How I got into the Hobby of growing Cacti & Succulents a collaboration with

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Link to Joe's video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baiWkISYitaAjrM

[@oddball-z]

Glad you took your cacti for a ferry ride, and not surprising they cut the search on your Cacti short 😂 thanks for sharing Lyn 💚🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahahaha :-D it really was a funny moment when the customs security guys opened up the boxes, the look of sheer horror on their faces when they went to put their hands inside even with gloves on them was so hilarious, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and awesome support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for an incredible Wednesday today XXXX

[@MarkMarsh-mw5jd]

Thank you for sharing your memories

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Mark for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@gundegaberzina874]

Thank you for your story. It was very interesting ❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you enjoyed hearing my story on how i got 'hooked' haha :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@falzonp1]

That's a wonderful story Lyn! So nice to still have your old cacti from when you were a little child! Your collection kept growing as you grew older. Love watching your videos and your collection of plants! Thanks for sharing! I go watch Joe's video now! Have a great evening my friends Lyn and Hans! Lots of love and happiness!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved hearing my story on how I got 'Hooked' Sylvia :haha :-D I remember how fascinated I was when I seen these plants that my big Brother brought home all them decades ago, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and Paul lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a terrific Tuesday today XXXX

[@heatherstephens9295]

I’m just blown away how long you have kept your cacti obsession going - 40 years, unbelievable 🥳🥳❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwwww thanks so very much Heather :-D I can't believe how fast the years have flown and I am more hooked than ever today on these awesome plants haha :-D thanks so much Heather for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to New Zealand for a fantastic evening and for a wonderful new week ahead XXXXX

[@CactusGhand1]

It's always funny to know how people got attached to cacti 😊you two are incredible cactus growers, each from a different part of the world, different climates and both collections are magnificent 💚 Thanks both for sharing this amazing video. Nice weekend for Hans, Lyn and Joe 😎🤙🌵🌅

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thank so very much Ivano :-D it really is so amazing to hear how other cactus growers got 'hooked' haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Portugal for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@bobbiechinn9578]

I understand the sentimental things. I have them too ❤😊 im 49 and have been collecting for about 40 years. I lost my old peanut cactus to a freak cold snap 2 years ago 😢 it still hurts. Those orange blooms are stunning 🧡 i love your story and your videos 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats so awesome you have been collecting for 40 years too Bobbie :-D but so sorry to hear you lost your old Peanut cactus a couple of years ago, so happy you loved hearing my story on how I got 'Hooked' haha :-D thanks so much Bobbie for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@flowerszoneforever]

Thank you for amazing video Lyn! Very good idea for collaboration with Joe! Greetings from Albania 🇦🇱

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the collaboration video with Joe, and thanks so much Elda for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle to Albania XXXX

[@newmanmansell760]

Hi Lyn!☺️🙌Time flies doesn't it😱It was a real treat listening to your journey into the world of plants. Interestingly we both were persuaded by our Aunts. My Aunt dragged me along on weekends to many cheap huge plant nurseries for years. Thanks for the story Lyn!🥰

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats so amazing that it was your Aunt who got you into plants too Newman :-D I couldn't imagine a life without plants haha, they really are part of us and such a big part of our lives, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX

[@tomdix8028]

Always love seeing your collection, that teeny opuntia from your brother is amazing, hearing the history of those plants so interesting.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Thats fantastic you enjoyed hearing my story on how I got 'hooked' Tom haha :-D the Opuntia really is a little golden oldie, thanks so much for your awesome comments and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX

[@ladystardust9707]

Lyn, I LOVED this video, and I love Cactus Joe's channel! I always love hearing how people got into plants. It's so interesting how plants become so sentimental to us, and how they can immediately take you back to a particular moment in time. I need to catch up on Joe's videos, I will be watching those once I'm done catching up with your videos. Sending you and Hans loads of love and cactus power from CA to The Emerald Isle! ❤❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the Collaboration video Ashley

[@musicalmarion]

What a lovely story Lyn, I'm sorry you lost all your pictures though ! I've subscribed to Cactus Joe too thank you. I just can't imagine driving your entire collection through Customs ! Such a funny story haha 🤣

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha so happy you loved the story of when I had to go through customs with boxes of cacti all piled high in the van haha :-D I laughed so much when I saw the looks on the security guys faces when they opened up the boxes, that look of total 'horror' on their faces when they went to put their hands in the boxes hahahaha :-D so happy you have subscribed to Cactus Joe too, Joe really is so awesome and knowledgeable and his videos are always top notch, thanks so much Marion for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@morrisparkintheozarks6831]

