One of the best things about growing plants, shrubs, flowers and succulents that are native to the geographic region is they tend to grow and thrive regardless of droughts or have a need for human intervention (as in watering). I'm glad everything was well after being away from your residence for 17 months and you were able to remove, prune and trim the vegetation to your liking. The cylindropuntia certainly took on a life of its own! The barbed spines look like they would be wickedly painful and the cacti could be planted for use as protection around property. Nobody would want to try stepping over or through a fence of cylindropuntia. The trimmed agave look absolutely charming transformed after trimming to look like pineapples!🍍🎍🍍

Have a terrific week ahead and stay cool! @mers☀️🌵🏜🌵😎

!LADY
!LUV