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#klampenborg #beach #volley #dive #bike #reading #sports #music #games #conversation #park #urbex #mussels #barbecue #frisbee #archery #not getting hurt #injury #ice #bath #plunge #share #drink #walk #spark #sit #find #food #dogs #fishing #fruit #peaches #milk #sauce #football #haircut #mirrors #exercise #pale #squishy #business #school #degree #dropout #fuckit #makeitbig #jetoff #youknowtheway #bring what you need. #forget again #pale figure sweat #party til you're #dead you've seen before now is your chance #impress #print #stay #take #capture #value #inquire #take note #take a safe route. under the #furniture if you need you know the #spot. #trees #climbing #wild #houses #encampment #gypsy #car #caravan #wheels #camper #travel #distance #sleep #lock #electronic #spark #cuffs #key #remote #radio #shock #novelty #wide eyes #squeeze by #fill #page #novel #keyboard #led #window #reflection #etch #glare #dream #pray #jehova #show up. #tea kettle #feet washed #dare #gamble #betting #kiss

#klampenborg #beach #volley #dive #bike #reading #sports #music #games #conversation #park #urbex #mussels #barbecue #frisbee #archery #not getting hurt #injury #ice #bath #plunge #share #drink #walk #spark #sit #find #food #dogs #fishing #fruit #peaches #milk #sauce #football #haircut #mirrors #exercise #pale #squishy #business #school #degree #dropout #fuckit #makeitbig #jetoff #youknowtheway #bring what you need. #forget again #pale figure sweat #party til you're #dead you've seen before now is your chance #impress #print #stay #take #capture #value #inquire #take note #take a safe route. under the #furniture if you need you know the #spot. #trees #climbing #wild #houses #encampment #gypsy #car #caravan #wheels #camper #travel #distance #sleep #lock #electronic #spark #cuffs #key #remote #radio #shock #novelty #wide eyes #squeeze by #fill #page #novel #keyboard #led #window #reflection #etch #glare #dream #pray #jehova #show up. #tea kettle #feet washed #dare #gamble #betting #kiss

#klampenborg #beach #volley #dive #bike #reading #sports #music #games #conversation #park #urbex #mussels #barbecue #frisbee #archery #not getting hurt #injury #ice #bath #plunge #share #drink #walk #spark #sit #find #food #dogs #fishing #fruit #peaches #milk #sauce #football #haircut #mirrors #exercise #pale #squishy #business #school #degree #dropout #fuckit #makeitbig #jetoff #youknowtheway #bring what you need. #forget again #pale figure sweat #party til you're #dead you've seen before now is your chance #impress #print #stay #take #capture #value #inquire #take note #take a safe route. under the #furniture if you need you know the #spot. #trees #climbing #wild #houses #encampment #gypsy #car #caravan #wheels #camper #travel #distance #sleep #lock #electronic #spark #cuffs #key #remote #radio #shock #novelty #wide eyes #squeeze by #fill #page #novel #keyboard #led #window #reflection #etch #glare #dream #pray #jehova #show up. #tea kettle #feet washed #dare #gamble #betting #kiss

#klampenborg #beach #volley #dive #bike #reading #sports #music #games #conversation #park #urbex #mussels #barbecue #frisbee #archery #not getting hurt #injury #ice #bath #plunge #share #drink #walk #spark #sit #find #food #dogs #fishing #fruit #peaches #milk #sauce #football #haircut #mirrors #exercise #pale #squishy #business #school #degree #dropout #fuckit #makeitbig #jetoff #youknowtheway #bring what you need. #forget again #pale figure sweat #party til you're #dead you've seen before now is your chance #impress #print #stay #take #capture #value #inquire #take note #take a safe route. under the #furniture if you need you know the #spot. #trees #climbing #wild #houses #encampment #gypsy #car #caravan #wheels #camper #travel #distance #sleep #lock #electronic #spark #cuffs #key #remote #radio #shock #novelty #wide eyes #squeeze by #fill #page #novel #keyboard #led #window #reflection #etch #glare #dream #pray #jehova #show up. #tea kettle #feet washed #dare #gamble #betting #kiss

I didn't know peach trees only live 10-20 years, dang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu8VHqL83dU

#farming #peaches #PeachTrees #orchards

I didn't know peach trees only live 10-20 years, dang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu8VHqL83dU

#farming #peaches #PeachTrees #orchards

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spring

dreaming… a random bit

** in the ending of The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenges from WordPress, here’s your Sunday Weekly Photo Prompt: travel **

medicine buddha mantra: Tayata Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samudgate Soha

health, wealth, and prosperity: Om Vasudhare Svaha

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Ein Körper als Bühne, als Waffe, als Meme lange bevor es das Wort überhaupt gab. Merrill Beth Nisker, besser bekannt als Peaches, hat Pop nie als Konsensveranstaltung verstanden, sondern als Dauerprovokation gegen Scham, gegen Norm, gegen das, was „geht“. Dieser Dokumentarfilm greift genau dort rein: mitten in diese rohe, manchmal widersprüchliche, oft radikale Selbstinszenierung. Und er macht das nicht geschniegelt, sondern mit einer Energie, die sich eher nach Backstage-Schweiß als nach Hochglanz anfühlt. (ARTE, Neu!)