Great video Lyn!! Seems we all have a story of how we got here😊 I think I was lnjected with cactus fever!! When I was about 3 we were visiting relatives in Florida and I fell beck into a cactus bed! I remember them pulling spines out of my back!! Got my first little cacti when I was about 5, First Euphorbia, which at that time I had no idea of the difference, at 6 and it seems I've had them most everywhere I've lived growing up. It was great to hear how your interest grew from early on in life!! It's definitely been a life long love of mine!! Great to hear Joe and yourself and these great stories!!! And great old plants!!!Thanks for sharing!!! From Morris Park in the Ozarks, to across the emerald isle, and Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪 have a wonderful week ahead!!! Peace, Love, Plants!!!✌️💖🌵🪴🌻🍀🌷🌾🌴🌱💐🌹🌿🌳🏜😃👍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Oh WOW with falling back onto a bed of cactus as a 3 year old OUCH! Clyde :-D and thats so awesome that you got into cacti and Euphorbia at such a young age, and it would be AMAZING for you to film a video on the history on how you got 'Hooked' too haha, you have a wonderful long history of growing these incredible plants and you are the Euphorbia human Enclyclopedia of knowledge haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a brilliant new week XXXXX

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

Blimey Lyn, your Brother didn't know what he was starting 😁Brill that you've still got the cacti 😎Hope you and Hans have a lovely evening 😊😊🌵🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

hahahaha Ziggy :-D my Brother really didn't know what he was starting when he brought home them plants, he loves cacti today but thinks I am totally batty with having so many of them haha :-D thanks so much Ziggy for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you and beautiful Jackie lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me for a brilliant new week XXXXX

[@garygilliam1890]

Hello my friends across the blue waters hope,all is well thanks for all of . the great information over the year you and Joe are the reason why they are a greenhouse full of cactus setting in South Carolina and thanks catimania have a great weekend your way

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww I am so happy to hear that me and Cactus Joe and Cactimania have inspired you with your cactus growing in south Carolina Gary :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to South Carolina for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@kaktus_cactus]

Great video and interesting story. Nice to see you still have some from your brother. You were so fortunate to have homes with a conservatory or garden with a greenhouse.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved hearing my story on how I got 'Hooked' haha :-D it really is so addictive growing these awesome plants and I really miss the beautiful garden and greenhouse and conservatory at the house I used to live in as it was so spacious and with big windows, thanks so much Magda for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@walterblanc9708]

Strange looking Cactus at 6:00? Nice story to hear, thankyou for sharing. Peanut cactus was my first too! One little cutting, now its everywhere but none have ever flowered😔.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you enjoyed hearing my story on how I got 'Hooked' Walter haha :-D and thats so fantastic that Peanut Cactus was your first cactus too and its grown a lot, haha with the strange cactus at 6:00, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@petercalthorpe7966]

G'day Lyn, thanks for taking us on your wonderful memories of when you started collecting cactus and succulents. Thanks for sharing,have a great weekend. Sending you lots of love from Ellyn and Pete.❤🌵🌵🌵🌵❤️💋💕

[@desertplantsofavalon]

G'day Peter haha :-D so happy you loved hearing about how I got 'Hooked' on growing these wacky wonders haha :-D thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you and beautiful Ellyn lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Downunder for a fantastic evening and for a wonderful new week ahead XXXXX

[@petercalthorpe7966]

@@desertplantsofavalon thanks Lyn. ⚘❤💋💋

[@desertplantsofavalon]

@@petercalthorpe7966 XXXXX 🥰❤🌵😄😎🌻

[@Cactimania]

Awesome video, Lyn 😊 Was great to hear how you very first got into collecting cacti and succulents. And so nice you still have some of the original ones from your brother. Thank you for sharing with us as always, Lyn. Have a wonderful evening and weekend from Edith & myself to you & Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌸🌺🌼🏜

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video on how I got 'Hooked' Daz haha :-D my brother still loves cacti and succulents and lives in Norwich now and I send him updates on the plants he gave me from all them years ago and he is always so amazed they are still going strong haha, thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@dlittle7983]

Thank you for sharing your cacti story. To be honest, I was not a subscriber, but I am now. I also was 6 or 7 years old when I started with cacti in my window sil. It's amazing that you still have some plants from that time. ❣️🌵

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you enjoyed my cactus story on how i got 'Hooked' haha and thanks so very much for subscribing I really appreciate it so much, thats so awesome you was only 6-7 when you started growing cacti, this hobby really is so rewarding and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@allancurtis3342]

What a fantastic collaboration, and a special treat for us all.The dedication you and Joe both have shown is an example too us all,never miss a vidio Lyn looking forward to the next one 🌵🌿🌵🌵🦠🌱..There's always room for one more, ha,ha,😅...

