Saguaro cacti are an iconic feature of the American Southwest. Tall, majestic, and adored by millions, they are everything I am not. But saguaros, much like me, are still susceptible to the laws of gravity.
There’s a 20-foot-tall (or negative 6 degrees Celsius for my non-American readers) saguaro cactus in my wife’s parents’ front yard. It has—unfortunat…