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Some wild #plums by the road, hiding from the #rain (but no match for my greedy paws) 😌

#FrüchteFreitag #FruitsFriday

#Pflaumen #Pflaume #plum #Obst #Obstbaum #fruit #fruits #fruitTree #Natur #nature #Regen #Regentropfen #rainDrops #rainDroplets #Streuobst #Streuobstwiese #orchard #communityOrchard

A close-up of a lush fruit tree branch, its vibrant green leaves glistening with fresh raindrops. Nestled among the foliage, clusters of ripe fruits—likely plums—display a mix of deep red, pink, and purple hues. The fruits hang in small bunches, partially hidden by the leaves, creating a natural and refreshing scene of summer abundance after a rain shower.

Upcoming #jam session with #apricots & #plums #photoOfTheDay #iPhoneOnly

Charles & Harry's Quirky Habit: The Two-Plum Ritual
https://youtu.be/BPTctCpRVoQ
#KingCharles #PrinceHarry #RoyalFamily #Plums #Breakfast #DarrenMcGrady #SecretsOfTheRoyalKitchen #Finicky #FoodRitual #FatherSonTrait #RoyalQuirk

Behold, a feeding frenzy of Plum Sharks!

Plum sharks AKA kererū, the NZ wood pigeon.

Plums are in full fruit in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, at the moment. I was on Valley Road today in Cashmere there were at least 11 kererū feasting in the plum trees up the side of the road.

I think plums are one of the big reasons that these birds venture down from the hills into the city at this time of year.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/333255361

#birds #fruigivory #plums #Prunus #woodpigeon #pigeons #kererū #nz #Christchurch #nature #iNaturalist #iNaturalistNZ

A photo of two big NZ wood pigeon birds, kererū, in a plum tree filled with yellow plums. Kererū are big blue-green pigeons with white bellies and red beaks, eyes, and feet.

A photo of a kererū bird about to grab a yellow plum in a plum tree. Kererū are big blue-green pigeons with white bellies and red beaks, eyes, and feet.

A photo of a kererū bird in the middle of swallowing a yellow plum whole. Kererū are big blue-green pigeons with white bellies and red beaks, eyes, and feet. The plum only just fits in its wide mouth.

#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

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#Good #Night #Sweet #Dreams #Dancing #Sugar #Plums

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#Good #Night #Sweet #Dreams #Dancing #Sugar #Plums

🤗🤍💛💚💗🧡🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🩷💝✝️👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥❤️💖🩵💜💙🎁🎈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🤗*GOOD NIGHT ALL!*SWEET DREAMS!*& MAY SUGAR PLUMS DANCE IN YOUR HEAD!🤗💝✝️👑🕊️💦❤️‍🔥🤍💛💚💗🧡🩷❤️💖🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🍥🌀🩵💜💙🎁🎈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🤗

#Good #Night #Sweet #Dreams #Dancing #Sugar #Plums

#internetfuneral #plums

I have eaten the plums that ware in the ice box and which you are probably saving ah for breakfast forgive me they ware delicious so sweet and so cold. Screenshot from ufos.microcosmos.blue

Tartas de Ciruelas
#prunes #plums
https://tartequiche.com/produit/ciruelas-2/

#Fruits #figs #plums

New growth leaves and fig fruits starting as weather warms up.

Early start green plums will later when ripening have purple dust skins

Cherry plum fruit and new leaves kicking off as warm days start.

Letzter Pflaumenkuchen der Saison.
Irgendwie beladen mit allem (Pflaumen, Mandeln, Zimtzucker, Schokotropfen).

#food #kuchen #cake #backen #pflaumen #pflaumenkuchen #plums #TeamHerbst #Kaffeetrinken #pie #FoodOfPixelfed #FoodOfFediverse #foodporn #food

Blick von oben auf eines kleines Blech mit Pflaumenkuchen mit gerösteten Mandelstiften.

"Watermelon Wine"
Teableau for 09/30/25

I woke up dreaming the refrain of that old song.

#Tea #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #Handmade #Sewing #VintageChina #KelvinChen #TrinketBoxes #LovareTeas #Watermelon #Grapes #Plums #OldSongs #TomTHall #EndOfSummer

Tea tableau around a bunching of dark purple grapes upon a tea towel patterned in red and purple fruits such as watermelon slices, plums, berries, and wine grapes. The elegant vintage cup and saucer have a similar design as the towel, and there is a spoon with a painting of a plum. Next to that is a 2001 Kelvin Chen enameled copper trinket box in the shape of a watermelon. Behind a leaf- pattern tea cozy is a brown paper bag decorated with a spray of olive leaves and dusky fruit. The tea is 1001 Nights, a black tea flavored with grapes by Lovaré Teas.

Take a good look at my little plum... 🌱
It's the only one I got ♪
Not much of a red plum.
I never seem to get a lot.

