Saturday encore ~ Like Peas in a Pod

I've written several times about yucca, most notably here, when Lyle was doing his best to deflower the landscape. It's been a banner year for yucca at the 7MSN. Each plant sprouted more flower stalks than usual. It's nice to see that something thrives in a drought. 

Anyway, yucca-blooming season ended in early July. The flowers fell off, to be replaced by green fruit, 

which now have dried up and turned into large peanut-shaped pods full of big black seeds.

The herd was gathered around a patch of yucca in the corral last night when I went to remove fly masks. 

Hank and Alan were munching on the dried-up seed pods while Lucy closely observed.

Lucy: What do they know that I don't?

Lucy: Is it really ok to eat these things?

Me: Alan and George seem to be enjoying them.

George: I'm not going to get high from eating these, am I?

Lucy: *sniff sniff* Yucca breath. Hmm...not as strong as those juniper berries you eat.

Lucy: Maybe I should try one of these...

...how bad could they be?

Besides, what's the worst that could happen?

I think this is how you do it...

Aw, geez. Thanks for warning me about the seeds, you knuckleheads.

Not bad. A little on the dry side, yet palatable. The fiber is probably good for me.

I think I'll have another.

I hope you're not laughing at my expense.