The humble and beautiful Agave deserti. Desert gardeners may await its bloom with anticipation at this time of year, but the Native Peoples of the deserts of Mexico and California depended on it for its delicious roasted “heart,” its tasty flowers, and for its seed, ground into flour. In return, traditional people practiced what anthropologists […]

Categories: Mountain Stories • Tags: Agave, Banning, CA, Cahuilla Indians, Ethno-agronomy., Ethnobotanic garden, Malki Museum, Morongo Reservation, San Jacinto Mountains, Southern California Indians