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TUCSON, Ariz. — A woman on the northwest side of town is turning her storm damage into something beautiful. When the recent microburst took down a massive cactus in her yard, she knew throwing it away wasn't an option.Salinas is an avid gardener, and it's easy to see that based on the stunning greenery around her home, especially the giant, night blooming senitas -- or now, senita -- out front.
When that recent microburst hit her neighborhood, the winds completely knocked over the bigger of the two senitas, which was a tough reality to swallow.They also lost a mesquite tree in the storm, which they had to pull out of their koi pond. Thankful the fish were all okay. Their pomegranate tree was also uprooted, but they're hoping to replant it."I felt like it was such a waste to throw such a beautiful thing away, and I knew that this thing would just grow," she said.
"The post just blew up. People were just really excited to get a piece of it," she explained."And somebody shortly thereafter said you know what, I can come cut it apart for you if you let me take a few arms, and I'm like, 'that's amazing!'""We had probably over 100 arms and over 100 pieces," Salinas said.
"It just makes me happy to know that this thing is probably going to be propagated in like 100 different places in Tucson," she said."It's just a beautiful, beautiful plant."
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