Ms. Que BanhJul 14, 2024

#Rowan aka #MountainAsh #tree #berries. Some birds feed on them. We have a tree that's been in our backyard since before our family bought our property in the early 90s.

There's also a big one growing at Welland Community Orchard too - they planted it there to boost pollination for one hybrid grafted fruit tree - one of the grafts are in the rowan family.

I harvest their berries to use for #PlantBased #NaturalDye making. They have high tannins in them.

#Woodworkers like the dense wood of rowan trees for carving/turning & making tool handles & walking canes.

#Saanich #Nature #BerriesIdentification #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest

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@PhoenixSerenity You can make a jelly from them
Jul 15, 2024 at 9:01amWeb
Show threadMs. Que BanhJul 15, 2024

@JohnLoader6 Yes, you can make jellies/jams & pies with the berries but I don't like their rather bitter taste. I only tried once & it didn't agree with my palate.

Their berries can also be a substitute for coffee beans. It has lots of uses in #alcoholic beverages: to flavour liqueurs & cordials, to produce country wine & flavour ale. In #Austria a clear #rowan #schnapps is distilled which is called by its German name #Vogelbeerschnaps, #Czechs also make a rowan #liquor called #jeřabinka, the #Polish #Jarzębiak is rowan-flavoured #vodka & #Welsh make a rowan #wine called #diodgriafel.

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Ms. Que BanhJul 14, 2024

#Rowan aka #MountainAsh #tree #berries. Some birds feed on them. We have a tree that's been in our backyard since before our family bought our property in the early 90s.

There's also a big one growing at Welland Community Orchard too - they planted it there to boost pollination for one hybrid grafted fruit tree - one of the grafts are in the rowan family.

I harvest their berries to use for #PlantBased #NaturalDye making. They have high tannins in them.

#Woodworkers like the dense wood of rowan trees for carving/turning & making tool handles & walking canes.

#Saanich #Nature #BerriesIdentification #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest

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In #NeoDruidism, the #rowan is known as the "portal tree". It is considered the threshold, between this world & otherworlds, or between here & wherever you may be going, for example, it was placed at the gate to a property, signifying the crossing of the threshold between the path or street & property of someone. According to Elen Sentier, "Threshold is a place of both ingress (the way in) & egress (the way out). Rowan is a portal, threshold #tree offering you the chance of 'going somewhere & leaving somewhere."
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In #Sami #mythology, the goddess #Ravdna is the consort of the thunder-god #Horagalles. Red berries of the #rowan #tree were holy to Ravdna & the name Ravdna resembles North Germanic words for the tree (for example, Old Norse reynir).

In #Norse mythology, the goddess #Sif is the wife of the thunder god #Thor, who has been linked with Ravdna. According to #Skáldskaparmál the rowan is called "the salvation of Thor" because Thor once saved himself by clinging to it. It has been hypothesized that Sif was once conceived in the form of a rowan to which Thor clung.

Show threadMikeJul 14, 2024
@PhoenixSerenity I've seen those around here in transitional spaces, like the edge of a meadow and the forest, I never knew that's what it was, thanks
Show threadMs. Que BanhJul 14, 2024
#JRRTolkien's novel The Two Towers employs #rowans as the signature tree for the Ent, #Quickbeam. The forest of #Fangorn, where Quickbeam & other Ents live, is populated with numerous rowans that were said to have been planted by male Ents to please the female #Entwives. Quickbeam declares his fondness for the tree by saying that no other "people of the Rose ... are so beautiful to me," a reference to the rowan's membership in the family #Rosaceae.
Show threadFeral Aunt Nessie Jul 14, 2024
@PhoenixSerenity I named my Kid after this tree. It has a special place in my heart 🥰
Show threadDoomsdaysCWJul 14, 2024
@PhoenixSerenity Very cool! I have two Rowan saplings that I managed to start from seed (not easy). One is in the ground, the other is still in a pot. But I know our bird friends will appreciate them!
Show threadGray Rockin' EvelynJul 15, 2024
@PhoenixSerenity IIRC, in Celtic traditions rowan trees are often planted near the doorway to a house, because they help ward away evil spirits.
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@PhoenixSerenity You can make a jelly from them
Show threadMs. Que BanhJul 15, 2024

@JohnLoader6 Yes, you can make jellies/jams & pies with the berries but I don't like their rather bitter taste. I only tried once & it didn't agree with my palate.

Their berries can also be a substitute for coffee beans. It has lots of uses in #alcoholic beverages: to flavour liqueurs & cordials, to produce country wine & flavour ale. In #Austria a clear #rowan #schnapps is distilled which is called by its German name #Vogelbeerschnaps, #Czechs also make a rowan #liquor called #jeřabinka, the #Polish #Jarzębiak is rowan-flavoured #vodka & #Welsh make a rowan #wine called #diodgriafel.

Show threadCaterine VaubanJul 15, 2024
@PhoenixSerenity Let me come and live with you! 🤩