Ein Körper als Bühne, als Waffe, als Meme lange bevor es das Wort überhaupt gab. Merrill Beth Nisker, besser bekannt als Peaches, hat Pop nie als Konsensveranstaltung verstanden, sondern als Dauerprovokation gegen Scham, gegen Norm, gegen das, was „geht“. Dieser Dokumentarfilm greift genau dort rein: mitten in diese rohe, manchmal widersprüchliche, oft radikale Selbstinszenierung. Und er macht das nicht geschniegelt, sondern mit einer Energie, die sich eher nach Backstage-Schweiß als nach Hochglanz anfühlt. (ARTE, Neu!)

Ein Körper als Bühne, als Waffe, als Meme lange bevor es das Wort überhaupt gab. Merrill Beth Nisker, besser bekannt als Peaches, hat Pop nie als Konsensveranstaltung verstanden, sondern als Dauerprovokation gegen Scham, gegen Norm, gegen das, was „geht“. Dieser Dokumentarfilm greift genau dort rein: mitten in diese rohe, manchmal widersprüchliche, oft radikale Selbstinszenierung. Und er macht das nicht geschniegelt, sondern mit einer Energie, die sich eher nach Backstage-Schweiß als nach Hochglanz anfühlt. (ARTE, Neu!)

Ein Körper als Bühne, als Waffe, als Meme lange bevor es das Wort überhaupt gab. Merrill Beth Nisker, besser bekannt als Peaches, hat Pop nie als Konsensveranstaltung verstanden, sondern als Dauerprovokation gegen Scham, gegen Norm, gegen das, was „geht“. Dieser Dokumentarfilm greift genau dort rein: mitten in diese rohe, manchmal widersprüchliche, oft radikale Selbstinszenierung. Und er macht das nicht geschniegelt, sondern mit einer Energie, die sich eher nach Backstage-Schweiß als nach Hochglanz anfühlt. (ARTE, Neu!)

Ein Körper als Bühne, als Waffe, als Meme lange bevor es das Wort überhaupt gab. Merrill Beth Nisker, besser bekannt als Peaches, hat Pop nie als Konsensveranstaltung verstanden, sondern als Dauerprovokation gegen Scham, gegen Norm, gegen das, was „geht“. Dieser Dokumentarfilm greift genau dort rein: mitten in diese rohe, manchmal widersprüchliche, oft radikale Selbstinszenierung. Und er macht das nicht geschniegelt, sondern mit einer Energie, die sich eher nach Backstage-Schweiß als nach Hochglanz anfühlt. (ARTE, Neu!)

A peach tree blooming with a sarvisberry in the background.

#flowers #peaches #PinkFlowers #spring #ElbertaPeach #WhiteFlowers #Amelanchier #AmelanchierCusickii #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfMastodon #April3 #sarvisberry

A peach tree blooming with a sarvisberry in the background.

#flowers #peaches #PinkFlowers #spring #ElbertaPeach #WhiteFlowers #Amelanchier #AmelanchierCusickii #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfMastodon #April3 #sarvisberry

A peach, Imperial Epineuse plum, Comice and Bosc pears.

#gardening #orchard #spring #peaches #plums #pears #garden #March19

A peach, Imperial Epineuse plum, Comice and Bosc pears.

#gardening #orchard #spring #peaches #plums #pears #garden #March19

Did you know you can grow: #BlackWalnut

#UGAExtension experts provide information on growing uncommon Southern delights in your own backyard.

By Makenna Reavis

"#GeorgiaUSA is famous for its #peaches, #pecans and #peanuts, but thanks to its mild climate, the state also supports a variety of uncommon and exotic fruits and nuts.

"In a series inspired by University of Georgia #CooperativeExtension publication 'Minor Fruits and Nuts in Georgia,' edited by UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield, we’ll highlight lesser-known edibles that can thrive in Georgia home gardens.

"This issue's focus is black walnut, a large nut tree native to Georgia and many parts of the eastern United States.

"Historically, the black walnut was a crucial tree for Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, Delaware and Apache tribes. Indigenous people used various parts of the tree in their daily lives as a key ingredient in breads, soups and puddings. Parts of the bark and leaves repelled bugs and treated snake bites, sores, toothaches and other ailments."

Learn more:
https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/features/did-you-know-you-can-grow-black-walnut/

#SolarPunkSunday #BlackWalnuts #Gardening #WalnutTrees

Did you know you can grow: #BlackWalnut

#UGAExtension experts provide information on growing uncommon Southern delights in your own backyard.

By Makenna Reavis

"#GeorgiaUSA is famous for its #peaches, #pecans and #peanuts, but thanks to its mild climate, the state also supports a variety of uncommon and exotic fruits and nuts.

