As behooves us now living a desert climate, here’s a desert flower, the flower of the prickly pear cactus. We have two somewhat small prickly pears in the backyard, but they have a prodigious number of flowers waiting to bloom.
Posts Tagged ‘prickly pear’
Friday flowers…prickly
Posted: April 10, 2020 in flowers, NatureTags: Arizona cactus, cacti, flowers, Nature, prickly pear, prickly pear cactus
Destruction, reclaimation, and growth
Posted: July 23, 2012 in Food, House and home, NatureTags: beauty, cactus, destruction, flowers, food, gardening, growth, house and home, house and yard, life, plants, prickly pear, pumpkins, sweet potatoes
With all the traveling I’ve been doing, my garden has consisted mostly of flowers with some herbs and peppers interspersed. It’s too difficult to get someone reliable to keep a real garden watered while I’m back and forth and seeing a potentially abundant garden wither and the ground crack is heart-breaking, to say nothing of a waste of time and money. (more…)
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