#pears — Public Fediverse posts

🍐 Pear Patch Memories 🍐 Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pear-patch-memories-lisa-s-baker.html

#PearArt #FruitArt #VintageArt #FarmhouseDecor #KitchenDecor #Cottagecore #ShabbyChic #KitchenWallArt #LisaSBaker #BuyIntoArt #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #pears #fruit #food #cannedfood #cannedfruit

🍐 Pear Patch Memories 🍐 Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pear-patch-memories-lisa-s-baker.html

#PearArt #FruitArt #VintageArt #FarmhouseDecor #KitchenDecor #Cottagecore #ShabbyChic #KitchenWallArt #LisaSBaker #BuyIntoArt #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #pears #fruit #food #cannedfood #cannedfruit

🍐 Pear Patch Memories 🍐 Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pear-patch-memories-lisa-s-baker.html

#PearArt #FruitArt #VintageArt #FarmhouseDecor #KitchenDecor #Cottagecore #ShabbyChic #KitchenWallArt #LisaSBaker #BuyIntoArt #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #pears #fruit #food #cannedfood #cannedfruit

🍐 Pear Patch Memories 🍐 Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pear-patch-memories-lisa-s-baker.html

#PearArt #FruitArt #VintageArt #FarmhouseDecor #KitchenDecor #Cottagecore #ShabbyChic #KitchenWallArt #LisaSBaker #BuyIntoArt #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #pears #fruit #food #cannedfood #cannedfruit

🍐 Pear Patch Memories 🍐 Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/pear-patch-memories-lisa-s-baker.html

#PearArt #FruitArt #VintageArt #FarmhouseDecor #KitchenDecor #Cottagecore #ShabbyChic #KitchenWallArt #LisaSBaker #BuyIntoArt #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creativetoots #pears #fruit #food #cannedfood #cannedfruit

Pears 🍐 have been cherished since ancient Greece! Perfect for fresh eating, poaching, or cider. Try espalier growing—training trees flat against walls for beauty & space-saving. #Gardening #FruitTrees #Espalier #Pears

Grow guide here: https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/pear-tree

Pears 🍐 have been cherished since ancient Greece! Perfect for fresh eating, poaching, or cider. Try espalier growing—training trees flat against walls for beauty & space-saving. #Gardening #FruitTrees #Espalier #Pears

Grow guide here: https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/pear-tree

Pears 🍐 have been cherished since ancient Greece! Perfect for fresh eating, poaching, or cider. Try espalier growing—training trees flat against walls for beauty & space-saving. #Gardening #FruitTrees #Espalier #Pears

Grow guide here: https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/pear-tree

Pears 🍐 have been cherished since ancient Greece! Perfect for fresh eating, poaching, or cider. Try espalier growing—training trees flat against walls for beauty & space-saving. #Gardening #FruitTrees #Espalier #Pears

Grow guide here: https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/pear-tree

Pears 🍐 have been cherished since ancient Greece! Perfect for fresh eating, poaching, or cider. Try espalier growing—training trees flat against walls for beauty & space-saving. #Gardening #FruitTrees #Espalier #Pears

Grow guide here: https://vegplotter.com/grow-guides/pear-tree

📬 Keet: Der sichere P2P-Messenger ganz ohne Server
#Datenschutz #bitfinex #Holepunch #Keet #Messenger #PaoloArdoino #Pears #Tether https://sc.tarnkappe.info/7fa8a8

📬 Keet: Der sichere P2P-Messenger ganz ohne Server
#Datenschutz #bitfinex #Holepunch #Keet #Messenger #PaoloArdoino #Pears #Tether https://sc.tarnkappe.info/7fa8a8

📬 Keet: Der sichere P2P-Messenger ganz ohne Server
#Datenschutz #bitfinex #Holepunch #Keet #Messenger #PaoloArdoino #Pears #Tether https://sc.tarnkappe.info/7fa8a8

📬 Keet: Der sichere P2P-Messenger ganz ohne Server
#Datenschutz #bitfinex #Holepunch #Keet #Messenger #PaoloArdoino #Pears #Tether https://sc.tarnkappe.info/7fa8a8

📬 Keet: Der sichere P2P-Messenger ganz ohne Server
#Datenschutz #bitfinex #Holepunch #Keet #Messenger #PaoloArdoino #Pears #Tether https://sc.tarnkappe.info/7fa8a8

Let your eye roam Janet Dyer’s "Five Pears."

Late-afternoon light gives the group a quiet rhythm; each pear reads a little different in color and shape, and the long cool shadows pull them into balance.

Would you tuck this into a sunny kitchen or let it anchor a dining nook? Which pear is your favorite?

https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

#FivePears #pears #kitchenart #contemporary #seasonal #art #mastoart #mastodonart #janetdyer #boesegalleries

Let your eye roam Janet Dyer’s "Five Pears."

Late-afternoon light gives the group a quiet rhythm; each pear reads a little different in color and shape, and the long cool shadows pull them into balance.