"In a series inspired by University of Georgia #CooperativeExtension publication 'Minor Fruits and Nuts in Georgia,' edited by UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield, we’ll highlight lesser-known edibles that can thrive in Georgia home gardens.

"This issue's focus is black walnut, a large nut tree native to Georgia and many parts of the eastern United States.

"Historically, the black walnut was a crucial tree for Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, Delaware and Apache tribes. Indigenous people used various parts of the tree in their daily lives as a key ingredient in breads, soups and puddings. Parts of the bark and leaves repelled bugs and treated snake bites, sores, toothaches and other ailments."

Learn more:
https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/features/did-you-know-you-can-grow-black-walnut/

#SolarPunkSunday #BlackWalnuts #Gardening #WalnutTrees

Did you know you can grow: #BlackWalnut

#UGAExtension experts provide information on growing uncommon Southern delights in your own backyard.

By Makenna Reavis

"#GeorgiaUSA is famous for its #peaches, #pecans and #peanuts, but thanks to its mild climate, the state also supports a variety of uncommon and exotic fruits and nuts.

"In a series inspired by University of Georgia #CooperativeExtension publication 'Minor Fruits and Nuts in Georgia,' edited by UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield, we’ll highlight lesser-known edibles that can thrive in Georgia home gardens.

"This issue's focus is black walnut, a large nut tree native to Georgia and many parts of the eastern United States.

"Historically, the black walnut was a crucial tree for Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, Delaware and Apache tribes. Indigenous people used various parts of the tree in their daily lives as a key ingredient in breads, soups and puddings. Parts of the bark and leaves repelled bugs and treated snake bites, sores, toothaches and other ailments."

Learn more:
https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/features/did-you-know-you-can-grow-black-walnut/

#SolarPunkSunday #BlackWalnuts #Gardening #WalnutTrees

Did you know you can grow: #BlackWalnut

#UGAExtension experts provide information on growing uncommon Southern delights in your own backyard.

By Makenna Reavis

"#GeorgiaUSA is famous for its #peaches, #pecans and #peanuts, but thanks to its mild climate, the state also supports a variety of uncommon and exotic fruits and nuts.

"In a series inspired by University of Georgia #CooperativeExtension publication 'Minor Fruits and Nuts in Georgia,' edited by UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield, we’ll highlight lesser-known edibles that can thrive in Georgia home gardens.

"This issue's focus is black walnut, a large nut tree native to Georgia and many parts of the eastern United States.

"Historically, the black walnut was a crucial tree for Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, Delaware and Apache tribes. Indigenous people used various parts of the tree in their daily lives as a key ingredient in breads, soups and puddings. Parts of the bark and leaves repelled bugs and treated snake bites, sores, toothaches and other ailments."

Learn more:
https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/features/did-you-know-you-can-grow-black-walnut/

#SolarPunkSunday #BlackWalnuts #Gardening #WalnutTrees

Did you know you can grow: #BlackWalnut

#UGAExtension experts provide information on growing uncommon Southern delights in your own backyard.

By Makenna Reavis

"#GeorgiaUSA is famous for its #peaches, #pecans and #peanuts, but thanks to its mild climate, the state also supports a variety of uncommon and exotic fruits and nuts.

"In a series inspired by University of Georgia #CooperativeExtension publication 'Minor Fruits and Nuts in Georgia,' edited by UGA Extension consumer horticulturist Bob Westerfield, we’ll highlight lesser-known edibles that can thrive in Georgia home gardens.

"This issue's focus is black walnut, a large nut tree native to Georgia and many parts of the eastern United States.

"Historically, the black walnut was a crucial tree for Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, Delaware and Apache tribes. Indigenous people used various parts of the tree in their daily lives as a key ingredient in breads, soups and puddings. Parts of the bark and leaves repelled bugs and treated snake bites, sores, toothaches and other ailments."

Learn more:
https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/features/did-you-know-you-can-grow-black-walnut/

#SolarPunkSunday #BlackWalnuts #Gardening #WalnutTrees

#CentralAsia’s #fruit and #nut #forests: the real Garden of Eden?

Birthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks

by Monica Evans
17 December 2020

"Millions of years ago, in the temperate montane forests of a little-known region in Central Asia, some of the world’s best-loved fruit and nut trees began to grow. #Apples, #apricots, #cherries, #plums, #grapes, #figs, #peaches, #pomegranates, #pears, #almonds, #pistachios and #walnuts all originated in the hills and valleys of the #TianShan mountain range, which stretches from #Uzbekistan in the west to #China and #Mongolia in the east.

"The area is volcanic and geologically tumultuous, but fertile – scientists have hypothesized that in a place prone to frequent eruptions, earthquakes and landslides, shorter-lived tree species that could disperse their seeds widely by making themselves palatable to large mammals had a better shot at survival than long-lived, slow-maturing trees.

