Ubiquiticola

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Ubiquiticola

Apr 26 2026 | 00:04:03

00:00 / 00:04:03

Show Notes

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…

Other Episodes

Episode 0

May 10, 2026 • 00:04:36

Penstemon Stuff!

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...

Episode 0

July 16, 2021 • 00:04:34

Spadefoots and Puddles

In July of 2002 I produced an episode about the summer monsoon and spadefoots. It was so much fun to write and record. In...

Episode 0

April 11, 2023 • 00:04:14

Windy Day Bristlehead

Bristlehead (Carphochaete bigelovii) is a small shrub…a subshrub…that I’m not sure I would have recognized without the flowers and bristles. I wonder if I’ve...