Climate Jenny 2.1
@ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

Pawpaw news! Here you see the first harvest of a Pawpaw tree (North America’s largest native fruit) I planted almost a decade ago.

Sitting in the bowl, they were almost overpoweringly aromatic, and the scent was sweet. Processed, they yielded three cups of pulp and a lot of seeds. The pulp went into two loaves of sweetbread.

And that’s it for this year!

Stay tuned for my Ted Talk about why you should grow your own and not forage native plants.

#NativePlants #pawpaws

A shallow bowl and a Pyrex glass measuring cup. The bowl contains several size large black seeds, which are oval and which are encased in a thin, orange, glossy layer of damp pulp. The measuring cup is full of bright orange pulp up to the 3 Cups line.
A shallow bowl and a Pyrex glass measuring cup. The bowl contains several size large black seeds, which are oval and which are encased in a thin, orange, glossy layer of damp pulp. The measuring cup is full of bright orange pulp up to the 3 Cups line.
A shallow bowl and a Pyrex glass measuring cup. The bowl contains several size large black seeds, which are oval and which are encased in a thin, orange, glossy layer of damp pulp. The measuring cup is full of bright orange pulp up to the 3 Cups line.
A bowl of Pawpaw fruit. There look to be about two dozen of the light green, oval fruits, many of which have darker bruises and spots as they ripen. One or two are missing the skin at one end, a little circle where the fruit was once attached to the branch, where you can see the bright orange of the flesh inside.
A bowl of Pawpaw fruit. There look to be about two dozen of the light green, oval fruits, many of which have darker bruises and spots as they ripen. One or two are missing the skin at one end, a little circle where the fruit was once attached to the branch, where you can see the bright orange of the flesh inside.
A bowl of Pawpaw fruit. There look to be about two dozen of the light green, oval fruits, many of which have darker bruises and spots as they ripen. One or two are missing the skin at one end, a little circle where the fruit was once attached to the branch, where you can see the bright orange of the flesh inside.
Climate Jenny 2.1
@ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

Why should you not go out into the woods and gather your own bowl of Pawpaw fruit? Isn’t there plenty for everyone?

The chart illustrates. No, there is NOT enough for everyone. Humans have driven the non-human living word into very narrow margins. This is one of the many reasons humans are driving a planet-wide mass extinction event.

Please, don’t make #foraging a new way for humans to colonize and extract from a suffering planet. Maybe take a sample and no more. Grow more habitat instead.

der.hans
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Brett Sheffield (he/him)
@dentangle@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Did some vegan-friendly hunting for our breakfast this morning.

Unlike the chasseurs around here with their noisy dogs and guns and hi-vis vests, I stalked my prey in complete silence and, armed only with my bare hands, went up against an adversary that actually fought back.

In the early morning light I stealthily approached the #blackberry bushes. I stared down the tiny spiders on their dewy webs as I did my #foraging

My hands are stained and bleeding, but there shall be #pancakes
Brett Sheffield (he/him)
@dentangle@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Did some vegan-friendly hunting for our breakfast this morning.

Unlike the chasseurs around here with their noisy dogs and guns and hi-vis vests, I stalked my prey in complete silence and, armed only with my bare hands, went up against an adversary that actually fought back.

In the early morning light I stealthily approached the #blackberry bushes. I stared down the tiny spiders on their dewy webs as I did my #foraging

My hands are stained and bleeding, but there shall be #pancakes

alcinnz
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Eric R. Scott
@LeafyEricScott@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp last month

New server, new #introduction:

👋 Hi! I'm Eric! I'm a scientific programmer & educator who writes mostly rstats code. I currently work part time at #UniversityOfArizona where I help researchers by making R packages, #Shiny apps, automated data workflows, and training them on #ReproducibleResearch practices. I also mentor data scientists for @Posit Academy. I am #OpenToWork as a contractor if any of those skills sound useful to you.

My background is in plant chemical ecology and population ecology and for my PhD I studied #tea and did field work in China. I love tea (although I've been drinking coffee more and more lately) and practice #GongFuCha when I can. I love #foraging and tasting new things.

I currently live in #Tucson but the #BayArea will always be my home.

#rstats #rse #datascience #dataviz #ecology #chemistry #statistics
Eric R. Scott
@LeafyEricScott@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp last month

New server, new #introduction:

👋 Hi! I'm Eric! I'm a scientific programmer & educator who writes mostly rstats code. I currently work part time at #UniversityOfArizona where I help researchers by making R packages, #Shiny apps, automated data workflows, and training them on #ReproducibleResearch practices. I also mentor data scientists for @Posit Academy. I am #OpenToWork as a contractor if any of those skills sound useful to you.

My background is in plant chemical ecology and population ecology and for my PhD I studied #tea and did field work in China. I love tea (although I've been drinking coffee more and more lately) and practice #GongFuCha when I can. I love #foraging and tasting new things.

I currently live in #Tucson but the #BayArea will always be my home.

#rstats #rse #datascience #dataviz #ecology #chemistry #statistics