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When choosing mesquite pods, always, always do a taste test first (chew it for a minute and then spit it out) before gathering them up and taking them somewhere to be milled into flour.

Barbara Rose, owner of Bean Tree Farm, harvests mesquite-bean pods as she prepares for a demonstration at the 15th annual Mesquite Milling and Fiesta. She’s been harvesting from the same velvet ...

Mesquite pods also contain significant percentages of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals and have approximately ...

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When it’s cut open — using the saguaro’s dried-up flower as a knife and leaving the pods by the saguaro for animals — the fruit is the color of a ripe watermelon.

Made from the dried, ground pods of mesquite trees that thrive in our deserts, this sweet, nutty flour contains natural sweetness and a hint of caramel. Native peoples have harvested it for centuries, ...

Early Hohokam lived in pithouses dug into the ground with walls made of wood, brush, and clay. These partly underground homes ...

Kiawe pods can be used as livestock fodder, ground into flour, turned into molasses or used to make beer. The light-yellow flowers attract bees, which produces from them a sought-after white honey.

What's happening? The mesquite shrub, known in Kenya as mathenge, has overtaken grasslands used for grazing, caused livestock's teeth to fall out, and even redirected the flows of waterways in the ...