Wild Harvesting Equipment and Supplies
Prickly Pear Processing
Here are links to items I personally use to harvest and process prickly pear fruits.
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Potato Peeler Rough Gloves for protection
Tongs for harvesting
Plastic Buckets for gathering
Electric Juicer for making the juice
Strainer for filtering the juice
Camera for photographing the whole process!
Mesquite Bean Processing
Electric 'Giraffe' Mill for Mesquite Beans
Will take several handfuls of mesquite beans at once. Grind for 20 seconds, then put the mixture into a sieve to separate the flour from the "mash."
Will take several handfuls of mesquite beans at once. Grind for 20 seconds, then put the mixture into a sieve to separate the flour from the "mash."
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Hand Sieve to put the mesquite mixture into after putting the beans through the "Giraffe" Mill above.
Directions: Hold the sieve above a large bowl. Press and scrape on the mixture with a spatula. The powder that comes out into your bowl is your mesquite flour and the gritty mixture left in the sieve is the "mash" which you can save to make mesquite tea or beer. |
The Electric Shaker Sieve makes the sifting job ten times faster! My hand, wrist, and arm quit hurting after I started using this machine. Recommended if you're making a large amount of mesquite flour. The #30 sieve makes the perfect fine-textured flour. It's a very quiet machine.
Directions: Put 6-8 cups of broken beans that have been processed in the giraffe machine. Put the lid on. Fasten the three springs to the lid to hold it in place. Turn on the machine with the flip button midway up the cord. Wait for about 30 seconds as the flour comes out the chute into your bowl. Unfasten the springs and take the lid off. Pour the mash into a lidded food grade bucket. Sweep the extra flour down the chute and into your bowl with the brush provided. |
Saguaro Fruit Harvesting
I use this golf ball retriever to reach the high saguaro fruits. The ring at the end of the extending pole fits perfectly around the saguaro fruit so you can pull on it and the fruit falls to the ground.
I use this golf ball retriever to reach the high saguaro fruits. The ring at the end of the extending pole fits perfectly around the saguaro fruit so you can pull on it and the fruit falls to the ground.
I have found the above pole to be a bit flimsy so I'm going to try this sturdier pole below. It has a an attachment that can be set at an angle to act as a hook for pulling down the saguaro fruits.
ML