2nd wild garlic forage done. From a different part of the woodland in keeping with my responsible foraging ethos. Now time for crumpets and code before heading to the allotment.

#forage #pagan

My first taste of wild garlic this year. In Northern hemispheres, we would bring in the new year around this time. We've survived the bitter winter&now we get to see new shoots, plants& flowers springing into life.

It's a time to rejuvenate the body&mind. Longer days& sunlight & an abundance of gifts from nature. This is what we should be thankful for. This is the real new year ❤️✨
#nature #forage #spring #newyear #wildgarlic #plants #earth #folklore #spirit

Yew berries. Every part of the yew tree is toxic, apart from the Berry flesh around the seed. The Druids and the Celts viewed this tree as a symbol of life, death and resurrection.

We follow these cycles in life. Waking up, bringing consciousness to life. Going to sleep aka unconscious, the death of consciousness. Then waking up, resurrecting our consciousness the following day... ✨❤️

The berries are sweet but slimey 😂 don't try them unless experienced
#yewtree #nature #forage #life #lore

One of the few places to escape the aggressive bombardment of adverts in day to day life 🌳🍁🌲

#nature #forage #earth #outside #escapethematrix #connect #wild

This fungus (Tremella mesenterica) is known as witches butter. When it was seen growing on a person's property, it was believed that the person living there had been cursed by a witch. To break the curse, you had to prick the witches butter with a pin 📌✨
I love finding this shade of bright yellow in the woods 🥰🍄

#nature #fungi #folklore #mushrooms #forage

I was taught to fear wild mushrooms as a kid. That fear stuck with me till I decided to learn and gain knowledge about what I didn't know.

Yes mushrooms can be deadly, but they can also be food, medicine, kindling, tool sharpener, spiritual guide and more 🍄❤️

#mushroom #fungi #forage #health

#MOFGA - #PlantCorridors

By Heather McCargo, Photos by Jean English, Winter 2014-2015

"#NativePlant corridors attract #pollinators and #wildlife to your farm by stretching across your property to connect your piece of #NativeHabitat to nearby #meadows, #wetlands or #woodlands. This creates a much larger area for #NativePollinators to #forage, raise young and migrate. Corridors may run along a road, between fields, in a #swale or on the edge of a #forest, connecting habitats off the property and returning native plants to the parts of the farm not suitable for traditional crops.

This article describes two approaches to creating native habitat corridors: changing #mowing habits to favor native species, and planting woody and herbaceous combinations to increase native plant diversity on the farm.

Populations of all native species are in decline across the state. Our human footprint is taking its toll on wild creatures, including pollinators such as #bees and #butterflies that are so important on the farm for crop pollination. Native plant species each share an evolutionary history with indigenous insects, birds, reptiles, mammals, bacteria and fungi. When native plants are gone, many of these creatures go too, leading to a collapse of ecosystem function. Farmers benefit from the services provided by a healthy ecosystem, such as groundwater recharge; clean surface streams and ponds; pollination; a diversity of birds, spiders and amphibians to eat many insects including crop pests; and beneficial soil fungi and bacteria. Fortunately, when native plants are reintroduced into a landscape, many of these other creatures return.

As farmers and landowners, we can bring native plants, and the attendant diversity, back into the Maine landscape in a way that works with a farmer’s busy schedule. Many native plants thrive in dry, wet and shady areas that are poor sites for traditional farm crops."

Learn more:
https://www.mofga.org/resources/pollinators/plant-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #NativePlantCorridors #Gardening #Farming #Homesteading #Nature #NatureConservation #NatureRestoration #Maine

Global alfalfa market

https://globaltribune.net/global-alfalfa-market

#agriculture #feed #lucerne #alfaalfa #crop #forage #fodder #hay