Did you know that some cactus makes fruit? I asked the kids in the neighborhood if the cactus in my yard was edible as passersby are not shy of hacking the living hell out of it. They pointed to the fruits on the cactus that is deeper in my yard, that people cannot hack-and-dash on – I had just assumed that the yellow and red bulbs on the plant were flower buds that had not yet bloomed. Well, I hacked off abut 15 of these small papaya-sized fruits – only problem being that they have plenty of cactus needles in them. The kids knew how to mitigate the needles with a sanding-like process and we all ate the fruit – it was okay, I guess if I was starving in the desert it would have been fantastic.