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hennige
@hennige@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp last week

Apple
Rotting with Style 🙂

#Apple#Fruit#Nature#Rotting#Photography#Frucht#FaulenderApfel #iPhone

A rotting Apple still hanging on a tree. The way this apple is rotting creates a very interesting pattern.
A rotting Apple still hanging on a tree. The way this apple is rotting creates a very interesting pattern.
A rotting Apple still hanging on a tree. The way this apple is rotting creates a very interesting pattern.
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Rick Gaehl
@RickGaehl@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

As mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, we've had a good year for figs here. Apparently, figs were one of the earliest plants cultivated by humans, and examples have been found dating to before 9000 BCE This was significantly before the earliest known domestication of wheat, barley and legumes.

#Photography#Closeup#Fruit #Gardening #History

Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.
Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.
Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.
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Rick Gaehl
@RickGaehl@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

As mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, we've had a good year for figs here. Apparently, figs were one of the earliest plants cultivated by humans, and examples have been found dating to before 9000 BCE This was significantly before the earliest known domestication of wheat, barley and legumes.

#Photography#Closeup#Fruit #Gardening #History

Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.
Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.
Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.
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DoomsdaysCW
@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan#Forest

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.

By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area.

" 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'

"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.

"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.

Communities as allies

"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.

"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'

"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.

"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.

"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.

"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.

" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.

No #megaprojects

"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.

"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.

"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.

"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory.

"She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.

"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.

"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."

Read more:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/how-guatemala-mexico-and-belize-plan-to-protect-14-million-acres-of-mayan-forest/article_20e22c99-d965-528f-90b6-20e93296c85f.html

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https://archive.ph/GyXR8

#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest#PreserveNature#CentralAmerica

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DoomsdaysCW
@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

How #Guatemala, #Mexico, and #Belize plan to protect 14 million acres of #Mayan#Forest

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.

By Sonia Pérez D. And María Verza, Aug. 21, 2025

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have announced plans to create a huge reserve of tropical forest spanning across the three countries. Pushing out criminal gangs and protecting the land from ranchers, miners and loggers won’t be easy.
The nature reserve announced last week and called the #GreatMayanJungleBioculturalCorridor would stretch across jungle areas of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres (5.7 million hectares). It would become the second largest reserve in the Americas, behind only the Amazon.
In interviews this week, the environment ministers of Mexico and Guatemala emphasized the need for security, while also expressing the intention of administrations in both countries to avoid destructive projects in the area.

" 'The first thing is that the security forces begin to have a presence,' because the region has been abandoned and left to organized crime, Guatemala Environment Minister Patricia Orantes said. 'This is not primarily an environmental battle. We’re talking about the Guatemalan state needing to retake control of its territory.'

"#Environmental groups have long said that the jungle on both sides of the Mexico-Guatemala border is dotted with clandestine landing strips for cocaine-laden planes, smugglers moving migrants north and illegal loggers.

"Mexico Environment Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that all three countries will need to boost their security presence in the reserve. 'We’re not going to protect the forest ourselves, the security secretary has to help, the army,' Bárcena said.

Communities as allies

"Just sending troops will likely be insufficient, as Mexico’s experience along another part of its southern border in Chiapas has shown. Organized crime has infiltrated economically-strapped communities with few options and it has been difficult to root them out.

"Guatemalan lawyer and environmental activist Rafael Maldonado said it will be vital 'to convert communities that are believed to participate in drug trafficking into allies of the park.'

"To do that, Orantes said the government must offer economic alternatives to those residents.

"One proposal from Mexico is the expansion of its '#PlantingLife' program, which offers landowners money to grow certain kinds of #trees either for #fruit or #timber. The program has a $2 billion budget, Bárcena said.

"But the program, which dates to ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has faced criticism. In 2021, the World Resources Institute reported that it had actually incentivized deforestation in Campeche state. Bárcena said the program is being adjusted to better meet environmental objectives.

"Mexican sustainability and climate action expert Juan Carlos Franco, who works in southern Mexico, said security is crucial and requires the government to act as 'guarantor.' But the work has to be carried out with civil society in the #LocalCommunities, including in places where locals have found ways to coexist with the illegal activity surrounding them, he said.

" 'Communities oriented toward the #biocultural management of the territory can overcome despite the crime, that’s the most revealing message,' he said.

No #megaprojects

"Another challenge will be holding governments over the long term to commitments to forgo big projects that promise economic development but threaten environmental damage, such as Mexico’s tourist rail operation, the Maya Train, which Belize is interested in extending to its territory.

"Orantes, the Guatemala minister, said that Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo would not allow megaprojects in the reserve because when access is opened in the forest it becomes difficult to control everything that follows.

"Arévalo recently declined to renew the contract of a #petroleum company that had been operating for 40 years in a Guatemalan reserve known as the #Maya Biosphere.