#FruitTree #Plums #SeedToTree #Harvest
(Produced only one good plum in last 3 years)

Was sitting here eating a cold plum from the fridge, waiting for my partner to join me for breakfast, and it hit me I was living the William Carlos Williams dream. Amazing moment!

#plums

#ThisIsJustToSay

I'm gonna start eating
the plums
that are in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
hoping to share
for breakfast

Forgive me
they look so delicious
so sweet
and so cold

I'm getting started
without you.

#WilliamCarlosWilliams #Plums

A view inside the fridge drawer where some plums are in a tray wrapped in plastic

A simple white bowl full of frosty looking purple plums

What nice treat! Elderly Italian couple neighbours with a set of plum trees dropped off a tray of plums for us. A little small this year he says, but apparently tasty.

I offered some tomatoes in return, but felt a little silly, as I know the local Italian community is big into growing tomatoes. Sure enough they are overloaded with them too.

#neighbours #plums

Plum cupcakes I made today (on my day off) for my mum and me!

#cupcakes #cooking #mastocooking #yummy #plums #pastry #sweetstuff #muffins

Plum cupcakes carefully served with fresh plums, green grapes, rose leaves and a little rose. Everything is place on a wooden cut. The cupcakes are powdered with sugar powder.

Six plum cupcakes carefully served with fresh plums, green grapes, rose leaves and a little rose. Everything is place on a wooden cut. The cupcakes are powdered with sugar powder.

Some sugar powdered plum cupcakes placed on the glass plate; one little crimson rose is placed on top. There is laced white cloth underneath the plate.

This is getting silly now. Another 3 punnets of plums, and the tree still has loads on it. What am I supposed to do with them all? #GrowYourOwn #Plums #PlumGlut

Three plastic punnets that supermarket grapes come in. They are overflowing with plums. The punnets are a black marbled effect work surface. To the top of the picture is an upside-down Quality Street tub containing a lemon drizzle cake.

Still Here!

Hello Friends! I’m still here! I did not intend to take any time away but the garden has been demanding and so has life in general. You may have heard Minneapolis is once again in mourning after a mass shooting of children attending a back-to-school mass . And of course the hate-filled people in the Trump administration, instead of focusing on gun control, are blaming antidepressants and trans people. My heart is broken in so many pieces for so many reasons.

I have no words, and too many words. So today I’m going for mostly photos.

Anyone who says life is a bowl full of cherries hasn’t spent hours and hours pitting them! But then there was cherry pie and banana-strawberry ice cream. There are still lots and lots of cherries in the freezer. There were also lots and lots of aronia berries, more than we’ve ever had. Tomorrow James will be making rhubarb-aronia jam. So we finally got around to making a solar dehydrator from an old window, parts of an old pallet, and leftover corrugated stainless steel from re-roofing the chicken coop. We did a test making a small batch of aronia raisins and it works great! And then the weather turned cool and cloudy and we haven’t been able to use it since. There are also our first ever plums from the tree an invader rabbit almost killed two years ago. James made some compote for our Sunday waffles. Then I foraged some wild plums to supplement the ones from our tree and yesterday James made plum-elderberry jam. So many elderberries this year too! Haven’t tried the jam yet. Will let you know! The lemon cucumbers turned out to not agree with my tummy when raw. We made several batches of fermented pickles–add several grape leaves to keep them crunchy! But the best pickles turned out to be some refrigerator pickles in red wine vinegar that we will be making more of. Of course the cucumbers are almost done now, so there won’t be that much more of the fridge pickles, but we will know for next year. In my sourdough baking adventures, I made bialys. They came out so good, and James was in heaven. The garden parsley played host to several swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. They were kind enough to still leave plenty of parsley for me. The butternut squash and scarlet runner bean vines have completely covered the 10-foot-tall wooden ladder. There are three huge squashes in there and probably some smaller ones hiding. Also, lots of runner beans. It’s a ladder of yum! The “eff you” amaranth tells us to fuck off all day every day, much to our delight. It took awhile for the Mexican sunflower to start blooming, probably because it was putting all its energy into becoming a gigantic shrub. Now that it is blooming the butterflies and bees have one more place in the garden to stop and eat. There are four bees, possibly five, crammed in this squash blossom. And as I was taking the photo, another bee tried to get in on the fun but got squeezed out. The hyssop has been blooming for a couple weeks and it is covered in bees. The hyssop is giant white and purple anise, both very tall and growing all around the deck. I’ve had to tie it up to keep it mostly out of the paths, but it still droops. James very carefully lifts up stalks and creeps under. Me? James says, “you just barrel right through and then pat your hair to make sure there are no bees stuck in it.” Yup. So far my curly mop has not caught any bees but I am regularly pulling out flower petals and little pieces of stems and leaves.

That is all for today. Take care of yourselves. Joy is resistance and so is kindness and love. The more my heart breaks, the more love I find it has room for.

#aronia #bees #butterflies #cherries #cheryPie #elderberry #lemonCucumber #pickles #plums #solarDehydrator #sourdough

#plums

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