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For those who hang out in the desert

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03 March 2021, 05:43 PM
wtg
For those who hang out in the desert
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How to Remove Cactus Spines (Including Ones Stuck in Your Throat)

Experts weigh in on a prickly predicament.


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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb

Bazootiehead-in-training



03 March 2021, 10:07 PM
Piano*Dad
In NM you really have to be careful of the cholla when hiking. They're easy to miss as you walk with your arms swinging a bit and ... wham, a hand smacks into one. No fun. And prickly pear spines really irritate. I've got all sort of spiky things on my property, and they're actually really beautiful.

This pair (Echinocereus Triglochidiatus) live under a juniper near the house. [I can never figure out how to shrink these FB images ... grrrr]


04 March 2021, 06:45 PM
wtg
I saved a copy to my PC and uploaded/resized the image to postimages.org. I don't know of any other way to do it.

Gardening in NM looks like dangerous business....


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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb

Bazootiehead-in-training



04 March 2021, 09:09 PM
Piano*Dad
I garden on the inside of my coyote fence. On the outside, nature reigns supreme! I do, however, like wandering on the property to see what's growing. I just walk around carefully! We do have a variety of yuccas and agaves and cactuses of all sorts, ground hugging and treelike.