Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Cactus That Makes You Feel Good. What?!

Texans of European descent do not generally like cactus. At least not up close. People from up north may think it looks picturesque, but once you have fallen into a patch of prickly pear, for example, cactus really loses its charm.

Usually the only fans of cactus (besides environmentalists) are ranchers in desert areas, where in really bad droughts they sometimes have to burn the needles off prickly pear cactus with flamethrowers so the cattle can eat them. That makes prickly pear valuable

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