Greetings #mastodon.
I had a deep thought today and I need your contribution!
[1]Could the world face hunger if each person knew how to grow food and has access to the land to grow from? https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0
[2]How many trees could the world have if each of us planted two trees as birthday tree cakes?
#environment #trees #afforestation #agroforestry #nature #fruits #gardening #agriculture #biodiversity #sustainability #linux #photography #fediverse #climate #wildlife #hunger #soil #flora

'Objekte die mit "O" beginnen oder so aussehen ... ' #FotoVorschlag

#Trees #TreeTrunk #Wood #Texture #Round #NaturePhotography #Photography #fujifilm #FujifilmXSeries #tamron #sooc

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Close up of the cross section of a large tree trunk. The old cut had been lying around for a long time and the layers of the trunk started drying and cracking. Around a central solid core, two concentric circular cracks separated the core from the outer layers of the trunk. In all radial directions countless small cracks give the cut surface a dynamic pattern.

‘Doves and food and fun’: the fight to save a farming pioneer

#Wakelyns needs £1.2m to save its diverse organic crops and ‘micro’ enterprises including a bakery and honeybee hives

"It’s almost a political project about land use – maximising the #sustainable productivity of the land." - David Wolfe

by Patrick Barkham
Tue 30 Jun 2026 06.00 EDT

"The aerial view of Wakelyns matches the experience of visiting it at ground level: in a region dominated by prairie fields of industrial agriculture, here lies a vivid green lung of land. Its sounds and sights in summer – the sleepy purr of the turtle dove, the vivid pink flash of a bullfinch – have vanished from most of the British countryside.

"But Wakelyns is not a nature reserve – it is a thriving farm, a 'living laboratory' for #agroforestry and a hub for innovation and business. It is also under threat, and its owners must raise £1.2m to turn it into a charitable community benefit society.

"The 56-acre former pig farm in Suffolk was bought by Martin and Ann Wolfe in 1992. Martin was a government plant pathologist who wanted to do more innovative research than his employers had allowed. Seeking to farm crops with fewer pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers, he created one of the first agroforestry schemes in Europe.

"Turning productive cereal-growing fields into 56 narrow 'alleys' of farmed land between rows of planted trees had been 'widely regarded as mad', said their son, #DavidWolfe, an environmental lawyer who now runs Wakelyns with his wife, Amanda Illing. 'The farmer who sold the land to them said: ‘You’ve ruined a perfectly good wheat field’.'

"Today, Wakelyns is an inspirational example of agroforestry, which has become official government policy. The government’s carbon delivery plan wants to turn 10% of arable land into agroforestry by 2050, with financial incentives to encourage more farmers to transition into something like Wakelyns.

"The lush trees that divide the alleys are all crops. After more than 30 years, some are tall trees for timber, while others provide #apples, #cherries and #plums. The most lucrative tree crop is #hazel, which is coppiced on a seven-year cycle to produce high-quality hazel stakes for traditional hedgelayers. Each stake is sold for £1.40 and Wakelyns cannot grow enough.

The farm’s motto is '#ResilienceThroughDiversity'. It pioneered the first commercial #lentil growing in the UK, and is still the country’s only commercial #BlackLentil grower. 'If Britain is serious about wanting to feed itself, we should stop growing oilseed rape for biodiesel and grow #pulses,' said Wolfe.

"Wakelyns’ diversity encompasses a uniquely genetically diverse population of wheat and multiple varieties of apple tree. When big orchards, which typically grow a narrow range of apple varieties, complain of a terrible harvest, a mixed orchard such as Wakelyns’ is fine, because every year some varieties thrive. #Monocultural farmers, says Wolfe, 'put it all on red or black'.

"Wolfe and Illing took over the farm in 2020 after Wolfe’s parents died. To the innovative farming principles, they added 'enterprise stacking', bringing people back to the land via a series of symbiotic relationships."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/30/suffolk-agroforestry-farm-wakelyns-community-ownership-survive

#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #UK #MutualAid #HempTextiles #FoodSecurity #FoodForests #CropRotation #CropDiversity #OrganicFarming #SupportUKFarms #SupportLocalFarmers
#Polyculture not #Monoculture

RE: https://mastodon.world/@davidho/116892063101116156

More of this, please...! Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday!

#Trees #Nemawashi

DoomsdaysCW boosted

David Ho » 🌐 2026-07-09
@davidho@mastodon.world

In Japan, valuable trees are relocated instead of cut down during development. Arborists use nemawashi, a technique combining horticultural knowledge and modern engineering, to prepare the trees for relocation.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/japan-does-not-cut-down-centuries-old-trees-for-development-instead-experts-spend-months-preparing-their-roots-and-relocating-them/articleshow/132278899.cms

A Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) and a sandstone outcrop.

