When we were in the US for testing, we had dinner at Hilary's House (see Mont D'Or entry). Anyway, while we were there, Hilary snapped off a piece of her pencil cactus (sorry, don't know the Latin name), and said that I could easily start one in France by just sticking it in some soil once I got back. The only problem was that I wasn't going back to France for two weeks, so I had to just stick it in my bag until I got back.Well, after some tense moments and some drowning in water when the soil is bone dry, we're actually starting to see the beginnings of new growth.
Please do not tell the French customs.
