One might think my biggest mistake was buying something hardy only to Zone 10 or something.
Me being David the Ignorer of Zones.
Nope. Actually something that is hardy in Zone 5.
Prickly Pear. Yep. A friend gave me one. Started to plant it and GOOD GRIEF! The little thorns are horrible. (The big ones are a piece of cake.
) They also seem to jump into
yer skin from a distance. So ... after working gloveless (which I do 99 % of the time) and > 1/2 hour pulling those little microscopic buggers out, I sought Gloves!! Yep. Could not find my gloves, but I did find my wife's rose gloves.
Yet another mistake. The tiny thorns go right through them.
I discovered that today as I put them on again and wondered where the thorns were coming from since I had not touched the PP.
So between yesterday and today, I spent the better part of a hour - not pulling them out. Nope. They refuse --- breaking them off.
Heh.
The nice part is I did get it planted and set the way I want.
So today not only did I find out they will take over, but I have to explain to DW why she must buy a new pair of gloves. Impossible to extricate those nasty things - from inside or out.
Lesson learned.
