In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Billy wrote:
If you can't beat them, join them and do as I do with my dandelions,
I eat them. Prickly pears are free food and can double as a primer,
if you decide to whitewash your house ;O). The fruit is supposed
to taste like water melon (or was that chicken? No, I'm sure it is
watermelon:O).

Hello I am new here I followed a friend in

I have eaten a lot of prickly pears when I lived in Malta. Yes,
they are a bit like melon but have biggish seeds in them and they
are delicious. If you touch the outer skin, the fine hairs will
penetrate into your skin and they are sore. The people with carts
that sold them house to house in Malta, used to cut the skin, turn
them inside out and offer them, to allow the customer to take out
the fruit themselves. The skin on their hands were hard.

best

Ophelia UK

Welcome O'! :-)

Thanks Om))



This is a good list.

Mom taught me to torch cactus fruit to get rid of the tiny spines.

That is a good idea They don't grow in UK though

I was very interested in the 'no dig' gardening.

You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced them?
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Peace! Om

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced
them?

Probably too cool here.

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In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced
them?

Probably too cool here.

Wonder if you could adapt them?
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Peace! Om

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced
them?

Probably too cool here.

Wonder if you could adapt them?

I suppose so, given huge greenhouses I think I will stick to my tomatoes
and cucumbers)

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Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced
them?

Probably too cool here.

Wonder if you could adapt them?

I suppose so, given huge greenhouses I think I will stick to my tomatoes
and cucumbers)

Don't blame ya. g
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Peace! Om

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one
introduced them?

Probably too cool here.

Wonder if you could adapt them?

I suppose so, given huge greenhouses I think I will stick to my
tomatoes and cucumbers)

Don't blame ya. g

G

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Life sometimes gives you a second chance.