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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus &#187; cactus</title>
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		<title>Nopal cactus can help to detoxify soil</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like it when good news comes out on the beneficial effects of cactus. Most people just think about the health effects, or the pretty flowers... but cactus can also help revitalize soils... building them up by capturing blowing dust and organic debris, and now a study shows they can even absorb excess sodium from soils. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making nopal cactus juice</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/11/14/making-nopal-cactus-juice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cactus health benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cactus recipes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[... a very detailed description of how to select and prepare the cactus fruit for juicing... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ladder-Backed Woodpecker</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/06/26/ladder-backed-woodpecker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They like to hop around cactus and other desert brush looking for grubs, ants and other bugs.... sometimes they will supplement their diet with cactus fruit. They like to nest in trees, but will also use large cactus. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malibu Cactus</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/04/12/malibu-cactus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cali Canyons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since we didn't have to worry about shipping costs, we were able to give them extra large cuttings. They were really impressed with the cactus, and very enthusiastic... they asked if I'd be willing to come by and look them over on occasion.... yes..... anything to get me to Malibu! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hail Damage To Cactus</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/02/20/hail-damage-to-cactus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Growth Report]]></category>

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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>Living fence from cactus</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/02/19/living-fence-from-cactus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cactus is well suited for this use.... there are many species of cactus that have a cylindrical appearance and spines.. others growth a thick hedge of spiny leaves that reach high and wide. We don't sell too many really spiny cactus... most of our cactus is selected to be fairly low spine. Still some of our Opuntia cactus could be placed two feet apart from one another in a line... that mass of leaves alone would serve as quite a fence. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A clear day in December</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2011/01/20/a-clear-day-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[but there were a day or two here and there that allowed us to get some air and take a walk around. One of those days I took these photos.... while walking around our house.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactus Eradication in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/11/16/cactus-eradication-in-kenya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/11/16/cactus-eradication-in-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ One area of Mexico feeds the milk cows the cactus pads.. it is said to make the milk taste better, they get more money for that milk. Too much makes the animals' stools runny... bad. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactus Smoothie</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/09/22/cactus-smoothie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cactus recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Testimonial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ I do have to say that this is the best cactus I've ever had! My favorite is eating it raw with some lime and salt. I also have a smoothie every morning with orange juice, cactus, celery, parsley and pineapple.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La memoria inmòvil</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/25/la-memoria-inmovil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2010/08/25/la-memoria-inmovil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fine Art black and white images by french photographer Philippe Perrin. Taken in Mexican deserts. As part of the book "La memoria inmòvil" that will be soon published in Mexico  [...]]]></description>
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