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#ClimateChangeGardening #gardening #bookstodon #books #plants #NativePlants #bloomscrolling #ClimateDiary

Almenachier, serviceberry 🧵

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s, “The Serviceberry”

As much economics as natural history, she links the gift economy with nature -storing abundance in the belly of my brother. She examines how capitalism is an unsustainable and destructive system and how it might be replaced.

It’s a beautiful book and very salient to our current economic-ecological problems.

A close-up image of white flowers with green centers, surrounded by leafy stems. The background is blurred, highlighting the delicate petals and stamens.
Cover of the audiobook "The Serviceberry" by Robin Wall Kimmerer, featuring illustrations of serviceberry leaves and berries, along with a bird in flight. The text includes the subtitle "Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World"
A close-up of a bee-mimic hover fly perched on white flowers, showcasing its black and yellow striped body and the delicate details of the petals. Green foliage provides a soft background.
A close-up image of green leaves with small dark berries growing on a plant. The background features more foliage, indicating a natural setting.
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I planted the rooted cuttings outside in late fall so that they would experience our winter. They are planted in a resin half barrel and are securely caged with chicken wire to deter squirrels from digging.

It’s too early to tell whether these are flower buds or just leaf buds but I’m really happy that they seem to be thriving.

These serviceberries are plants that I plan to share the seeds for my food security in climate change project. 🌱

A small, branch-like plant stem with several budding shoots, surrounded by soil and small stones. The image captures early signs of growth.
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@jblue. A very nice cutting. We hope to propagate service berry from cuttings this season.

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@jblue We have a plan, and notes. The service berry blossoms are popular with the pollinators and the berries are popular with the birds. The service berries ripen ahead of most of the others.

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@Pollinators same here. They’re the first native berries of season.

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@marsiposa @jblue. Yes. The birds eat them up unripened leaving us with empty serviceberry picking buckets.

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@marsiposa @Pollinators it depends. In my area, there are two species or ecotypes. One flowers and fruits earlier and tastes like almonds and the later flowering/fruiting ones taste like raspberries with blueberries but with no tartness, just sweetness.

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@jblue @Pollinators
ah, very interesting. I didn't know about the two varieties.

We bought one serviceberry plant last year at the native nursery. I don't know if our area has different varieties. The one we got had very sweet fruits! I think the raspberry/blueberry type. I liked them 🙂

I think because it was a new plant, the birds didn't find out on time, heh.

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@marsiposa @Pollinators we have three official species that might be in our area but there are also cultivars. Also the cultivars are bred for colder climates (zone 7- colder) so I have to stick to local plants if I want to grow serviceberries.

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