes were similar genetically and since Parkinsonia had been named first, that name had priority. Dropping Cercidiun was hard, but hey I got over it and I love…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:24</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Coral Bean in the Borderlands]]>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/25789/episode/2408451</guid>
                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/coral-bean-in-the-borderlands</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[If it wasn’t for the Gadsden Purchase, coral bean or Erythrina flabelliformis wouldn’t be found in southeastern Arizona or southwestern New Mexico and so we are in its northern most range out of Mexico. It has so much to love…amazing bright red flowers on naked branches followed by fan shape green leaves (flabelliformis!) and then the long pods that dry and dehisce and dangle to display the red seed. Seed so hard that I use a file or grinding wheel to break the seed coat so it’ll germinate. It’s in the pea family Fabaceae and the pea family rocks the…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If it wasn’t for the Gadsden Purchase, coral bean or Erythrina flabelliformis wouldn’t be found in southeastern Arizona or southwestern New Mexico and so we are in its northern most range out of Mexico. It has so much to love…amazing bright red flowers on naked branches followed by fan shape green leaves (flabelliformis!) and then the long pods that dry and dehisce and dangle to display the red seed. Seed so hard that I use a file or grinding wheel to break the seed coat so it’ll germinate. It’s in the pea family Fabaceae and the pea family rocks the…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Coral Bean in the Borderlands]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If it wasn’t for the Gadsden Purchase, coral bean or Erythrina flabelliformis wouldn’t be found in southeastern Arizona or southwestern New Mexico and so we are in its northern most range out of Mexico. It has so much to love…amazing bright red flowers on naked branches followed by fan shape green leaves (flabelliformis!) and then the long pods that dry and dehisce and dangle to display the red seed. Seed so hard that I use a file or grinding wheel to break the seed coat so it’ll germinate. It’s in the pea family Fabaceae and the pea family rocks the…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[If it wasn’t for the Gadsden Purchase, coral bean or Erythrina flabelliformis wouldn’t be found in southeastern Arizona or southwestern New Mexico and so we are in its northern most range out of Mexico. It has so much to love…amazing bright red flowers on naked branches followed by fan shape green leaves (flabelliformis!) and then the long pods that dry and dehisce and dangle to display the red seed. Seed so hard that I use a file or grinding wheel to break the seed coat so it’ll germinate. It’s in the pea family Fabaceae and the pea family rocks the…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:03:40</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Regional Crayons and Calliandra]]>
                </title>
                <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                    https://permalink.castos.com/podcast/25789/episode/2402588</guid>
                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/regional-crayons-and-calliandra</link>
                                <description>
                                            <![CDATA[Ms. Mesquitey and I like the idea of regional crayons. The colors of your home place, of your own biotic community. When we saw the fairy dusters (Calliandra eriophylla) blooming on that rocky slope we realized that maybe it would need a few different crayons. Yay! I don’t know it this interests you, but fairy duster is pretty easy to grow from seed. You just need to get the little bean pods before they snap open and send seed shooting across the desert where native critters eat them. Oh dear! But hey, if you don’t feel like gathering and germinating…]]>
                                    </description>
                <itunes:subtitle>
                    <![CDATA[Ms. Mesquitey and I like the idea of regional crayons. The colors of your home place, of your own biotic community. When we saw the fairy dusters (Calliandra eriophylla) blooming on that rocky slope we realized that maybe it would need a few different crayons. Yay! I don’t know it this interests you, but fairy duster is pretty easy to grow from seed. You just need to get the little bean pods before they snap open and send seed shooting across the desert where native critters eat them. Oh dear! But hey, if you don’t feel like gathering and germinating…]]>
                </itunes:subtitle>
                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Regional Crayons and Calliandra]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Ms. Mesquitey and I like the idea of regional crayons. The colors of your home place, of your own biotic community. When we saw the fairy dusters (Calliandra eriophylla) blooming on that rocky slope we realized that maybe it would need a few different crayons. Yay! I don’t know it this interests you, but fairy duster is pretty easy to grow from seed. You just need to get the little bean pods before they snap open and send seed shooting across the desert where native critters eat them. Oh dear! But hey, if you don’t feel like gathering and germinating…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Ms. Mesquitey and I like the idea of regional crayons. The colors of your home place, of your own biotic community. When we saw the fairy dusters (Calliandra eriophylla) blooming on that rocky slope we realized that maybe it would need a few different crayons. Yay! I