"Guatemala is making the largest land contribution to the reserve, encompassing 27 existing protected areas. Arévalo had already made clear that he would not run an extension of the Maya Train proposed by Mexico’s last president through protected areas.
In Mexico, Bárcena noted that the 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) train line, which started running in late 2023 and goes in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, lies outside the new reserve’s territory.

"She said her agency was working to alleviate some of the environmental impacts of the train line, in collaboration with companies operated by the Mexican Army, which built a large portion of the rail line and operates the train.

"To avoid destructive projects in the new reserve, the three governments agreed to create a council made up of environmental authorities, as well as an Indigenous advisory council, Bárcena said. Any proposed projects in the reserve would have to pass through them.

"Some Mexican activists, like Pedro Uc who lives in the Yucatan, remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to conservation considering the same political party that brought the Maya Train remains in power in Mexico. Others like Franco are willing to move ahead and keep the pressure on the three governments to maintain their commitments."

Read more:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/americas/how-guatemala-mexico-and-belize-plan-to-protect-14-million-acres-of-mayan-forest/article_20e22c99-d965-528f-90b6-20e93296c85f.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GyXR8

#SolarPunkSunday #ForestsAreLife #ProtectTheForest#PreserveNature#CentralAmerica

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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp last month

Me vs 16 kgs watermelon - who will win?

#Food#Fruit

Me, holding a 16 kgs watermelon in front of a window.
Me, holding a 16 kgs watermelon in front of a window.
Me, holding a 16 kgs watermelon in front of a window.
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Charles Harper
@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last month

These two Nectarines were grown here on Skye. They were a gift from our next door neighbours who grew them in their Polytunnel.

A polytunnel is a tunnel typically made from steel and covered in polyethylene, usually semi-circular in shape. The interior heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, and other things inside the building faster than heat can escape the structure.

I thought I’d celebrate the gesture with a photograph…

#fruit #photography #colour

Nectarines are smooth-skinned stone fruits, often described as a smooth-skinned peach. They are a genetic variant of the peach, and are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and vibrant colours. Nectarines are enjoyed both fresh and in cooked dishes like desserts, sauces, and jams. I ate these just as they were as an alternative to cake with a lot of Earl Grey at tea-time.
Nectarines are smooth-skinned stone fruits, often described as a smooth-skinned peach. They are a genetic variant of the peach, and are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and vibrant colours. Nectarines are enjoyed both fresh and in cooked dishes like desserts, sauces, and jams. I ate these just as they were as an alternative to cake with a lot of Earl Grey at tea-time.
Nectarines are smooth-skinned stone fruits, often described as a smooth-skinned peach. They are a genetic variant of the peach, and are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and vibrant colours. Nectarines are enjoyed both fresh and in cooked dishes like desserts, sauces, and jams. I ate these just as they were as an alternative to cake with a lot of Earl Grey at tea-time.
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Charles Harper
@ChaHarper@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last month

These two Nectarines were grown here on Skye. They were a gift from our next door neighbours who grew them in their Polytunnel.

A polytunnel is a tunnel typically made from steel and covered in polyethylene, usually semi-circular in shape. The interior heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, and other things inside the building faster than heat can escape the structure.

I thought I’d celebrate the gesture with a photograph…

#fruit #photography #colour

Nectarines are smooth-skinned stone fruits, often described as a smooth-skinned peach. They are a genetic variant of the peach, and are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and vibrant colours. Nectarines are enjoyed both fresh and in cooked dishes like desserts, sauces, and jams. I ate these just as they were as an alternative to cake with a lot of Earl Grey at tea-time.
Nectarines are smooth-skinned stone fruits, often described as a smooth-skinned peach. They are a genetic variant of the peach, and are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and vibrant colours. Nectarines are enjoyed both fresh and in cooked dishes like desserts, sauces, and jams. I ate these just as they were as an alternative to cake with a lot of Earl Grey at tea-time.
Nectarines are smooth-skinned stone fruits, often described as a smooth-skinned peach. They are a genetic variant of the peach, and are known for their sweet, juicy flesh and vibrant colours. Nectarines are enjoyed both fresh and in cooked dishes like desserts, sauces, and jams. I ate these just as they were as an alternative to cake with a lot of Earl Grey at tea-time.
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Karen Kaspar
@KarenKasparArt@socel.net  ·  activity timestamp last month

I started painting a bowl of fruit, but I didn't like it. I tore everything apart and made a collage out of the scraps of paper. Now I like it. It looks like a mosaic.

