#elderberry — Public Fediverse posts

Chef’s Table/Day on the Farm offers local foods, baby goats and weed-killing robot – InForum https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/6138/ #ADayOnTheFarm #AudubonSociety #Chef #Elderberry #FamilyEventsInFargoMoorhead #GreenfieldRobotics #NoreenThomas #OrganicFood #PerennialSunflowers #SustainableAgriculture #WeedKillingRobots

Chef’s Table/Day on the Farm offers local foods, baby goats and weed-killing robot – InForum https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/6138/ #ADayOnTheFarm #AudubonSociety #Chef #Elderberry #FamilyEventsInFargoMoorhead #GreenfieldRobotics #NoreenThomas #OrganicFood #PerennialSunflowers #SustainableAgriculture #WeedKillingRobots

Chef’s Table/Day on the Farm offers local foods, baby goats and weed-killing robot – InForum https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/6138/ #ADayOnTheFarm #AudubonSociety #Chef #Elderberry #FamilyEventsInFargoMoorhead #GreenfieldRobotics #NoreenThomas #OrganicFood #PerennialSunflowers #SustainableAgriculture #WeedKillingRobots

Whilst sitting on a bench at the allotments on Saturday I played a game of "Spot the Great Tit" (No, I wasn't the object! 😅). A pair were determined not to come this side of the elderberry tree I was sitting under. This was the best shot I managed. Can you spot it? #greattit #elderberry #birdsoftheworld #birds | #kent #england

#Gardens that Nurture #Culture

Spring 2022

Excerpt: "Growing one’s own food became more appealing and, in some cases, a greater necessity to many in this pandemic era. #NativePeoples have long tended gardens that have provided their communities with #sustainably grown foods, #MedicinalPlants and #NaturalMaterials. Today these much-needed sources of local, healthy foods are also places to cultivate and preserve #CulturalTraditions.

" 'Even some Native cultures—like #foraging cultures—that didn’t historically garden now see it as a helpful use of land and time and money because they can efficiently produce the kinds of foods that people need to stay healthy,' said Elizabeth Hoover. Of #Mohawk and #Mikmaq descent, she is an associate professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California in Berkeley. Researching this trend, she drove 20,000 miles in 2014 to talk with dozens of #AmericanIndian gardeners and food advocates.

"In western North Carolina, David Anderson works as the horticultural operations supervisor at the #JessieOwleDugan #NativePlant and Greenhouse Facility of the Eastern Band of #Cherokee Indians. The complex includes three #greenhouses, 30 raised growing beds, a 3-acre nursery and 5 acres of fields dedicated to producing crops specifically for their seeds. It also has 330 acres of field that can be leased to enrolled tribal members who wish to garden or farm.

"While the facility does generate funds for the tribe, it also preserves culturally important species to get them into the hands of tribal members to plant. It focuses on growing traditional plants, such as #grapes, #elderberry, #WildStrawberries, #blackberries, #huckleberries sochan and #cohosh. In 2021, the greenhouse also grew #hickory saplings, which once mature, can to provide wood that can be used to make stickball sticks, artworks and other traditional projects. 'We serve our community with plants for home, for farmers, and for restoration,' said Anderson."

Read more:
https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/gardens-that-nurture-culture

#SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalFoods #NativeAmericans #CulturalPreservation #GrowYourOwnFood #Resilience #FoodSecurity #HeirloomPlants #SeedSaving

#UCDavis - Students Lead #HabitatRestoration at #RussellRanch

Fri, March 20, 2026

"At Russell Ranch, just west of campus along Russell Boulevard, a transformation is underway. What was once grazed #pasture and alfalfa field is becoming a thriving #NativeHabitat led by UC Davis students and funded by #TheGreenInitiativeFund, or #TGIF.

"The Russell Ranch Slough Restoration Project, designed and implemented by the Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading™ Ecological Land Management, or #ELM, team, is now at its midpoint. Site preparation is complete, invasive species have been cleared, and nearly 200 native trees and shrubs have been planted along the seasonal slough.

" 'Projects like this show students that restoration isn’t theoretical. It’s something they can design and implement themselves,' said Miles DaPrato, environmental steward for the Arboretum and Public Garden and staff mentor for the ELM team.

"Turning Working Land into #WildlifeHabitat

"The 2.5-acre site sits within the #PutahCreek Riparian Reserve, surrounded by agriculture and rural residences. Rather than separating nature from working landscapes, the project shows how the two can work together — creating habitat while improving the ecological function of the land.

"This past fall, students removed old livestock fencing that blocked #wildlife movement, prepared the soil, and seeded the site with locally adapted #NativeGrasses and #wildflowers timed to the first seasonal rains.

"Over the winter, the team planted nearly 200 native trees and shrubs, including #ValleyOak, #Cottonwood, #Willow, #Elderberry and #Toyon. Temporary drip irrigation has been installed to help the young plants establish during their first critical summers. 'You can study restoration in class, but being out here actually doing the work is completely different,' said Keira Folkers, Environmental Engineering, 2026, and Kayden Delvo, Environmental Science and Management, 2026. 'You start to understand the land, the timing of the seasons and the decisions that go into every step.' "

Learn more:
https://publicgarden.ucdavis.edu/news/students-lead-habitat-restoration-russell-ranch

#SolarPunkSunday #California #HabitatRestoration #Wildlife #CoExistence

Um die #Zeit_des_Wartens zu überbrücken, bis wir auf die #DSDF_Ferry dürfen, hat Inka ihre #Fotosammlung auf Früchte und Beeren die sie in #Irland gefunden hat, durchsucht für den #Der_Herbst_ist_da
gefunden hat sie
#Holunder, #Weißdorn, #Schlehe und #Brommbeere.
( #elderberry, #hawthorn, #blackthorn and #blackberry )
#Herbst
#autumn
#naturephotography
#naturfotografie
#FotoVorschlag
#Natur

Making some elderberry juice. I threw in some green apples that fell from the tree.
I got going in the outer reaches of the yard what I call assisted #foraging. I plant some native food plants, water them enough to get them going, and then let them be on their own to grow and reseed. The current list of native edible berries and nuts:
#elderberry
#toyon
#goldencurrant
#mahonia
#Catalina_cherry
#manzanita
#lemonade_berry
#blackberry
#acorn
#PineNuts
#mesquite
It's a #NativePlant #foodforest
. Gardening for the seventh generation.
#permaculture
#GrowYourOwn