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the Collaboration video Allan :-D and it really was so amazing to take part in this collaboration with the awesome Cactus Joe :-D and yes there is always room for one more or a few more hahaha! :-D thanks so much Allan for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@carpy1252]

My first cactus I bought was an Echinopsis 'Domino' from a box store in 2016, I saw that it was completely smooth compared to the others and was very cute, I loved it.. I kept it on my desk under a lamp but it turned etoliated. When I got help from the reddit community they told me that it's obviously a cactus and it needs sunlight duhh. I'm like Okay that makes sense because it is a cactus after all so I put it outside in summer against a wall. The blazing dry California heat bleached it white in one afternoon and it ended up getting cooked. I guess after being inside for so long it could not bare the direct sun and heat and I lost it. I often think about how nice it would be if I still had the first cactus that called out to me. You are VERY fortunate to have all of your first cactus, and that your brother got FOUR! You are an amazing plant keeper! I hope other people will watch your video and realize just how special the first plants you get are and to do their own research on how to care for them. I think one of the problems is that many cactus aren't even labeled with their species name so people have no idea what to research in terms of care when just starting out.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for the very kind 'super Thanks' donation, and thanks so much for your wonderful words, so sorry you lost your Echinopsis domino cactus, so many cactus are not labelled in the stores and its such a shame that they don't have the names and care information on the plants when they have them for sale, I really am so lucky to still have the four plants from when I was a kid, I have lost quite a few other cacti over the years but these four have stayed alive all of these 4 decades, I really did get 'hooked' haha on these awesome plants and over the years my passion and addiction for these plants have just kept growing, I really am cactus and succulent crazy haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from the Emerald Isle for a fantastic Thursday XXXX

[@cactusjoe]

Hey Lyn!!! What an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING story and journey of yours from your very first four (...I LOVE how we both seem to have started off with a tiny collection of just FOUR, very special plants, hahaha!). And WOW, also brilliant to hear from you about the different, special people in your life, like your brother, who were so key to helping you getting started on the way to building all your wonderful and truly inspiring knowledge and experience AND the incredible collection you have today! I also LOVED how, by pure coincidence, we both started our collections and got 'hooked' (or 'spined' as you said, lol) at the age of 12!!! Thank you for sharing your WONDERFUL cactus journey and story, so, so cool and interesting to hear!! And once again a huge THANK YOU for this awesome and truly fun collaboration!! Very best cactus greetings and wishes to you and Hans, over on the beautiful Emerald Isle, a super Sunday and a wonderful week ahead, happy growing my friends!! 🙏🙏🙏👍☺️🙌🌵🪴🌵🌿🪴🌵💚💚💚☀️😎🙋‍♂️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwwwww Joe :-D THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH for asking me to take part in this awesome and fun collaboration with you, and we absolutely LOVED hearing your story and the history on how you got 'Hooked' too haha :-D and its so incredible how we were both 12 when we got hooked on growing these amazing plants, and we had our 4 special first plants to start off our collections, WOW thank you again Joe so very much and thanks so much for your awesome Friendship and amazing support and comments, sending you an abundance of love and happiness and oodles of PLANT POWER from across the Emerald Isle from Hans and me to Bavaria for a wonderful new week ahead XXXXX

[@billgolightly7203]

Great job, Lyn ! Thanks for sharing. I can see that it was very special for you.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thanks so very much Bill :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@supercat438]

I loved to hear your history as a collector Lyn! Amazing! And the collaboration with Joe is a lovely idea! ❤🌵😃 XXXX

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved hearing the history on how I got 'hooked' Vera haha :-D and it really was so fantastic to take part in this collaboration with the awesome Cactus Joe :-D thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@pimpozza]

I so enjoyed hearing your story, Lyn.. it warmed my heart! 💚🌵 So glad Mike brought the plants home that day.. Thanks for sharing this and I hope you and Hans are enjoying a great weekend.. xoxo Much love and thanks, as always.. 🥰

