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	<title>Rivenrock Gardens Cactus Blog... go to www.rivenrock.com for edible cactus</title>
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		<title>Commercial cactus harvest begins today</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cactus Growth Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ In the next few weeks we'll be starting the shipments to a distributor in the Great Lakes area (5 states), and another on the Eastern Seaboard that provides to restaurants and health-food stores from Miami to NYC.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>weeding time 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The photo below shows the cactus patch after being weed-wacked with a hand-held string-trimmer machine. There will be some hand clearing done afterwards.... I don't like to pull the grasses on this slope, I want the roots to stay in the ground, holding everything in place well. So cutting by machine is the best option.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<title>springtime is coming&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The cactus leaves are flushing out on the plants. We'll start weeding between the plants soon.... but first we let the grasses set their seeds. We'll be expanding our sales list soon as we do every spring when the entire plethora of cactus grades are available on the plants. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A letter of thanks</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/04/05/a-letter-of-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd like to thank all of the people who have made a big difference in my life... from my parents, siblings and wife, to my drill sergeants, work associates and friends.... and the hundreds of people who buy from us and send us great messages giving us the hope to keep planting and buying irrigation lines to expand our plantings. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactus Growth Report</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/04/05/cactus-growth-report-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cactus Growth Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We're hoping to have full harvest beginning before 'Cinco de Mayo', but it has ALWAYS really started in earnest a week afterward. So, I'm not going 'out-on-a-limb' here by predicting we'll have full harvest beginning by May 15. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from the Wizard of Oz</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/03/01/lessons-from-the-wizard-of-oz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wizard of Oz was made into a movie in 1939... but it was written decades earlier. Like any long-lived work of fiction, it has depth.... There are life-lessons in this story that are relevant to every culture in any time of human history. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Han Shan</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/02/09/han-shan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On top of Cold Mountain the lone round moon Lights the whole clear cloudless sky. Honor this priceless natural treasure Concealed in five shadows, sunk deep in the flesh.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>all dogs go to heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/02/09/all-dogs-go-to-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all are going through life like actors in a giant cosmic film .... but we do have some authority to change the screenplay.... we can make ourselves be a villian if we wish, or we can be 'the good guy'..... I prefer to play 'the villain' in film... but in the film of my life, that's not the role I aim for. Remember, YOU have the highlighter to your screenplay in real life..... you also have the scissors to cut out any text or action that you've written in before..... you can change your own screenplay..... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cactini</title>
		<link>http://www.nopalcactusblog.com/2012/02/07/cactini/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Dicus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cactus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We've seen the bikini... and then came the burkini.... but did you know that before either there was the cactini?  [...]]]></description>
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