don’t know it this interests you, but fairy duster is pretty easy to grow from seed. You just need to get the little bean pods before they snap open and send seed shooting across the desert where native critters eat them. Oh dear! But hey, if you don’t feel like gathering and germinating…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:28</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Brittlebush]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[Brittlebush, (Encelia farinosa) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, for me the bright yellow flowers atop the silvery foliage shout, “Sonoran Desert!” If you’re interested in ethnobotany (why wouldn’t you be?) this is a good plant to add to your journal with its many uses, from chewing gum to incense. And listen, native plant nurseries grow and sell this wonderful wide ranging native, so plant or 2 or 3 in your personal habitat to remind you that the desert is beautiful. Yeah…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Brittlebush, (Encelia farinosa) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, for me the bright yellow flowers atop the silvery foliage shout, “Sonoran Desert!” If you’re interested in ethnobotany (why wouldn’t you be?) this is a good plant to add to your journal with its many uses, from chewing gum to incense. And listen, native plant nurseries grow and sell this wonderful wide ranging native, so plant or 2 or 3 in your personal habitat to remind you that the desert is beautiful. Yeah…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Brittlebush]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Brittlebush, (Encelia farinosa) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, for me the bright yellow flowers atop the silvery foliage shout, “Sonoran Desert!” If you’re interested in ethnobotany (why wouldn’t you be?) this is a good plant to add to your journal with its many uses, from chewing gum to incense. And listen, native plant nurseries grow and sell this wonderful wide ranging native, so plant or 2 or 3 in your personal habitat to remind you that the desert is beautiful. Yeah…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Brittlebush, (Encelia farinosa) loves rocky hillsides and gravelly desert. And though this native shrub has a large range showing up in the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, for me the bright yellow flowers atop the silvery foliage shout, “Sonoran Desert!” If you’re interested in ethnobotany (why wouldn’t you be?) this is a good plant to add to your journal with its many uses, from chewing gum to incense. And listen, native plant nurseries grow and sell this wonderful wide ranging native, so plant or 2 or 3 in your personal habitat to remind you that the desert is beautiful. Yeah…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:35</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Spring Primrose]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[A spring wildflower in the primrose family Onagraceae, Oenothera primiveris is always a delightful surprise in our yard. And thank you Carl Linnaeus for the confusing generic name Oenothera. Jeez! I’ve come across quite a few interpretations of the meaning and I liked this sentence I found in my search; “It’s etymology is uncertain.” I’ll say! I did like the meaning I found in California Flora by Phillip Munz and David Keck and that was my source, but perhaps a seance and chat with Carl would resolve the uncertainty. The photos of the primrose are mine and taken around our…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[A spring wildflower in the primrose family Onagraceae, Oenothera primiveris is always a delightful surprise in our yard. And thank you Carl Linnaeus for the confusing generic name Oenothera. Jeez! I’ve come across quite a few interpretations of the meaning and I liked this sentence I found in my search; “It’s etymology is uncertain.” I’ll say! I did like the meaning I found in California Flora by Phillip Munz and David Keck and that was my source, but perhaps a seance and chat with Carl would resolve the uncertainty. The photos of the primrose are mine and taken around our…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Spring Primrose]]>
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                    <![CDATA[A spring wildflower in the primrose family Onagraceae, Oenothera primiveris is always a delightful surprise in our yard. And thank you Carl Linnaeus for the confusing generic name Oenothera. Jeez! I’ve come across quite a few interpretations of the meaning and I liked this sentence I found in my search; “It’s etymology is uncertain.” I’ll say! I did like the meaning I found in California Flora by Phillip Munz and David Keck and that was my source, but perhaps a seance and chat with Carl would resolve the uncertainty. The photos of the primrose are mine and taken around our…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[A spring wildflower in the primrose family Onagraceae, Oenothera primiveris is always a delightful surprise in our yard. And thank you Carl Linnaeus for the confusing generic name Oenothera. Jeez! I’ve come across quite a few interpretations of the meaning and I liked this sentence I found in my search; “It’s etymology is uncertain.” I’ll say! I did like the meaning I found in California Flora by Phillip Munz and David Keck and that was my source, but perhaps a seance and chat with Carl would resolve the uncertainty. The photos of the primrose are mine and taken around our…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:15</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Every Spring Rumex]]>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[I was wondering if I talk about dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) every spring, so I looked though my notes. Well, not every spring, but almost. If you’re interested in Rumex in an ethnobotanical sorta way, here is a good place to start your research: Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert by Wendy Hodgson. The photos are mine. I didn’t have a good pic of the red stalk shooting out of the large wavy green leaves, so I recommend the site SEINet for some great photos and more good plant info. Now you know.