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Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.)

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Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.)

#PricklyPear #Opuntia #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cactus #Cacti #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Estic aprenent a estimar la xumbera, nopal, Opuntia spp.

És una planta que resisteix el fred, la calor i la sequera.
Les seves pales, flors i fruits són comestibles.
La seva baba, barrejada amb fang, fa que aquest sigui més bon material de construcció.
Les pales, trossejades i enterrades als clots on es planta un arbre, ajuden a la retenció d'aigua.

I, té virtuts medicinals.
És regenerant i emolient.
Menjada, millora la salut intestinal.

Fa uns dies vaig fer un ungüent amb les seves "fulles" i sembla que el seu gel/baba es va amalgamar força bé amb l'oli, deixant una textura molt interessant.
La veritat és que va molt bé per irritacions i deixa la pell estupenda.

Si vols aprendre a fer els teus propis remeis i tens un grupet i un espai on fer-ho, sàpigues que em moc per aquestes terres per fer tallers a demanda. 😉 ⚗ ✨

#opuntia #nopal #remeieria #fitoterapia #remeisnaturals #salutdigestiva #saluddigestiva #saludnatural #chumbera #cosmeticanatural #permacultura #bioconstruccion #bioconstruccio #canviclimatic

Prickly Pear (Opuntia) Fruit Beginning to Ripen in the Garden This Week

As summer winds down, the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) is starting to ripen its fruit. I have 5 large cacti in the front and back garden, and they have reached maturity, so our harvest of fruit has been growing each year. Today, I spotted over 40 fruits at various stages of ripening. I am guessing they will all be ready for harvest once I return from a 2-week trip to Australia in September. 

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http://welchwrite.com/agn/2025/08/18/prickley-pear-opuntia-fruit-beginning-to-ripen-in-the-garden-this-week/

#pricklypear #opuntia #fruit #plants #garden #gardening #harvest #photo

@margamp

Yo siempre asesoro para usar cualquier material para muching. El estado natural de la tierra es estar cubierta. o por hierba, o por material organico (hojas o lo que sea) 😊

Y los restos de poda van de seda. aportan algo de nutrientes a largo plazo, materia orgánica para el suelo, protejen el suelo de erosión, sol y variaciones de temperatura, y hacen posible que las raíces colonizen los cm superiores del suelo, donde justamente hay la mayor concentración de nutrientes.

Lo mejor seria triturarlos un poquitín, pero haste que tengamos bicitrituradora comunitarias para los restos de poda (https://kante.info/download-bereich/fahrradmaschinen/) hacemos lo que podemos...

el consejo de @durru de usarlos como fondo para bancales profundos apoyo también. Solo ten claro que los restos de poda contienen bastante carbono y en el proceso de descomposición, lxs microbixs immobilizan algunos otros nutrientes como nitrogeno y fósforo. entonces si los tienes ahi, asegurate de asegurar un buen suministro de nutrientes (p.e. con orina -para abrir otro melón, ya que estamos).

Hagas lo que hagas, deja algun metro como control sin el tratamiento, y asi puedes mirar el efecto que hayan tenido tus experimentos. Y apuntate todo lo que has hecho, que en tres años no te acordarás 🤓

Un abrazo y mucha suerte en la horticultura y la recuperación de las memorias, que es muy bonito :anarchoheart3:

#mulching #horticultura #Chumbo #HigoChumbo #Chumberas #Opuntia

More prickly pear processing!

This time I made all the decisions so I’m quartering them and stewing them with no other ingredients. Ideally fresh lemons, but probably just some citric acid if I can find some.

I really miss having access to a steam juicer as this would be the correct tool. Food mill and chinois will do.

Also the colloquial American name for chinois is still “china cap”

#pricklyPear #preserving #opuntia

I suppose the other pictures are interesting as well. All the skin and seed waste is going into the wash and the end of our front yard for the quail and friends to nom on. Hopefully sprout a couple of new stands of opuntia

#pricklyPear #cactus #opuntia

Cactus for breakfast (a story in parts) 1/x #cactus #opuntia #nopal

Most productive and useful garden crop for my part of Southern California, by far... prickly pear cactus.

1. Produces more pads (nopal) than I can possibly eat. Perpetual, near infinite source of vegetable matter all year.

2. Prickly pear fruit available in summer... with enough prickly pear, WAY MORE than you can eat. You can make it into a jelly, or into wine. And probably other stuff.