"And that tasty survival strategy has served these species well. For residents of the region, the foods represent both security and social currency. 'From the taxi drivers to the ministers to the local people, almost everyone carries some #DriedFruit or #Nuts with them,' says Paola Agostini, a lead natural resources specialist for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. 'It’s like this safety net, and it’s also a lovely gift: something to share with others that is always appreciated.'

"Central Asian marketplaces offer a cornucopia of colors, flavors, textures and varieties – many more than those most of us are accustomed to finding in our local supermarket’s produce aisle. 'I was always astonished that people in the region could so easily tell which country a particular dried apricot came from,' says Agostini. 'Their knowledge of these products is just so deep.'

"Procuring and sharing these energy-dense treats is an ancient practice in the area. Fruit and nuts were major commodities on the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes that tracked through the heart of Central Asia, linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from the first century BC through to the mid-1400s. Over centuries of trade and travel – and lots of munching by humans, camels and horses along the way – prized fruit and nut species spread their seeds wider and wider, and new hybrid varieties were created, many of which are now supermarket and home-orchard staples, cultivated enthusiastically in temperate regions across the globe.

"Narratives of plant domestication often tend to overstate the role of humans, but newer science suggests that 'evolution in parallel' with the plants we love is often a more accurate way of framing this process. 'It’s very unlikely that when somebody took an apple from #Kazakhstan and carried it across an entire continent, they were thinking that they could cross it with another variety and end up with something better,' says #RobertSpengler, a paleo-ethnobotanist at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany. 'They were more likely just carrying the seeds to plant somewhere else. And in doing so, they inadvertently set off a chain reaction of hybridization events.'

"According to Spengler’s research into the origins of apples, humans were not the first mammals to participate in that process of dispersal and co-evolution, either. In the late #Miocene, which spanned the period from 11.63 to 5.33 million years ago, large mammals such as #mammoths and #horses played critical roles in dispersing apple seeds and facilitating their evolutionary process into the large, sweet, flavor-rich fruits we enjoy today."

Learn more:
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/48941/central-asias-fruit-and-nut-forests-the-real-garden-of-eden/

#SolarPunkSunday #Ethnobotany #PlantHistory #SaveTheForests #SaveTheTrees #FruitTrees #NutTrees

#CentralAsia’s #fruit and #nut #forests: the real Garden of Eden?

Birthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks

by Monica Evans
17 December 2020

"Millions of years ago, in the temperate montane forests of a little-known region in Central Asia, some of the world’s best-loved fruit and nut trees began to grow. #Apples, #apricots, #cherries, #plums, #grapes, #figs, #peaches, #pomegranates, #pears, #almonds, #pistachios and #walnuts all originated in the hills and valleys of the #TianShan mountain range, which stretches from #Uzbekistan in the west to #China and #Mongolia in the east.

"The area is volcanic and geologically tumultuous, but fertile – scientists have hypothesized that in a place prone to frequent eruptions, earthquakes and landslides, shorter-lived tree species that could disperse their seeds widely by making themselves palatable to large mammals had a better shot at survival than long-lived, slow-maturing trees.

"And that tasty survival strategy has served these species well. For residents of the region, the foods represent both security and social currency. 'From the taxi drivers to the ministers to the local people, almost everyone carries some #DriedFruit or #Nuts with them,' says Paola Agostini, a lead natural resources specialist for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. 'It’s like this safety net, and it’s also a lovely gift: something to share with others that is always appreciated.'

"Central Asian marketplaces offer a cornucopia of colors, flavors, textures and varieties – many more than those most of us are accustomed to finding in our local supermarket’s produce aisle. 'I was always astonished that people in the region could so easily tell which country a particular dried apricot came from,' says Agostini. 'Their knowledge of these products is just so deep.'

"Procuring and sharing these energy-dense treats is an ancient practice in the area. Fruit and nuts were major commodities on the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes that tracked through the heart of Central Asia, linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from the first century BC through to the mid-1400s. Over centuries of trade and travel – and lots of munching by humans, camels and horses along the way – prized fruit and nut species spread their seeds wider and wider, and new hybrid varieties were created, many of which are now supermarket and home-orchard staples, cultivated enthusiastically in temperate regions across the globe.

"Narratives of plant domestication often tend to overstate the role of humans, but newer science suggests that 'evolution in parallel' with the plants we love is often a more accurate way of framing this process. 'It’s very unlikely that when somebody took an apple from #Kazakhstan and carried it across an entire continent, they were thinking that they could cross it with another variety and end up with something better,' says #RobertSpengler, a paleo-ethnobotanist at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany. 'They were more likely just carrying the seeds to plant somewhere else. And in doing so, they inadvertently set off a chain reaction of hybridization events.'

"According to Spengler’s research into the origins of apples, humans were not the first mammals to participate in that process of dispersal and co-evolution, either. In the late #Miocene, which spanned the period from 11.63 to 5.33 million years ago, large mammals such as #mammoths and #horses played critical roles in dispersing apple seeds and facilitating their evolutionary process into the large, sweet, flavor-rich fruits we enjoy today."

