Okay, so I finally found a great way to wash and dry large quantities of mesquite pods:
- Put them in that used produce crate that’s been sitting in my shed.
- Set them atop one of my gardens. That feral cat-deterring thorny branch lattice makes a perfect “table.”
- Watering can rinses the pods and waters the garden.
- Remove the crate so the garden seedlings can get some sun.
What’s this? Big drops of water falling from the sky? Getting fallen pods wet so I can’t harvest any more of them?
Oh, well. This little urban homestead needs some rain…
Alas, all is not well with the cactus in my yard. Some of the prickly pears are ailing…
I think that fig beetles are the culprit. Why, here’s one now…