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I was wondering if I talk about dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) every spring, so I looked though my notes. Well, not every spring, but almost. If you’re interested in Rumex in an ethnobotanical sorta way, here is a good place to start your research: Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert by Wendy Hodgson. The photos are mine. I didn’t have a good pic of the red stalk shooting out of the large wavy green leaves, so I recommend the site SEINet for some great photos and more good plant info. Now you know.]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Every Spring Rumex]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I was wondering if I talk about dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) every spring, so I looked though my notes. Well, not every spring, but almost. If you’re interested in Rumex in an ethnobotanical sorta way, here is a good place to start your research: Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert by Wendy Hodgson. The photos are mine. I didn’t have a good pic of the red stalk shooting out of the large wavy green leaves, so I recommend the site SEINet for some great photos and more good plant info. Now you know.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I was wondering if I talk about dock (Rumex hymenosepalus) every spring, so I looked though my notes. Well, not every spring, but almost. If you’re interested in Rumex in an ethnobotanical sorta way, here is a good place to start your research: Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert by Wendy Hodgson. The photos are mine. I didn’t have a good pic of the red stalk shooting out of the large wavy green leaves, so I recommend the site SEINet for some great photos and more good plant info. Now you know.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:16</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[An Object of Interest]]>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[When I sat down to put this episode together I thought it was going to be about the flatheaded wood borers I find when I’m splitting fire wood. Somewhere after talking about sauntering around our homestead I wandered off to another topic. Did I even mention wood borers? So gray fox skull it is. I’ll save flatheaded wood borers for another time. Stay tuned! Gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) have a large range in North America with much of it shared with the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Red foxes don’t occur in Arizona…well, maybe up along the northern border…so gray foxes…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I sat down to put this episode together I thought it was going to be about the flatheaded wood borers I find when I’m splitting fire wood. Somewhere after talking about sauntering around our homestead I wandered off to another topic. Did I even mention wood borers? So gray fox skull it is. I’ll save flatheaded wood borers for another time. Stay tuned! Gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) have a large range in North America with much of it shared with the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Red foxes don’t occur in Arizona…well, maybe up along the northern border…so gray foxes…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[An Object of Interest]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I sat down to put this episode together I thought it was going to be about the flatheaded wood borers I find when I’m splitting fire wood. Somewhere after talking about sauntering around our homestead I wandered off to another topic. Did I even mention wood borers? So gray fox skull it is. I’ll save flatheaded wood borers for another time. Stay tuned! Gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) have a large range in North America with much of it shared with the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Red foxes don’t occur in Arizona…well, maybe up along the northern border…so gray foxes…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[When I sat down to put this episode together I thought it was going to be about the flatheaded wood borers I find when I’m splitting fire wood. Somewhere after talking about sauntering around our homestead I wandered off to another topic. Did I even mention wood borers? So gray fox skull it is. I’ll save flatheaded wood borers for another time. Stay tuned! Gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) have a large range in North America with much of it shared with the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Red foxes don’t occur in Arizona…well, maybe up along the northern border…so gray foxes…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:11</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Many Languages Spoken Here]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/many-languages-spoken-here-1</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[The photos are mine and taken in my office, Books and Bones.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The photos are mine and taken in my office, Books and Bones.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Many Languages Spoken Here]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The photos are mine and taken in my office, Books and Bones.