sorry to hear that.

Daiv,
In Arizona I have had black widows living all over my house in the past. I finally got rid of most of them by spraying the females with green Lysol. That worked the best. Its no longer made, I wonder why? lol

and yeah like I was saying I Think those might be BW egg sacks.

hmm they look like kinda dark colored black widow egg sacs. Usually they are light tan to white and look sorta like that, however they usually are also in the web. So I would say some kind of spider egg sac as well, however I do not know insects that well so I might be way off on this. (edit) neverm...

pretty soon my AZ desert wildflowers will be blooming.
I have some of the lupines/CA poppies and a few others coming up with a bunch of weeds as well.

As for your plants they look sad, but I am sure they will start growing soon!

Hey Darryl you have some nice cacti. Lots of blooms and lots more that have cool spines on them.


I might not be as obsessed yet but give me a few years and I will have tons more plants. heh

well I think the more pics the better...

heh, I like it when everything is starting to bud. some of the Opuntias around here are starting to bud/bloom as well.

Some have blooms that are starting and a few others are growing tiny little pads.

Byron thanks. I will have to take a look at some pics and at it again and see.

Nice.

Different from what I am used to, although I do have some of those chollas ( Cylindropuntia leptocaulis) growing near me.

hmm that is a pretty interesting combination. I am pretty sure that I never grafted any trees however that sounds like a lot of different varieties of fruit.
(Edit) your avatar is nice..

ah good idea. I will maybe work on that tommorrow. I just need to find another stake somewhere.

its kinda hard sometimes in AZ to find stakes. no natural wood laying around like back east heh.

hmm its funny how our cats love to play with our cactus and knock them over. My cat likes to knock over my small saguaro that sits on the window sill. Silly cat. My first cactus that I got when I was little and lived in PA was killed by my cat after he knocked it over a bunch of times. I think I als...

Vajaho that would depend on what type of cactus you are comparing it to. Ever bump into a cholla?

those are the worst.
The glochids suck, but trust me stepping on a saguaro areole sucks even more and is worse then just skin irritation.

its actually just a little bit of a hole in the goey part of the middle that I am waiting to dry up and form a callous.

I hope its normal, I am not sure.

yes Diamondman they were under the kindling and I didnt know they were there. If I did I would have removed them. I am a pyro...but I do not hurt living things with it, just dead wood. btw cacti doesnt burn very well, and so I removed them once I saw them, mostly they bubbled steam and the spines we...