Arid Agriculture
Feeding People and Livestock with Minimal Water
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| 05/08/2024 | Farm Log |
94.2% new growth rate on existing cactus I did an updated count of opuntia ficus indica cactus in the ground that is budding new pads of 720 cactus growing out of... |
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| 05/06/2024 | Farm Log |
Watering cactus once a week now Completed watering of all cactus started yesterday. Total count now is 764 ficus indica. Some are putting on fruit. I was counting budding cactus... |
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| 06/26/2026 | Opuntia Ficus Indica Feed |
Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: Amazing Uses for Cactus - Desert Botanical Garden Celebrating 85 Years of the Garden: Amazing Uses for Cactus Desert Botanical Garden |
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| 05/01/2024 | Farm Log |
New water line and second watering Today marks the second watering of the cactus field, which took about three days. There are now six spigots in the cactus field. ... |
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| 04/26/2024 | Farm Log |
Trees planted and moved It turns out I did have a mulberry tree, which is now planted in front of the house. I moved the honey locust to... |