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Prickly pear season is here. Here's what to do with the fruit you may have in your yard
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Prickly pear season is here. Here's what to do with the fruit you may have in your yard

  • Johanna Willett | This Is Tucson
  • Updated Jan 28, 2025

It's almost peak prickly pear harvesting season in Tucson, Arizona. We talk to two experts for tips on harvesting the fruit, preparing it and cooking with it. 

Drought, Tucson

Drought, Tucson

  • Josh Galemore, Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated May 5, 2023

A withering prickly pear cactus sits near the base of Golden Gate Mountain in Tucson Mountain Park in 2020, the driest monsoon year on record …

Prickly pear, drought

Prickly pear, drought

  • Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Jan 2, 2021

A withered prickly pear cactus near the bottom of Golden Gate Mountain in Tucson Mountain Park west of the city.

Drought

Drought

  • Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star 2021
  • Updated Feb 25, 2022

Drought appears to have withered this prickly pear cactus in Tucson Mountain Park. 

Avocados Are So Healthy, Even The Seed Husks Might Have Medical Uses
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Avocados Are So Healthy, Even The Seed Husks Might Have Medical Uses

  • Tyler Adkisson
  • Aug 23, 2017
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Desert Dessert

  • By Jennifer Williams
  • Updated Aug 15, 2018

A captive male Desert Tortoise eyes some prickly pear fruit.

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