Learn more:
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/48941/central-asias-fruit-and-nut-forests-the-real-garden-of-eden/

#SolarPunkSunday #Ethnobotany #PlantHistory #SaveTheForests #SaveTheTrees #FruitTrees #NutTrees

#CentralAsia’s #fruit and #nut #forests: the real Garden of Eden?

Birthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks

by Monica Evans
17 December 2020

"Millions of years ago, in the temperate montane forests of a little-known region in Central Asia, some of the world’s best-loved fruit and nut trees began to grow. #Apples, #apricots, #cherries, #plums, #grapes, #figs, #peaches, #pomegranates, #pears, #almonds, #pistachios and #walnuts all originated in the hills and valleys of the #TianShan mountain range, which stretches from #Uzbekistan in the west to #China and #Mongolia in the east.

"The area is volcanic and geologically tumultuous, but fertile – scientists have hypothesized that in a place prone to frequent eruptions, earthquakes and landslides, shorter-lived tree species that could disperse their seeds widely by making themselves palatable to large mammals had a better shot at survival than long-lived, slow-maturing trees.

"And that tasty survival strategy has served these species well. For residents of the region, the foods represent both security and social currency. 'From the taxi drivers to the ministers to the local people, almost everyone carries some #DriedFruit or #Nuts with them,' says Paola Agostini, a lead natural resources specialist for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. 'It’s like this safety net, and it’s also a lovely gift: something to share with others that is always appreciated.'

"Central Asian marketplaces offer a cornucopia of colors, flavors, textures and varieties – many more than those most of us are accustomed to finding in our local supermarket’s produce aisle. 'I was always astonished that people in the region could so easily tell which country a particular dried apricot came from,' says Agostini. 'Their knowledge of these products is just so deep.'

"Procuring and sharing these energy-dense treats is an ancient practice in the area. Fruit and nuts were major commodities on the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes that tracked through the heart of Central Asia, linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from the first century BC through to the mid-1400s. Over centuries of trade and travel – and lots of munching by humans, camels and horses along the way – prized fruit and nut species spread their seeds wider and wider, and new hybrid varieties were created, many of which are now supermarket and home-orchard staples, cultivated enthusiastically in temperate regions across the globe.

"Narratives of plant domestication often tend to overstate the role of humans, but newer science suggests that 'evolution in parallel' with the plants we love is often a more accurate way of framing this process. 'It’s very unlikely that when somebody took an apple from #Kazakhstan and carried it across an entire continent, they were thinking that they could cross it with another variety and end up with something better,' says #RobertSpengler, a paleo-ethnobotanist at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany. 'They were more likely just carrying the seeds to plant somewhere else. And in doing so, they inadvertently set off a chain reaction of hybridization events.'

"According to Spengler’s research into the origins of apples, humans were not the first mammals to participate in that process of dispersal and co-evolution, either. In the late #Miocene, which spanned the period from 11.63 to 5.33 million years ago, large mammals such as #mammoths and #horses played critical roles in dispersing apple seeds and facilitating their evolutionary process into the large, sweet, flavor-rich fruits we enjoy today."

Learn more:
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/48941/central-asias-fruit-and-nut-forests-the-real-garden-of-eden/

#SolarPunkSunday #Ethnobotany #PlantHistory #SaveTheForests #SaveTheTrees #FruitTrees #NutTrees

#CentralAsia’s #fruit and #nut #forests: the real Garden of Eden?

Birthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks

by Monica Evans
17 December 2020

"Millions of years ago, in the temperate montane forests of a little-known region in Central Asia, some of the world’s best-loved fruit and nut trees began to grow. #Apples, #apricots, #cherries, #plums, #grapes, #figs, #peaches, #pomegranates, #pears, #almonds, #pistachios and #walnuts all originated in the hills and valleys of the #TianShan mountain range, which stretches from #Uzbekistan in the west to #China and #Mongolia in the east.

"The area is volcanic and geologically tumultuous, but fertile – scientists have hypothesized that in a place prone to frequent eruptions, earthquakes and landslides, shorter-lived tree species that could disperse their seeds widely by making themselves palatable to large mammals had a better shot at survival than long-lived, slow-maturing trees.

"And that tasty survival strategy has served these species well. For residents of the region, the foods represent both security and social currency. 'From the taxi drivers to the ministers to the local people, almost everyone carries some #DriedFruit or #Nuts with them,' says Paola Agostini, a lead natural resources specialist for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. 'It’s like this safety net, and it’s also a lovely gift: something to share with others that is always appreciated.'

"Central Asian marketplaces offer a cornucopia of colors, flavors, textures and varieties – many more than those most of us are accustomed to finding in our local supermarket’s produce aisle. 'I was always astonished that people in the region could so easily tell which country a particular dried apricot came from,' says Agostini. 'Their knowledge of these products is just so deep.'

