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Editor's note: This story was originally published in August 2020. We're resharing it in August 2024. We are approaching peak prickly pear season. Called "tunas" in Spanish, the deep, purple-red ...

We are approaching peak prickly pear season. Based on the prickly pear fruit she can see in her neighborhood, Sonya Norman gives it another week or two before the fruit is really ready for harvest.

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 ...

Prickly pears are a fantastic wild fruit, but the tiny thorns called glochids make them challenging to harvest. In this video, I demonstrate how to use basic natural materials to easily harvest and ...

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 ...

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Food preservation for winter and possible future food shortages is an important aspect of life for primitive cultures. Extensive winter and spring rains brought an abundant supply of wild foods in ...