Thanks, Alan. Yes, the fruit is edible, as are the pads, or nopales. I find eating it gives me diarrhea, so I leave the fruits for the birds, which seem to enjoy them. In survival school, back in the 1960s, we ate the pads as a source of energy, along with wild onion and dandelions. I cut back the pads severely after each flowering season; otherwise, they soon would cover the entire yard.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Jun 20, 2022 at 1:37 AM Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > Wow, that's spectacular. Is the fruit big enough to eat? > > Alan C > > On 20-Jun-22 06:09 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Every year at Fathers' Day, the Prickly Pear Cactus burst into bloom, > > filling our yard with brilliant yellow flowers: > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/6/20/cactus > > > > K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135hour mm F 3.5-5.6 ED AL [IF] DC WR > > Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and > > appreciated. > > > > Dan Matyola > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