"Procuring and sharing these energy-dense treats is an ancient practice in the area. Fruit and nuts were major commodities on the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes that tracked through the heart of Central Asia, linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from the first century BC through to the mid-1400s. Over centuries of trade and travel – and lots of munching by humans, camels and horses along the way – prized fruit and nut species spread their seeds wider and wider, and new hybrid varieties were created, many of which are now supermarket and home-orchard staples, cultivated enthusiastically in temperate regions across the globe.

"Narratives of plant domestication often tend to overstate the role of humans, but newer science suggests that 'evolution in parallel' with the plants we love is often a more accurate way of framing this process. 'It’s very unlikely that when somebody took an apple from #Kazakhstan and carried it across an entire continent, they were thinking that they could cross it with another variety and end up with something better,' says #RobertSpengler, a paleo-ethnobotanist at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany. 'They were more likely just carrying the seeds to plant somewhere else. And in doing so, they inadvertently set off a chain reaction of hybridization events.'

"According to Spengler’s research into the origins of apples, humans were not the first mammals to participate in that process of dispersal and co-evolution, either. In the late #Miocene, which spanned the period from 11.63 to 5.33 million years ago, large mammals such as #mammoths and #horses played critical roles in dispersing apple seeds and facilitating their evolutionary process into the large, sweet, flavor-rich fruits we enjoy today."

Learn more:
https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/48941/central-asias-fruit-and-nut-forests-the-real-garden-of-eden/

#SolarPunkSunday #Ethnobotany #PlantHistory #SaveTheForests #SaveTheTrees #FruitTrees #NutTrees

The surprising shifts #ClimateChange is bringing to #Vermont #farms: #RicePaddies, #peaches, #saffron

By Maeve Fairfax
Jun 26, 2025

TOWNS STATEWIDE — "Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate — and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail.

"Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state. The changes have forced agriculture to adapt in sometimes surprising ways.

"Now that winters are milder, it has become commonplace for Vermont orchards to grow peaches. Nick Cowles owns Shelburne Orchards, and 35 years ago, he saw a bedraggled peach tree at a hardware store and bought it on a whim. Since then — especially in more recent years — peaches have become a lucrative addition to his business.

"Peach trees like rain, and so the increased precipitation in Vermont does not bother them. Historically, temperatures posed a problem for peach-growing.

" 'It takes around 15-17 degrees below zero in the winter to kill the bud, and it used to be that there would be a stretch in the winter that we would get those temperatures. I figured we would get a peach crop maybe every third year,' Cowles said.

"Now, he said, 'it’s rare that they freeze out.'

"Innovation is also making Vermont a more peach-friendly place.

"Farmers have used new technology to develop more cold-hardy peach varieties, Cowles said, and he now has trees that ripen at different times so that the picking lasts longer and brings in more customers.

"In Ferrisburgh, Erik Andrus has turned his hayfields into rice paddies.

"His Boundbrook Farm uses the rice-and-duck farming technique, a pesticide-free method in which ducklings are released into rice paddies. They control weeds and pests — and provide fertilizer.

"The farm mostly grows cold-tolerant rice varieties from Japan, which sits at a similar latitude to Vermont, but has recently started to grow loto rice from Italy.

"The farm once accidentally planted Koshihikari, a variety of Japanese rice poorly suited to the cold. It did eventually mature, but not until October, which Andrus said was 'a little bit of a nailbiter.'

"Floods and droughts appear to be striking Vermont more frequently, but the rice grown at Boundbrook Farm is fairly immune to both, Andrus said.

"The plants can be underwater for two days without being harmed, and the grains are protected by a husk that means they won’t be contaminated by pollution from floodwaters. Because the varieties can be planted in floodplains, they can get water even during droughts.

"Andrus said 'flood-prone bottomlands' are the best places to create rice paddies. Vermont has many such areas, and rice could represent a path forward for farms impacted by flooding.

"He works as a consultant at Cornell University, where a team of researchers is studying rice-farming techniques in the Hudson Valley. They are also offering workshops and creating resources for farmers.

"But nothing like that exists in Vermont, and acquiring the tools, seeds and knowledge to create and manage a rice paddy without help is unrealistic for most farmers here.

"Andy Jones, the manager of Burlington’s Intervale Community Farm, said it has become easier to grow crops that like it warm: peppers, eggplants, melons, sweet potatoes.

"The member-owned farm has also seen increased yields of cold-weather spinach, lettuce and kale grown in unheated greenhouses in the winter. The flip side is that, for several weeks in the summer, the farm has had to stop growing some of those crops because it gets too hot."

