tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206460070533660576.post876202241125437603..comments2023-06-02T08:05:44.213-07:00Comments on Timeless Environments: Saguaros on Rattle Snake Mountain ?Chaparral Earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206460070533660576.post-29451048781133764232012-08-07T12:04:12.290-07:002012-08-07T12:04:12.290-07:00They've got a Desert View feature here at the ...They've got a Desert View feature here at the Göteborg Botanical Garden that my wife and I will got to this week. I actually have a couple of stories of things that interest me there.<br /><br />At the time I visited those friends in Tucson where I bought the cactus in 1980 with state permit and all, there were Chainsaw vandals doing damage in the Saguaro National Monument. Never underestimate the newer and newer lows to which human idiocy will sink to.Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206460070533660576.post-90162741255506442392012-08-07T11:21:51.905-07:002012-08-07T11:21:51.905-07:00You'd be surprized Eileen, many folks who thin...You'd be surprized Eileen, many folks who think they HAVE Green Thumbs have for years been using science-based chemical innovations and techniques to establish and maintain their landscape and they continually have to baby it or the lifesupport system fails completely. In the mean time some corporation some where pockets alot of cash from self-imagined green thumbers.<br /><br />Look and observe nature and showing respect on how intelligently designed and put together it's various ecosystem structures are and to the extent you've learned enough and replicated what you observed, your thumb will beome greener than most folks.<br /><br /><br /><br />--Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206460070533660576.post-82307748094771323982012-08-06T22:13:00.569-07:002012-08-06T22:13:00.569-07:00I really applaud your efforts to keep the desert a...I really applaud your efforts to keep the desert alive at your home. The snail is just plain ol' shocking to me! I did the same thing when I lived in Wisconsin. I missed the desert so much that I collected bits of cacti pieces and created a garden on my table. It didn't even matter if they grew a whole bunch.....it was just important that I have them by me. Today my cacti collection is outside on my window ledge instead of inside the house. They were all little pads, cuts, or branches and today they have grown nicely in their pots. When they get too big, I put them into the landscape. In Panama last I became really excited by a tropical cactus growing in the woods. I love the rain forest but it doesn't compare to desert vegetation in my book. <br /><br />Great advice for people wanting to start their own cacti garden. Shocked and horrified by you Saguaro story. So many idiots out there who love to shoot at them. BUT glad that it came back. Wonderful growth. All my best. ChrisRohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206460070533660576.post-70310137230624082102012-08-05T15:12:07.012-07:002012-08-05T15:12:07.012-07:00I do not have a green thumb at all and a cactus w...I do not have a green thumb at all and a cactus would not even survive around me. I do love them they are very pretty when they flower. I would be excited to see all the cactus wren nest. Great post and photos.eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.com