Like their name implies, prickly pears can be a thorny fruit to deal with. They’re covered in tiny needles, chock-full of hard seeds and their juice can stain everything it touches a shocking magenta ...

Your chicken overlord also demands olives, which you can find the same way as lemons and apricots above, and a cat bed. Below ...

Prickly pear fruit (and pads) is just one of many wild desert foods long used by Indigenous people. If you are harvesting prickly pear fruit this year, do so with respect, leaving fruit on the cactus ...

The Opuntia (prickly pear) cactus is a genus native to the Americas, known for its small spines or glochids that can irritate ...

TUCSON (KVOA) – It's used to make jams, can be used as a glaze, it's in beer and even can be found in tequila. But this year, the prickly pear is costing a bit more than usual. "We don't have the rain ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Those growing and harvesting prickly pear fruit said 2024 is a banner year for the crop. One local company is trying to get people to stop overlooking the red fruit. Will Thomson ...

A free class on prickly pear harvesting is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Civano Nursery, 5301 S. Houghton Road, 546-9200. This fine guide will teach you how to cook with both the fruit and the pads of ...

You’ve heard of ramps and paw paws, but have you ever tasted Virginia’s own prickly pear cactus fruit? The fuchsia colored ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Q We have a large, old (probably about 40 ...

It can sometimes be tough to find prickly pear in traditional grocery stores, but there's one sure way of getting your hands on the fruit: Steaz Prickly Pear Water, the buzziest functional beverage of ...

STORY: In the hills of Ghaiman in Yemen, farmers are busy harvesting and cleaning the prickly pear. The fruit, which was once a wild and seasonal offering, is now a staple in markets across the ...