3. Can be used to cultivate cochineal for red/purple coloring, if you're into natural fiber weaving or crafts.

4. Grows on a hot hill without water where NOTHING ELSE LIVES.

5. Fire buffer plant. Almost entirely water.

Probably more benefits I don't know about!

#gardening #cactus #opuntia #nopal

One last dump of random stuff from Yumenoshima

#cactus #opuntia #bromeliads #plants #bloomscrolling

Scenes from Oroville, CA
An entire hedgerow of prickly pear. Opuntia ficus-indica. Nopalitos. #food #photography #Oroville #California #SacramentoValley #opuntia #cactus #nopalitos

Save your hands from damage when repotting prickly cacti or other spiny plants - my how-to guide.

#gardening #plants #cacti #opuntia #succulents #cuttings #propagation #cactus #spines #plantsforfree

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2024/08/08/how-to-repot-prickly-cacti/

For the second parasite for #InsertAnInvert2024 I’m sharing the source of carmine, a bright red pigment derived from carminic acid. It’s traditionally harvested from cochineal, a sessile parasite on Opuntia cacti in South America, north through to Mexico and the southwest US. They are laboriously collected by brushing them off the pads of prickly pear cacti. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #naturalHistory #Opuntia #carmine #cochineal #cactus #insect #MastoArt

The last week of 2023 is #invertefest so I’m sharing a recent print I made about carmine, a bright red pigment derived from carminic acid, traditionally harvested from cochineal, a sessile parasite on Opuntia cacti in South America, north through to Mexico & the southwest US. They are laboriously collected by brushing them off the pads of prickly pear cacti. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #naturalHistory #Opuntia #carmine #cochineal #cactus #insect #invertefest2023 #invertebrates #MastoArt

Invasive species of #Opuntia are a big problem in #Kenya,
especially in the dry north, threatening grazing land and livelihoods of #pastoralists.
Most people who are confronted with them do not know that the whole Opuntia plant is edible/useful.

Meet Pera Foods, who know how to make #wine from the cactus' fruit.
They employ locals to forage fruit from wild Opuntia,
creating jobs and income from the presence of the unwelcome invader.
#botany #plantScience @plants

I took a picture of Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, on the island of Elba. This flowering plant belongs to the genus Opuntia in the cactus family Cactaceae. The genus is named after the Ancient Greek city of Opus, where an edible plant grew and could be propagated by rooting its leaves.

#Opuntia #pricklypear #pearcactus #Elba #Cactaceae #photography #AYearForArt #colors #contrast

I took a picture of Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, on the island of Elba. This flowering plant belongs to the genus Opuntia in the cactus family Cactaceae. The genus is named after the Ancient Greek city of Opus, where an edible plant grew and could be propagated by rooting its leaves.

#Opuntia #pricklypear #pearcactus #Elba #Cactaceae #photography #AYearForArt #colors #contrast

#Opuntia , an invasive and unwelcome #plant in many places,
e.g. in (northern) #Kenya, where it threatens the livelihoods of #pastoralists

may also be a source of food for both animals and humans (e.g. known as #nopales) - an article from #southafrica 2019

https://agriorbit.com/growing-spineless-cactus-pear-as-livestock-feed-source/

#cacti #cactus #botany #plantscience
@plants

@botaflo @plants

More on the #Opuntia (stricta) invasion in #Kenya, rendering grazing lands useless for #pastoralists and their cattle, while the #plant itself, though edible and a source of biofuel, is not utilized.

@plants #plantscience #botany #cacti #invasiveSpecies

This image from https://www.impactkenya.org/post/opuntia-stricta-invasion

NEW DESIGN: Vintage Solanum campanulatum Print from The floral cabinet and magazine of exotic botany (1837) Products

http://welchwrite.com/blog/2022/11/14/new-design-vintage-solanum-campanulatum-print-from-the-floral-cabinet-and-magazine-of-exotic-botany-1837-products-from-douglas-e-welch-design-and-photography-shopping-gifts/

#vintage #botanicalprint #opuntia #flowers #cactus #succulents #plants #illustration #gardening #garden #nature #forsale #products #gifts #coasters #cards #clothing #crafts #technology #iphone #cases  #bags #totes #prints #home #housewares #tops #notebooks #pillows #clocks #mugs #throwblankets #dufflebags