Cholla Cactus From The Deserts Of New Mexico
Cholla Cactus Are Found In The Foothills Of The Sandia Mountains
In The foothills of the Sandia Mountains, where the wind blows fiercely across the desert, you will find the Cholla Cactus. Here in the foothills, the wind can uproot weak plants, but this strong and sturdy cactus lives on in unison with the wind. It is here, in Central New Mexico desert, in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, that you will find the Cholla Cactus. The area, to the east of the Rio Grande, is with filled with the Cholla Cactus. This is a beautiful cactus.
The desert dwelling people of the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico have depended on the buds of the Cholla Cactus long before the first explores came to this area. They would remove the spines from the buds and place in a big pit or pottery pot with saltbush foliage and roast them together for hours, cooking them slowly over the coals. When the night came it was served to the community. This was done almost two thousand years ago, and it is done today by the Desert Peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
During the time of the Cholla harvest or "Yellow Moon", the Cholla is in full bloom in the desert. The bright yellow blooms fill the desert with color. This is a time for the whole community to connect with feasting and dancing into the late night.
The Tohono O'odham Tribe, known as the Desert people, would harvest enough for their needs for the year and for trading with the Akimel O'odham, or the River people. They had farms near rivers where they grew the other foods that the Desert People needed. The River People could not harvest the Cholla of the desert. This was a win-win for these traders.
So, when you are in the area, if you see the yellow blooms on the cactus above, know that this is a valuable resource of the New Mexico and Arizona deserts. This is another valuable gift of knowledge, a secret of the Desert People that we can put in our head, in case we are ever there during the time of the "Yellow Moon."
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Travelling changes one's perspective in life, as well as being the best education one could ever have. Great photo.
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Wow! It's a beautiful thing to know that such a plant can serve as a strong bond and source of livelihood for the local dwellers there. But is it that edible?
Thank you @greatness96 we can all learn allot of nature :-)
great post again
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I believe I fell on one of thoes before, and it was very painful!!!! Dont ever fall on a 4ft tall cactus like this!
@correctdrop not a fun experience for sure to fall on. Only nice to see :-)
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I remember when I was a kid up in the Alberta, Canada plains. We used to walk across the provincially-owned land picking cactus berries (they could be eaten right off the cactus and tasted and looked a bit like tart green grapes) from some very low-growing cactus. Good times! I hadn't thought about that in a very long time!
Re-engineer, it is good to remember those simple times. Someday we may need to remember.
Nice to know! :)
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Amazing cactus
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