Would you tuck this into a sunny kitchen or let it anchor a dining nook? Which pear is your favorite?

https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

#FivePears #pears #kitchenart #contemporary #seasonal #art #mastoart #mastodonart #janetdyer #boesegalleries

Let your eye roam Janet Dyer’s "Five Pears."

Late-afternoon light gives the group a quiet rhythm; each pear reads a little different in color and shape, and the long cool shadows pull them into balance.

Would you tuck this into a sunny kitchen or let it anchor a dining nook? Which pear is your favorite?

https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

#FivePears #pears #kitchenart #contemporary #seasonal #art #mastoart #mastodonart #janetdyer #boesegalleries

Let your eye roam Janet Dyer’s "Five Pears."

Late-afternoon light gives the group a quiet rhythm; each pear reads a little different in color and shape, and the long cool shadows pull them into balance.

Would you tuck this into a sunny kitchen or let it anchor a dining nook? Which pear is your favorite?

https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

#FivePears #pears #kitchenart #contemporary #seasonal #art #mastoart #mastodonart #janetdyer #boesegalleries

Let your eye roam Janet Dyer’s "Five Pears."

Late-afternoon light gives the group a quiet rhythm; each pear reads a little different in color and shape, and the long cool shadows pull them into balance.

Would you tuck this into a sunny kitchen or let it anchor a dining nook? Which pear is your favorite?

https://www.chrisboese.photo/warehouse-originals-limited-editions-standard-products/original_art_products/five-pears-30x48-oil-janet-dyer

#FivePears #pears #kitchenart #contemporary #seasonal #art #mastoart #mastodonart #janetdyer #boesegalleries

There might be some pears set, not that the trees are big enough to support them. I might end up letting a few grown and bag them and tie the bags to stakes. Comice and Bosc. They both looks like they have some vigor this year too, lots of new growth pushing out.

#pears #FruitTrees #orchard #GrowYourOwn #gardening #April26

I’m keen to find some more #punk folk on here but realise the word means so many different things to people. So was wondering what punk #music means the most to you? Who are the #bands that you come back to time and time again?

For me I’m forever marked by the childhood induction into the scene through a holy trinity (to me) of #DeadKennedys #BadReligion and #GreenDay that gave me an enduring love for political, thoughtful, but melodic and harmony-strewn music with a good dose of introspective personal stuff thrown in for good measure.

Becoming a punk in the mid-90s, of course #NoUseForAName, #BouncingSouls, #Rancid, #Descendents, #Lagwagon, #Nofx, #Propagandhi, etc. became the soundtrack, but I also had #NoMeansNo, #BlackFlag, #SNFU, #TheClash, #Subhumans, #CitizenFish, #ActiveMinds, #Crass, #OiPolloi, #MinorThreat #Ramones and the local bands on the #Birmingham and UK scene to broaden my tastes. Had a big pop-punk love affair after touring Italy with #TheManges and #StinkingPolecats which led to inevitable obsessions with all things #LookoutRecords (#MTX, #ScreechingWeasel, etc.) and all those influences still stick with me today (even if some of the lyrics and songs - and band members - occasionally need some disavowing!).

More recent bands I love include #Idles, #TheWonderYears, #TheBobbyLees, #Pup, #MobinaGalore, #Pears, #WarOnWomen, #TheHomelessGospelChoir, #TheMuslims (band), #RottenMind, #BadCopBadCop, #TheVenemousPinks, #TheLindaLindas, #AntiFlag, #JeffRosenstock, etc…

Who else should I be listening to?

#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

#BloomScrolling while strolling around the backyard Friday 26th Dec 2025

#berry #figs #grapes #Pears

Pears, descending.

🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (Bhagavad Gita, 2:47)

#fruit #pears #bxw #photography #foto . . #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden #gardens #gardenlife #lazygardener #wildgarden #vancouverisland #paradise #husbandry #divinefeminine #cultivation #summer #seasonofthewitch #ilovemylifestyle #backyard #bhagavadgita

Pears, descending.

🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (Bhagavad Gita, 2:47)

#fruit #pears #bxw #photography #foto . . #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden #gardens #gardenlife #lazygardener #wildgarden #vancouverisland #paradise #husbandry #divinefeminine #cultivation #summer #seasonofthewitch #ilovemylifestyle #backyard #bhagavadgita

Pears, descending.

🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (Bhagavad Gita, 2:47)

#fruit #pears #bxw #photography #foto . . #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden #gardens #gardenlife #lazygardener #wildgarden #vancouverisland #paradise #husbandry #divinefeminine #cultivation #summer #seasonofthewitch #ilovemylifestyle #backyard #bhagavadgita

Pears, descending.

🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (Bhagavad Gita, 2:47)

#fruit #pears #bxw #photography #foto . . #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden #gardens #gardenlife #lazygardener #wildgarden #vancouverisland #paradise #husbandry #divinefeminine #cultivation #summer #seasonofthewitch #ilovemylifestyle #backyard #bhagavadgita

Pears, descending.