Read more:
https://vtcommunitynews.org/2025/06/26/the-surprising-shifts-climate-change-is-bringing-to-vermont-farms-rice-paddies-peaches-saffron/?mc_cid=1d065a9014&mc_eid=5de91b9c6b

#SolarPunkSunday #Adaptation #ClimateChangeFarming #ClimateChangeGardening #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwnFood #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity #VermontAgriculture

The surprising shifts #ClimateChange is bringing to #Vermont #farms: #RicePaddies, #peaches, #saffron

By Maeve Fairfax
Jun 26, 2025

TOWNS STATEWIDE — "Vermont’s farmers are growing crops that better suit the state’s warmer and wetter climate — and branching into products that provide income even when traditional crops fail.

"Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state. The changes have forced agriculture to adapt in sometimes surprising ways.

"Now that winters are milder, it has become commonplace for Vermont orchards to grow peaches. Nick Cowles owns Shelburne Orchards, and 35 years ago, he saw a bedraggled peach tree at a hardware store and bought it on a whim. Since then — especially in more recent years — peaches have become a lucrative addition to his business.

"Peach trees like rain, and so the increased precipitation in Vermont does not bother them. Historically, temperatures posed a problem for peach-growing.

" 'It takes around 15-17 degrees below zero in the winter to kill the bud, and it used to be that there would be a stretch in the winter that we would get those temperatures. I figured we would get a peach crop maybe every third year,' Cowles said.

"Now, he said, 'it’s rare that they freeze out.'

"Innovation is also making Vermont a more peach-friendly place.

"Farmers have used new technology to develop more cold-hardy peach varieties, Cowles said, and he now has trees that ripen at different times so that the picking lasts longer and brings in more customers.

"In Ferrisburgh, Erik Andrus has turned his hayfields into rice paddies.

"His Boundbrook Farm uses the rice-and-duck farming technique, a pesticide-free method in which ducklings are released into rice paddies. They control weeds and pests — and provide fertilizer.

"The farm mostly grows cold-tolerant rice varieties from Japan, which sits at a similar latitude to Vermont, but has recently started to grow loto rice from Italy.

"The farm once accidentally planted Koshihikari, a variety of Japanese rice poorly suited to the cold. It did eventually mature, but not until October, which Andrus said was 'a little bit of a nailbiter.'

"Floods and droughts appear to be striking Vermont more frequently, but the rice grown at Boundbrook Farm is fairly immune to both, Andrus said.

"The plants can be underwater for two days without being harmed, and the grains are protected by a husk that means they won’t be contaminated by pollution from floodwaters. Because the varieties can be planted in floodplains, they can get water even during droughts.

"Andrus said 'flood-prone bottomlands' are the best places to create rice paddies. Vermont has many such areas, and rice could represent a path forward for farms impacted by flooding.

"He works as a consultant at Cornell University, where a team of researchers is studying rice-farming techniques in the Hudson Valley. They are also offering workshops and creating resources for farmers.

"But nothing like that exists in Vermont, and acquiring the tools, seeds and knowledge to create and manage a rice paddy without help is unrealistic for most farmers here.

"Andy Jones, the manager of Burlington’s Intervale Community Farm, said it has become easier to grow crops that like it warm: peppers, eggplants, melons, sweet potatoes.

"The member-owned farm has also seen increased yields of cold-weather spinach, lettuce and kale grown in unheated greenhouses in the winter. The flip side is that, for several weeks in the summer, the farm has had to stop growing some of those crops because it gets too hot."

Read more:
https://vtcommunitynews.org/2025/06/26/the-surprising-shifts-climate-change-is-bringing-to-vermont-farms-rice-paddies-peaches-saffron/?mc_cid=1d065a9014&mc_eid=5de91b9c6b

#SolarPunkSunday #Adaptation #ClimateChangeFarming #ClimateChangeGardening #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourOwnFood #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity #VermontAgriculture

Fruit tree buds and growth in the orchard/pasture.

#gardening #FruitTrees #GrowYourOwn #orchard #apples #peaches #plums #apricots #pears #GravensteinApples #JonathanApples #BoscPear #ComicePear #BrooksPlum #ImperialEpineusePlum

Fruit tree buds and growth in the orchard/pasture.

#gardening #FruitTrees #GrowYourOwn #orchard #apples #peaches #plums #apricots #pears #GravensteinApples #JonathanApples #BoscPear #ComicePear #BrooksPlum #ImperialEpineusePlum

Peaches Spread Across North America Through Indigenous Networks, Radiocarbon Dating And Document Analysis Show
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-peaches-north-america-indigenous-networks.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52597-8 <-- shared paper
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https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/nov/27/meet-the-peach-that-traveled-the-trail-of-tears/ <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #FirstNation #cultivation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #indigenous #forest #farming #sustenance #foodsecurity #traditional #deliberate #garden #ethnobiology #archaeology #anthropology #biology #forestgarden #transplanting #management #wildplant #biogeography #culture #ethnohistory #peach #peaches #fruit #tree #orchard #introduced #Spanish #indigenised #dates #dating #radiocarbondating #pits #peachpits #chronology #chronological #model #modeling #landmanagement #landuse #practices #socioecology #colonialisation #NorthAmerica #USA

