>>1036392Last one for now, don't want to push something if there's no interest.
Prickly Pear
Opuntia spp. (but fuck Chollas)
Grown and anecdotal (fuck Chollas).
It's a cactus, drought tolerant as fuck and very cold hardy. Grows wild in many areas and grown as an ornamental too.
They can be propagated from seed or from just dis-jointing or cutting off a pad and leaving it on top of moist (or dry) soil undisturbed for a couple of weeks.
The fruit and young pads are edible. I've never tried the pads but they are used in some mexican cooking and can often be found in the produce section in the south western IUS. The fruit are tasty but full of seeds. If you're harvesting yourself you must burn off the small hair like spines or they will make your life suck.
There are a lot of Opuntia species and they all have edible fruit. But Cholla are the devil, fuck them.