Orange in a blue bowl collage:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/orange-in-a-blue-bowl-collage-karen-kaspar.html

#collage #mosaic#MastoArt #art#AYearForArt#FediGiftShop #artist#InteriorDesign#MastodonArt #kunst#contemporaryArt#creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #fruits #fresh #health #vegan #happy #vegetarian #food #foodie #happiness #goodvibes #handmade #orange

A single fresh orange in a blue bowl on a vibrant orange background is the subject of this mixed media collage artwork in landscape format by artist Karen Kaspar.
A single fresh orange in a blue bowl on a vibrant orange background is the subject of this mixed media collage artwork in landscape format by artist Karen Kaspar.
A single fresh orange in a blue bowl on a vibrant orange background is the subject of this mixed media collage artwork in landscape format by artist Karen Kaspar.
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@KarenKasparArt@socel.net replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

Orange in einer blauen Schüssel - Collage

https://www.artheroes.de/de/motiv/Orange-in-einer-blauen-Schuessel-Collage/1163217/132

#collage #mosaic#MastoArt #art#contemporaryArt #fruit #food #foodie #orange

Eine einzelne frische Orange in einer blauen Schüssel auf einem lebhaften orangefarbenen Hintergrund ist das Thema dieses Mixed-Media-Kunstwerks. Ich habe ein Gemälde begonnen, aber es hat mir nicht gefallen. Deshalb habe ich alles zerrissen und aus den Papierfetzen eine Collage erstellt. Jetzt gefällt es mir. Es sieht aus wie ein Mosaik.
Eine einzelne frische Orange in einer blauen Schüssel auf einem lebhaften orangefarbenen Hintergrund ist das Thema dieses Mixed-Media-Kunstwerks. Ich habe ein Gemälde begonnen, aber es hat mir nicht gefallen. Deshalb habe ich alles zerrissen und aus den Papierfetzen eine Collage erstellt. Jetzt gefällt es mir. Es sieht aus wie ein Mosaik.
Eine einzelne frische Orange in einer blauen Schüssel auf einem lebhaften orangefarbenen Hintergrund ist das Thema dieses Mixed-Media-Kunstwerks. Ich habe ein Gemälde begonnen, aber es hat mir nicht gefallen. Deshalb habe ich alles zerrissen und aus den Papierfetzen eine Collage erstellt. Jetzt gefällt es mir. Es sieht aus wie ein Mosaik.
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Mark H
@neonbubble@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Snap from the garden this morning. We've now filled two 3.6kg tubs with blackberries and one 3.6kg tub with raspberries, and there is enough fruit still growing to double both those numbers. We've decided that we've got to start on the alcohol processing now to free up space so first up will be blackberry wine, brandy, and whiskey, then we'll look for a raspberry wine, then blackberry/raspberry blend. Maybe crumbles. Who knows?

#Gardening#Fruit#Garden

A portrait orientation view of half a dozen raspberries on a cane, some ripe, some almost there. Behind, there's another cane with large, dark green leaves and a few bits of red showing more raspberries. We're in a garden so behind we can see some soil then bamboo fencing along a wall separating this garden from the neighbours. The backs of a terrace of Edwardian era two-storey houses fills the very rear of the view and there's a little bit of sky visible, a patchy mix of pale blue sky and thin, puffy white clouds.
A portrait orientation view of half a dozen raspberries on a cane, some ripe, some almost there. Behind, there's another cane with large, dark green leaves and a few bits of red showing more raspberries. We're in a garden so behind we can see some soil then bamboo fencing along a wall separating this garden from the neighbours. The backs of a terrace of Edwardian era two-storey houses fills the very rear of the view and there's a little bit of sky visible, a patchy mix of pale blue sky and thin, puffy white clouds.
A portrait orientation view of half a dozen raspberries on a cane, some ripe, some almost there. Behind, there's another cane with large, dark green leaves and a few bits of red showing more raspberries. We're in a garden so behind we can see some soil then bamboo fencing along a wall separating this garden from the neighbours. The backs of a terrace of Edwardian era two-storey houses fills the very rear of the view and there's a little bit of sky visible, a patchy mix of pale blue sky and thin, puffy white clouds.
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Joe Vilas
@jhv@triangletoot.party  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@autumn Can't even describe my neighbor's fig plant without sounding like Jay Mohr in the episode of "Action!" where his boss deliberately exposed himself to Mohr. All I can hope is you're familiar with the show & know the scene is *incredibly funny,* or is to me. Anyway: plant used to be like 3 sticks in the ground; now it's like a 2-car garage; I've never seen it with so many figs in my life.

Does anyone know if figs have mast years?
#figs #fruit #botany #science
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Colin Purrington
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

View of my berry box. On the right are newly-planted canes of Prime-Ark Freedom blackberry, red raspberry, black raspberry, tayberry, and boysenberry. On left, in the raised bed, are strawberries (Ozark Beauty, Merlan, Mignonette), and at the far end, Sunshine Blue blueberries. I call it Fruit Knox because the wire keeps the birds and squirrels out. #berries #rubus #blackberries #raspberries #boysenberries #tayberries #strawberries #garden #gardening #fruit

Long wood garden enclosure covered with chicken wire and filled with plants on both sides of a wood walkway.
Long wood garden enclosure covered with chicken wire and filled with plants on both sides of a wood walkway.
Long wood garden enclosure covered with chicken wire and filled with plants on both sides of a wood walkway.
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