Peaches Spread Across North America Through Indigenous Networks, Radiocarbon Dating And Document Analysis Show
--
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-peaches-north-america-indigenous-networks.html <-- shared technical article
--
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52597-8 <-- shared paper
--
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/nov/27/meet-the-peach-that-traveled-the-trail-of-tears/ <-- shared media article
--
#GIS #spatial #mapping #FirstNation #cultivation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #indigenous #forest #farming #sustenance #foodsecurity #traditional #deliberate #garden #ethnobiology #archaeology #anthropology #biology #forestgarden #transplanting #management #wildplant #biogeography #culture #ethnohistory #peach #peaches #fruit #tree #orchard #introduced #Spanish #indigenised #dates #dating #radiocarbondating #pits #peachpits #chronology #chronological #model #modeling #landmanagement #landuse #practices #socioecology #colonialisation #NorthAmerica #USA

#BloomScrolling #flowers #FloweringTrees #currants #plums #peaches #PeachBlossom #ribes #SpringBloom #SpringFlowers

#BloomScrolling #flowers #FloweringTrees #currants #plums #peaches #PeachBlossom #ribes #SpringBloom #SpringFlowers

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

#gardening #orchard #apples #peaches #chokeberry

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

#gardening #orchard #apples #peaches #chokeberry

In my falling heart
I pluck a wise old green peach —
Fruit bears fruit inside

#桃青 #Tōsē
#芭蕉 #Bashō
#haiku #俳句 🍁🍂
#poem #poetry #poemaday #poesie #gedicht
#Freshness #Abundance #CloseUp #FoodAndDrink #Food #Organic #fruit #peach #peaches #pfirsich #pfirsiche #japan #germany #photography #fotografie

(I couldn’t find green peaches.)

“Green Peach” (桃青 Tōsē) was a pen name of Matsuo Bashō, the 17th century Edo-period Japanese poet who practically defined the classical haiku.

"my name is Peaches"

Four Women
Nina Simone
da "Wild Is the Wind" (1966)

#NowPlaying #np #aradio
#AuntSarah #Saffronia #SweetThing #Peaches #💔
#ebuonanotte

https://invidious.devianze.city/watch?v=EWWqx_Keo1U

Who else thinks about “Peaches” by
The Presidents of the United States of America during peach season?

I love these lines in particular:

“Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5KKKxI7FQ

🎶

#Songs #Peaches #Locavore #Food #Lyrics

Who else thinks about “Peaches” by
The Presidents of the United States of America during peach season?

I love these lines in particular:

“Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5KKKxI7FQ

🎶

#Songs #Peaches #Locavore #Food #Lyrics

Finally obtained our first box of #Colorado #peaches for the season. So perfectly ripe—I washed one and the skin just started peeling from me gently rubbing the fuzz off.

Ate it over the sink with juice running down my arms.

So wonderful.

#locavore #summerfruit #foodgasm

Baby #cucumbers & baby #tomatoes & baby #peaches 👩‍🌾

#zone8 #GrowFoodNotLawns #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #WhatsInMyGarden #FoodGrowers #BackyardFood #FeedYourFamily #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #FoodPlants #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotHate #PlantFood #permaculture #SuburbanFoodGarden #Cascadia

#Peaches — #KingPrincess — #DawnRichard - #AnnPowers — the #PopConference is under way! #PopCon2023

Kotaku: Fans Think Jack Black's Bowser May Have Rickrolled Us All With 'Peaches' Song https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-movie-bowser-jack-black-peaches-song-1850344353 #gaming #tech #kotaku #entertainment2cculture #videogamecharacters #chordprogression #bisexualwomen #shokonakagawa #humaninterest #chriscornell #electroclash #rickrolling #dollyparton #guitarchord #colebennett #viralvideos #rickastley #jackblack #musicians #kojikondo #nintendo #talktome #peaches #bowser #lagann #tiktok #disney

Kotaku: Fans Think Jack Black's Bowser May Have Rickrolled Us All With 'Peaches' Song https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-movie-bowser-jack-black-peaches-song-1850344353 #gaming #tech #kotaku #entertainment2cculture #videogamecharacters #chordprogression #bisexualwomen #shokonakagawa #humaninterest #chriscornell #electroclash #rickrolling #dollyparton #guitarchord #colebennett #viralvideos #rickastley #jackblack #musicians #kojikondo #nintendo #talktome #peaches #bowser #lagann #tiktok #disney

Kotaku: Fans Think Jack Black's Bowser May Have Rickrolled Us All With 'Peaches' Song https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-movie-bowser-jack-black-peaches-song-1850344353 #gaming #tech #kotaku #entertainment2cculture #videogamecharacters #chordprogression #bisexualwomen #shokonakagawa #humaninterest #chriscornell #electroclash #rickrolling #dollyparton #guitarchord #colebennett #viralvideos #rickastley #jackblack #musicians #kojikondo #nintendo #talktome #peaches #bowser #lagann #tiktok #disney