#chokeberry — Public Fediverse posts

Love 'em or hate 'em (most people hate them) chokeberries are ready to harvest! They might not be the sweetest berry in the bush, but they're full of vitamins and antioxidants. You can juice them or jam them in the same way as other fruits and berries. Chokeberries (marja-aronia in Finnish) are very plentiful in all kinds of public spaces, so let us use them!

#foraging #wildfood #food #berries #superfood #harvest #commons #aronia #chokeberry #public #jam #organic

#Aronia (#chokeberry) flower from our front yard. #Photography #Nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers #PhotographersOfMastodon

How Do You Design A #WildlifeCorridor For #Maine Garden Design?

Excerpt:

"Plant Palette: #NativeSpecies and Layering for Maine

Choose plants that are native to your Maine ecoregion and that provide multiple functions: forage, cover, nesting structure, and seasonal continuity.

- Canopy and large trees (plant for future shade and mast): white pine (Pinus strobus), red #maple (Acer rubrum), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), red oak (Quercus rubra), balsam fir.
- Small trees and large shrubs (structure and fruit): serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.), crabapple (Malus spp. native selections), chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana).
- Shrubs for berries and cover: highbush #blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), #winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata), highbush #cranberry (Viburnum trilobum), black #chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), #elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), #bayberry (Morella pensylvanica).
- Herbaceous layer and pollinator plants: common #milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), joe-pye weed (Eutrochium spp.), #asters (Symphyotrichum spp.), #goldenrod (Solidago spp.), mountain mint (Pycnanthemum spp.), columbine (Aquilegia canadensis).
- Groundcover and forest floor: bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), wild ginger (Asarum canadense), sedges (Carex spp.), native ferns where appropriate.
- Wetland edge species for riparian corridors: blueflag iris (Iris versicolor), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), #sedges, and #NativeRushes.

Plant choice should reflect site moisture, sunlight, and soil pH. Avoid ornamental cultivars with little #wildlife value and never plant species known to be invasive in Maine such as Japanese #barberry or #bittersweet."

Learn more:
https://cultivatingflora.com/how-do-you-design-a-wildlife-corridor-for-maine-garden-design/

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #NativeSpecies #GardeningForPolinators #Rewilding

I have 800 g of frozen #chokeberry, and I won't hesitate to use it through the next months.

#gardening

Peach, Gravenstein apple, Jonathan apple, and Purple chokeberry waking up from their winter nap.

#gardening #orchard #apples #peaches #chokeberry

#Vss365 (#Gardener's version)

Miss Avaline began,

"What you see before you are some of the most #Unusual fruits on earth.
Let me introduce you.

Few know the #Medlar. It's squishy & tastes like apple butter.
#Quince has an apple fragrance, too.

This #Aronia or #Chokeberry reminds me of raspberries - the juice stains.

And this crazy-looking guy is #Durian. I'll slice it open & see if you notice a SHIFT in the #Aroma - from sweet to stringent & back again. It's a very pungent scent-shifter."