Oh Hail!

We wondered about a nice way to explain the small white spots on the cactus that the hail caused.
Then I decided to make the best of the situation and make everyone happy they got some pretty special cactus….

With each box of Grade C cactus we shipped a small note explaining the hail marks….

“First off, let me thank you all for joining with us in the nutritious and natural organically certified edible cactus!  Part of the fun we get is the fine interaction with many of our customers, and knowing that they like the cactus we send them.

  Another part of the fun is dealing with the vagaries of climate and how that affects the cactus growth.

Well, it wasn’t fun though when we got hail two days in a row last week… and although I thought of swatting the hail with my tennis racket, I knew it was pointless…

But then I realized that not many people are going to get the opportunity to get California cactus with some hail-stone pings….

But unfortunately… there was not enough hail-marked cactus to go around to everyone, so we had to split it up and give everyone just a little to make it fair. So the white pings and dings are your special bit of cactus.. but don’t tell too many people…. This is a once in a year event if that.

John and Vickie Dicus    Rivenrock Gardens”