[@pimpozza]

Watching Joe's video too, of course.. 🤗

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved hearing my story on how I got 'Hooked' haha on growing these awesome plants Fiona :-D and I really am so happy that Mike brought these wacky plants all them years ago and that he gave them to me after I begged him for them haha, thanks so much Fiona for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sand Hans and I are ending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Italy for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@sevda-ferrykeskin4071]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Sevda for your wonderful love and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant new week XXXX

[@CactusCaffeine]

Very interesting history about your hobby. Your passion Lyn has been an inspiration to me. 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awww thanks so much Ana :-D and you are an inspiration to me too, growing these amazing plants really is so rewarding, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and CAFFEINE and PLANT POWER to Las Vegas for a fantastic Friday today XXXXX

[@sarahbenzie670]

I love hearing your cactus journey and I love you still have your ones your brother gave you all them years ago thank you for shearing 😍

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you enjoyed the story of my Cactus journey and how I got 'Hooked' hahaha :-D and thanks so much Sarah for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@jillianleblanc9370]

Thank you for Sharing your beautiful cactus and succulent collections I love watching your video have a wonderful weekend ❤❤❤❤

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you love the collection Jillian :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@mirrlamp]

Lyn, you are the reason I got into cactus in the first place. Thank you for inspiring me to take up this wonderful hobby and Joe is absolutely marvellous as well! ❤😊🌵 xxx

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Awwww thank you so very much for your wonderful words, I am so happy that I inspired you to get into growing cactus, growing these awesome plants really is so addictive haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a brilliant Sunday XXXX

[@DFJA01]

Wow, so lovely to hear your story. Your brother got you into something far deeper than he could possibly have realised all those decades ago! I bet with those four cacti you thought you'd just be caring for those four plants at first, then.....well look where you are now, with a beautiful, massive collection which you don't keep to yourself but share with the rest of us with your wonderful, inspiring and educative videos. Thanks you so, so much for sharing your story, it's a real inspiration to us relative newbies. I hope you and Hans have a wonderful, cactus and succulent filled weekend 🙂🌵💚

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved hearing my story on how I got 'hooked' Donald haha :-D my big Brother really did not know just how cactus obsessed I would become haha, and so happy you love cacti so much too, growing these awesome wacky and wonderful plants really is addictive and I hope that they never find a cure for our cactus addiction hahaha :-D thanks so much Donald for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from Hans and me to Northern Spain for a super Saturday and weekend XXXX

[@duncanpage1556]

Hello you 2 from Canada !!!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Hi Duncan :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Canada for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@BogdanPaval-f4s]

Gorgeous plants ❤❤ and good colab 😊

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the collaboration videos Bogdan :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@bobaghamir7111]

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[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@horstbluesman54]

Good luck for your cooperation. 🌵🌵❤️❤️

[@desertplantsofavalon]

thanks so much Horst for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Berlin for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@grainnemcgee2432]

Looking forward to seeing this, and love Joe's channel as well!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

Joe really is so AWESOME :-D thanks so much Grainne for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday XXXXX

[@spicemad]

Very interesting story about how you became obsessed with cacti. I've recently picked up an Opuntia like the one you showed in your vid. Is it Opuntia microdasys rufida minor?

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved hearing the story on how I got 'hooked' haha :-D thats brillian tyou have got this Opuntia too, yes its the Opuntia microdasys rufida var minor sometimes also called 'minima' I forgot to mention the microdasys part with mine haha, but it is this one, its a special mini variety of the microdasys, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX

[@karelbanks7094]

Thank you again, Lyn, for yet another special video. it was just wonderful hearing about your journey through this amazing land of cacti. You always so generously share your knowledge and experience. I recently boiught a Cereus Forbesii Spiralis and want to know if I should water it after repotting it, whereas I have stopped watering all the other cacti in the greenhouse for the winter.

[@desertplantsofavalon]

So happy you loved the video on my journey on how I got 'hooked' haha on these awesome plants, thats fantastic you have bought a Cereus forbesii spiralis, they are stunning and wonderful cacti to grow, its best to keep it dry now once you have repotted it and then start watering again in the spring, thanks so much Karel for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Saturday XXXX

[@michellechapman8738]

.. How many cacti and succulents do you have total?? I woll guess.. 2000!!

[@desertplantsofavalon]

haha I have tried a few times to count but I lose track, I would say I have around 2,000 including all the little seedlings, thanks so much Michelle for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday today XXXXX