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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus &#187; Cactus Growth Report</title>
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		<title>weed wacking</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/04/30/5041/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These grasses set seed and dry naturally in the springtime. We let them set seed because many of the local birds flock here for seeds... also I want the seeds to be in the soil so the grasses will grow again next fall when it turns cool and sends the signal to the seeds to sprout. The weed whacking takes them all down in the mid spring when the grasses have gone dry.... so we make a straw mulch from the grasses...  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Hail!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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….  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hail Damage To Cactus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ this is all part of the fun in agriculture.. the unknowing, the learning... the loss of control... you can't hold back a storm, you have to grow things that will survive your local conditions. And it helps to have customers like ours who understand the seasonal variation in the quality of the leaves..  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Frost</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/11/24/first-frost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It got down to 30 degrees last night, first frost of the season.... and a few weeks early too. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Walk In The Cactus</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/05/a-walk-in-the-cactus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ You can see that this section of our garden is very wild and rangy. we water a few times a year only, and we don't worry too much about annual grasses and forbs. I think that a mono-culture is in essence a bad thing... it leads to soil-chemical/nutrient imbalances, easy pest-proliferation and a less diverse plant community that helps shield against these things. So we allow the weeds to grow...  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting Cactus Again</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/04/06/harvesting-cactus-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the weeks go by, we'll add larger box sizes to the offerings. The leaves are growing well now, and we have good weather forecast which keeps growth active, so we may be able to offer list members an early offering of leaves in bulk within a month. Also, within two weeks I expect we'll be offering the cactus in 16 lb lots. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Freeze of the Season 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/12/06/first-freeze-of-the-season-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a photo of the ice that accumulated overnight on the cat's water dish. You can see a change in coloration near the tip of the cactus leaf.... this might be frost damage... however the plant might not be damaged... we'll know more in the next few days. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactus Watering Time</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/10/09/cactus-watering-time-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We use the big sprinklers when frost threatens the leaves, the relatively warm water from the ground @64 degrees will keep the leaves from sustaining too much damage from the cold..... as long as I am sure to wake up and monitor the system, LOL. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of Rivenrock? Will the tin soldier ride away?</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/26/the-end-of-rivenrock-will-the-tin-soldier-ride-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/?p=2763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ It is this extra bit that has me stymied. We don't really make any money doing this cactus business. All of our money goes to shipping, governmental fees of several thousand dollars yearly in order to maintain our licenses, permits, and associated fees and overhead expenses. Knowing that this trip will lead us into negative financial territory makes me reluctant to want to go. Knowing that due to these regulations, we must take a sample of our water and have it analyzed monthly at unknown costs.... I have for the first time in these many years had serious thoughts to stop all production, stop the business, and plow the cactus into the ground, and have just a family garden in the future.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Cactus Fruit Harvest Has Begun at Rivenrock!</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2009/09/18/autumn-cactus-fruit-harvest-has-begun-at-rivenrock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our cactus plants have great fruit that ripens in late summer, and will continue to yield through January Right now we have a special sending out approximately five pounds of fruit in little plastic 'clamshell' containers  [...]]]></description>
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