It's almost that time of the year - - Saguaro Fruit Harvest

[Ptah]

[mvccd1000]

1. Ours were blooming a couple of weeks ago.

We have three large ones in the yard... maybe we can make one jar of jam?

[Ptah]

2. Good Luck!

That one jar will be delicious!

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. how do you know when to pick em?

[Ptah]

4. When they're red, similar to prickly pear fruit

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. Well, If you all want to have a DU Tucson meetup and cactus plucking

I have about a million Saguaro at the end of my street and I will let you know when they turn red.

[Ptah]

6. million? you don't even show three.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

7. Trust me. If you walk over that mountain you end up at the desert museum.

There are millions of em. I'm just not a good photographer.

[Ptah]

8. I'm not sure you may harvest them.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

9. I'll call the park service and check.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

10. Well, apparently only the Tohono O "Odam are allowed to harvest them in the park

But there are hundreds of them outside of the fence line. I'm making jam.

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. I had always thought only licensed Tohono O'Odham were allowed to harvest them anywhere.

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But maybe the article I read long ago was only about the Saguaro National Monuent
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[richk52952es]

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