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After 31 years of 'Growing Native,' Petey Mesquitey still thinks the borderlands are beautiful tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
This summer marks 31 years of "Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey" on 91.3 KXCI. Every week, he regales listeners with tales of native desert plants and animals, from the spring orange flowers of the brittle bush to the winter silhouette of the desert willow.

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@TucsonSentinel Way back when the Tucson Botanical Gardens had a fall chile festival, the highlight (for me at least) was Petey and his band playing.

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