Monday, March 28, 2011

parlay view parsnip...

parlay view parsnip..., originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

It is Monday morning at the ranch, time to see what is going on
around my home.

In the continuing saga of what is happening with the freeze damage
plants, I also see the Javelina damage to the Prickly Pear cactus in
my front yard.
Javelinas love to eat Prickly Pear Cactus thorns and all !
After the Harlows crew came in two weeks ago and did some major clean
up, the Javelinas moseyed in and chomped their way through also. So
nice that they thought they were helping....

One morning I walked out the front door and see quite a few arms of
the Prickly Pear ripped off and big bites taken here and there on the
cactus pads.
In the photo you can see a ripped arm, a chomped pad and way in the
back top middle a dainty bite of a smaller pad.
Cheeky little devils !

One nice thing about the Prickly Pear is you can just let the fallen
pad dry up for a week or so then just stick in the dirt and " Waa Laa"
a new plant is born. Thank goodness because this is one of my favorite
Prickly Pear ! I love the sage green pads with the paper thin blooms
in vibrant colors that can rival any rose.

charmed. . . parsnip
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  1. Love your prickly pears, even more so now I know they can regenerate with such ease. If only they would grow in Scotland my garden would be sorted.

  2. Echoing Eryl, it's like the moon to me: beautiful, unattainable.

    Are javelinas female javelins?

  3. Aren't cactuses supposed to store water or something? Maybe the javelina were just thirsty.

  4. Eryl...
    They are one of my favorite plants. They do get snowed on I am not sure they could handle all your freezing temps.

    I am not sure if there is a female name. They are all Javelinas or Peccary they are not pigs and more closely related to the Hippopotamus.
    They are my people my tribe ! and I love them.

    Cactus is part of their diet and I think they just like the tender juicy younger pad and not the tough old pads.
    They are mostly vegetarians but will eat cactus, roots, succulents, bulbs, seed pods, Mesquite beans,some small animals and grubs.

  5. I have yet to see your javelinas. But maybe when we come out in two weeks, we will!

  6. I love the idea that the dried up bits can regenerate into new plants. Wish I could do that with a few of mine.

  7. They are such a pretty colour - perfect to go with the orangey fruits. I mean who designed that?

  8. I love this picture. And your story almost sounds like a children's book.