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The photos are mine and taken in my office, Books and Bones.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:09</itunes:duration>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Arizona Sister Personal]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/arizona-sisiter-personal</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[Twenty-five or thirty years ago I learned the scientific name of this butterfly as Adelpha bredowii. Then the sister butterfly of the Arizona woodlands got listed as Adelpha bredowii ssp. eulalia. Now…ta da…the Arizona Sister is Adelpha eulalia. Yay!  And, eulalia does not mean “you go girl.” The specific epithet is from the Greek: eu means good and lalia means conversation, so…a good conversationalist or well spoken. Who knew? The photos are mine. They’re not great and I’m pretty sure I some have better ones, but suspect they are slides sitting in an old Carousel Projector tray (speaking of twenty-five…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Twenty-five or thirty years ago I learned the scientific name of this butterfly as Adelpha bredowii. Then the sister butterfly of the Arizona woodlands got listed as Adelpha bredowii ssp. eulalia. Now…ta da…the Arizona Sister is Adelpha eulalia. Yay!  And, eulalia does not mean “you go girl.” The specific epithet is from the Greek: eu means good and lalia means conversation, so…a good conversationalist or well spoken. Who knew? The photos are mine. They’re not great and I’m pretty sure I some have better ones, but suspect they are slides sitting in an old Carousel Projector tray (speaking of twenty-five…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Arizona Sister Personal]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Twenty-five or thirty years ago I learned the scientific name of this butterfly as Adelpha bredowii. Then the sister butterfly of the Arizona woodlands got listed as Adelpha bredowii ssp. eulalia. Now…ta da…the Arizona Sister is Adelpha eulalia. Yay!  And, eulalia does not mean “you go girl.” The specific epithet is from the Greek: eu means good and lalia means conversation, so…a good conversationalist or well spoken. Who knew? The photos are mine. They’re not great and I’m pretty sure I some have better ones, but suspect they are slides sitting in an old Carousel Projector tray (speaking of twenty-five…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Twenty-five or thirty years ago I learned the scientific name of this butterfly as Adelpha bredowii. Then the sister butterfly of the Arizona woodlands got listed as Adelpha bredowii ssp. eulalia. Now…ta da…the Arizona Sister is Adelpha eulalia. Yay!  And, eulalia does not mean “you go girl.” The specific epithet is from the Greek: eu means good and lalia means conversation, so…a good conversationalist or well spoken. Who knew? The photos are mine. They’re not great and I’m pretty sure I some have better ones, but suspect they are slides sitting in an old Carousel Projector tray (speaking of twenty-five…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:25</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[That Land Is Not Vacant, Robert]]>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/that-land-is-not-vacant</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[The clearing of land, of biotic communities, feels like a southern Arizona affliction doesn’t it? ” We need a housing development, we need a mine, we need a wall and the desert is in the way.” Jeez… Arizona walnut (Juglans major) is the only native species of walnut in Arizona. The species J. microcarpa is not that far way to the east in New Mexico and Texas. And, there are rumors of little walnut (J. microcarpa) being found in Arizona. That would be cool, but I dunno. I’ll keep you posted. Oh, and of course Juglans major and J. microcarpa…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The clearing of land, of biotic communities, feels like a southern Arizona affliction doesn’t it? ” We need a housing development, we need a mine, we need a wall and the desert is in the way.” Jeez… Arizona walnut (Juglans major) is the only native species of walnut in Arizona. The species J. microcarpa is not that far way to the east in New Mexico and Texas. And, there are rumors of little walnut (J. microcarpa) being found in Arizona. That would be cool, but I dunno. I’ll keep you posted. Oh, and of course Juglans major and J. microcarpa…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[That Land Is Not Vacant, Robert]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The clearing of land, of biotic communities, feels like a southern Arizona affliction doesn’t it? ” We need a housing development, we need a mine, we need a wall and the desert is in the way.” Jeez… Arizona walnut (Juglans major) is the only native species of walnut in Arizona. The species J. microcarpa is not that far way to the east in New Mexico and Texas. And, there are rumors of little walnut (J. microcarpa) being found in Arizona. That would be cool, but I dunno. I’ll keep you posted. Oh, and of course Juglans major and J. microcarpa…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[The clearing of land, of biotic communities, feels like a southern Arizona affliction doesn’t it? ” We need a housing development, we need a mine, we need a wall and the desert is in the way.” Jeez… Arizona walnut (Juglans major) is the only native species of walnut in Arizona. The species J. microcarpa is not that far way to the east in New Mexico and Texas. And, there are rumors of little walnut (J. microcarpa) being found in Arizona. That would be cool, but I dunno. I’ll keep you posted. Oh, and of course Juglans major and J. microcarpa…]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:35</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Desert Willows in Winter]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                            <![CDATA[After I produced this episode, Marian (Ms. Mesquitey) and I were driving in the desert outside Bisbee, AZ marveling at the silhouettes of viscid acacia (Vachellia vernicosa) and I realized I had written and jabbered about winter silhouettes of many deciduous trees and shrubs several times in the past… ahem, like every winter for over 30 years. Oh well, the outlines of naked branches against a borderland sky are glorious. The photos are mine of desert willows (Chilopsis linearis) very near our home.