🌀Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit-of-action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. (Bhagavad Gita, 2:47)

#fruit #pears #bxw #photography #foto . . #foto #photography #gardenphotography #Garden #gardens #gardenlife #lazygardener #wildgarden #vancouverisland #paradise #husbandry #divinefeminine #cultivation #summer #seasonofthewitch #ilovemylifestyle #backyard #bhagavadgita

Pears, too.
In my garden. Inspiring my writing today.

ps. This will likely be the featured image for an upcoming chapter in my book, Apprenticeship to Love. Free to those on the “1000 early readers” list. Sign up at http://apprenticeshiptolove.com

#pears #fruit #bxw #foto #photography #garden #orchard #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #earlyreaders #bhagavadgita #sacredsex #ceremonies #rituals #summer

Pears, too.
In my garden. Inspiring my writing today.

ps. This will likely be the featured image for an upcoming chapter in my book, Apprenticeship to Love. Free to those on the “1000 early readers” list. Sign up at http://apprenticeshiptolove.com

#pears #fruit #bxw #foto #photography #garden #orchard #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #earlyreaders #bhagavadgita #sacredsex #ceremonies #rituals #summer

Pears, too.
In my garden. Inspiring my writing today.

ps. This will likely be the featured image for an upcoming chapter in my book, Apprenticeship to Love. Free to those on the “1000 early readers” list. Sign up at http://apprenticeshiptolove.com

#pears #fruit #bxw #foto #photography #garden #orchard #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #earlyreaders #bhagavadgita #sacredsex #ceremonies #rituals #summer

Pears, too.
In my garden. Inspiring my writing today.

ps. This will likely be the featured image for an upcoming chapter in my book, Apprenticeship to Love. Free to those on the “1000 early readers” list. Sign up at http://apprenticeshiptolove.com

#pears #fruit #bxw #foto #photography #garden #orchard #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #earlyreaders #bhagavadgita #sacredsex #ceremonies #rituals #summer

Pears, too.
In my garden. Inspiring my writing today.

ps. This will likely be the featured image for an upcoming chapter in my book, Apprenticeship to Love. Free to those on the “1000 early readers” list. Sign up at http://apprenticeshiptolove.com

#pears #fruit #bxw #foto #photography #garden #orchard #RevHans #writing #books #love #marriage #masculinity #menshealth #free #booksofmastodon #writersofmastodon #earlyreaders #bhagavadgita #sacredsex #ceremonies #rituals #summer

pear dutch baby

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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pear dutch baby

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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pear dutch baby

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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pear dutch baby

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

Rate this:

pear dutch baby

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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#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

#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingMovieNightNotNews... #OftenLess... #FrequentlyFewer and #SomeWeather...

#IT's a #GloriousEvening in #TheOutside; #Perfect for #DrinkingBeer, which is what #MyLittleBigBuddy is doing #Down in #TheShed... With some of #TheHammers...

#Inspired by the #SemiGothicHorror of #AnneRice; #CaptainRedBeanBear is #Preparing for an #InterviewWithAChicken...

#Allegedly... #TheChickenKyivs come from #HealthierHappierChickens®️, which we will #TryToVerify...

#SoFar, #TheChickenKyivs are #Proving to be #Uncooperative because they're #QuiteDead...

#Meanwhile, I'm making a #Crumble... #IT's got #Pears in #IT, and #Raspberries...

#AsYouWere... #KeepOnKeepingOn and #Enjoy #TheMaking of #PearAndRaspberryCrumble...

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Day 23 Stamp Challenge
When my northern cousins celebrate Yule my mind turns to stone fruit. Fruit in season is the only time to eat it I reckon. The luscious cherries pack sunlight. Apricots, nectarines, peaches, mangoes make the fruiterer’s benches groan with fruity goodness from now until the the end of January, I hope. Today’s stamp from February 1987 celebrate fruit in Australia. This envelope was stamped in Cobram on the Murray River. This year life is difficult to river farmers but all you can send will be welcomed like your fruit from every year. All strength to you. Australia Post employed Sue Tilley as a special food designer to celebrate all the foods from the temperate south for this series of stamps, 36c, 65c, 90c and $1.
#stamps, #socialhistory, #fruit,#stonefruit, #berries, #grapes, #apples, #pears

Reporting back on this confronting interaction with the #Holepunch / #Keet community in their official #Pears channel last December 13th/14th (depending on your timezone).

https://kolektiva.social/@pospi/115714114504044153

TLDR; yes, it's another violent #DistributedWeb #DWeb community incubating hate projects and including #fascist actors.

@minimoysmagician you can't, yet. Although they did promise to open-source it some time ago. You can audit *parts* of the stack- #Pears & #Holepunch, specifically.
I suppose in that regard it is as auditable as Signal, who, as we know, have been pretty unresponsive when it comes to making up-to-date source for their server code available 🤷🏻

As I've already indicated, if no official response is given I will be creating strong sanctions around use of @holepunch_to software and contributing to their communities. I will no longer recommend #Keet or #Pears openly or to groups I work with, and instead take on the responsibility of warning marginalised people of their toxic culture and against engaging with them.

You have lost yourselves a fan, and created a vocal detractor.

https://kolektiva.social/@pospi/115720025399306924