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[After I produced this episode, Marian (Ms. Mesquitey) and I were driving in the desert outside Bisbee, AZ marveling at the silhouettes of viscid acacia (Vachellia vernicosa) and I realized I had written and jabbered about winter silhouettes of many deciduous trees and shrubs several times in the past… ahem, like every winter for over 30 years. Oh well, the outlines of naked branches against a borderland sky are glorious. The photos are mine of desert willows (Chilopsis linearis) very near our home.]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Desert Willows in Winter]]>
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                    <![CDATA[After I produced this episode, Marian (Ms. Mesquitey) and I were driving in the desert outside Bisbee, AZ marveling at the silhouettes of viscid acacia (Vachellia vernicosa) and I realized I had written and jabbered about winter silhouettes of many deciduous trees and shrubs several times in the past… ahem, like every winter for over 30 years. Oh well, the outlines of naked branches against a borderland sky are glorious. The photos are mine of desert willows (Chilopsis linearis) very near our home.]]>
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                    <![CDATA[After I produced this episode, Marian (Ms. Mesquitey) and I were driving in the desert outside Bisbee, AZ marveling at the silhouettes of viscid acacia (Vachellia vernicosa) and I realized I had written and jabbered about winter silhouettes of many deciduous trees and shrubs several times in the past… ahem, like every winter for over 30 years. Oh well, the outlines of naked branches against a borderland sky are glorious. The photos are mine of desert willows (Chilopsis linearis) very near our home.]]>
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                                                                            <itunes:duration>00:04:27</itunes:duration>
                                                    <itunes:author>
                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Killing the Blues]]>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
                <dc:creator>Petey Mesquitey</dc:creator>
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                                    <link>https://growing-native.castos.com/episodes/killing-the-blues</link>
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                                            <![CDATA[I love desert honeysuckle (Anisacanthus thurberi). It’s a favorite plant and I think that’s because of seeing it growing and flowering in that arroyo along the road to Gates Pass way back in the olden days. My gosh doesn’t a drive to the Sonoran Desert through Gates Pass sound like fun. I haven’t done that in many years. Please don’t tell me there are strip malls all the way there. That would call for a lot more flora and fauna medication. Maybe that’s a good thing…the meds, not the malls. The photos are mine and taken at our home where…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I love desert honeysuckle (Anisacanthus thurberi). It’s a favorite plant and I think that’s because of seeing it growing and flowering in that arroyo along the road to Gates Pass way back in the olden days. My gosh doesn’t a drive to the Sonoran Desert through Gates Pass sound like fun. I haven’t done that in many years. Please don’t tell me there are strip malls all the way there. That would call for a lot more flora and fauna medication. Maybe that’s a good thing…the meds, not the malls. The photos are mine and taken at our home where…]]>
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                                <itunes:title>
                    <![CDATA[Killing the Blues]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I love desert honeysuckle (Anisacanthus thurberi). It’s a favorite plant and I think that’s because of seeing it growing and flowering in that arroyo along the road to Gates Pass way back in the olden days. My gosh doesn’t a drive to the Sonoran Desert through Gates Pass sound like fun. I haven’t done that in many years. Please don’t tell me there are strip malls all the way there. That would call for a lot more flora and fauna medication. Maybe that’s a good thing…the meds, not the malls. The photos are mine and taken at our home where…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[I love desert honeysuckle (Anisacanthus thurberi). It’s a favorite plant and I think that’s because of seeing it growing and flowering in that arroyo along the road to Gates Pass way back in the olden days. My gosh doesn’t a drive to the Sonoran Desert through Gates Pass sound like fun. I haven’t done that in many years. Please don’t tell me there are strip malls all the way there. That would call for a lot more flora and fauna medication. Maybe that’s a good thing…the meds, not the malls. The photos are mine and taken at our home where…]]>
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                    <![CDATA[Petey Mesquitey]]>
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