#Desert #Trees #Travel #RoadTrip #Landscape #Photography #Darktable

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A color landscape photo of a short round green tree growing out of a large cracked red sandstone boulder. A few small green high desert plants dot the brow-red sand surrounding the large boulder and tree. The sky is clear and blue.

🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems has begun!

Honestly: we are posting only now because day 1 has passed and we didn’t even realise it! ✨

🫶 We are over 500 builders, dreamers, artists, and organisers.

💫 Everyone created their button name tags, and found their people.

The opening ceremony set the tone: co-created, participatory, and very much alive.

🌳 In one sentence: “Our future is the forest.”

Ahead of us are 4 more days of protocol talks, campfire conversations, and whatever we want.

#DWebCamp #RootSystems #trees #forest

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Mai and Franzi on stage, presenting the opening ceremony.

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Wendy smiling with her arms wide open, in the front row, among the public.

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Brewster and Mai laughing while sitting next to each other.

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Long time DWeb campers sitting on stage playing and singing together.

How many storms did it survive? How many birds found shelter in its branches? How many forests began from its seeds? An old tree is a lifetime of giving. Let's be the generation that protects, not destroys, our natural heritage.
#trees #biodiversity #environment #ecology #ecosystem #forestry #nature #ClimateAction #photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #agroforestry #afforestation #Reaforestation #deforestation #Greenyouthmovement #wildlife #EcoConservation
https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

Cities can't afford to keep treating trees like decoration

https://www.earth.com/news/cities-cant-afford-to-keep-treating-trees-like-decoration/

#Ecology #Trees #Cooling #Environment #ClimateAction #AirQuality

Urban #trees aren’t just nice, scientists say — they’re mandatory https://grist.org/cities/urban-trees-arent-just-nice-scientists-say-theyre-mandatory/ #Science #ClimateChange #Solarpunk

Lost cat #poem #Cats #Cat #trees

Mornings

#photography #lake #morning #trees #fountain #silentsunday

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A tall fountain with trees on the far shoreline behind it is seen in the distance. On a sunny morning the glow of the sunlight and deep shadows cross the grass and trees in the foreground. A stone bench is also shown int the centre of the picture.

Tree-knowlegeable people:

I have a mid-size oak, probably about 20 ft tall right now. I'd like to cut off some of its lowest limbs so that we can use its shade.

I have done this in patches before on other trees. But I really love this tree! And don't want to harm its long-term growth.

Is there any sort of guidance as to how much one can prune a tree, at once, in this way? Better to do it at once, or in stages?

Feel free to boost.

#Trees #Gardening

Am Teich, fest verwurzelt
By the pond, firmly rooted

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Bäume #Fotografie #photography #naturephotography

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Eine alte Eiche am Ufer eines Teiches, viele Wurzeln liegen frei im Sand, doch der Baum scheint dennoch fest verwurzelt zu sein. Das Foto zeigt den unteren Teil des Stammes und die Wurzeln, die sich in den Hang zu graben scheinen. An old oak tree on the bank of a pond; many of its roots are exposed in the sand, yet the tree still appears to be firmly rooted. The photograph shows the lower part of the trunk and the roots, which seem to be burrowing into the slope.

This essay and poem are part of the Universe in Verse book. Trees grant us some of the richest metaphors for our own lives — a polished lens on the quality of attention we pay the world. “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way,” wrote William Blake. Walt Whitman considered them our greatest teachers in living with authenticity. For Hermann Hesse, the key to existential joy was in learning how to listen to the trees. But far beyond the realm of human-wrested metaphor,… read article

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How to Be a Tree: Notes on the Resilience of Letting Go

Looking at tree bark details!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #Trees #TreeBark #OurNeighborhood

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Parrotia tree bark comes off in plaques that curl up and fall off. The plaques are irregularly shaped, and come in all shades of brown: black-brown, red-brown, tan, honey, amber... It's like looking at a puzzle assembled on a tree

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The bark on paper bark maple peels off in long, thin papery curling strips. The bark is mainly a deep honey color, with the strips turning amber, sometimes revealing more ashy colored bark underneath.

#FootpathFriday 🐾

#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #forest #trees #trail #hiking

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Vertical image of a broad hiking trail in a lush green forest. The trail ascends and curves to the right slightly. The light is bright and warm, throwing patches of shadow on the trail.

Quiet time

#photography #river #dock #trees #monochrome #blackandwhite

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A lone person sits crossed legged at the edge of a dock overlooking a river. Trees can be seen across the water and to the left, large decorative rocks make up part of the path and bank in the foreground. The water is calm and a large stack of floating docks sits behind the person. This is a black and white image.

RHS: 12 ways to grow a low-carbon garden
https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardening-for-the-environment/low-carbon-gardening/the-low-carbon-garden

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #Gardens #LowCarbonGardening #Hedges #Trees #TapestryLawns #Compost #RainWater #Plants #Ponds #RHS

🔥 “35°C is normal, we used to just call that summer!”

Here's how many summers topped 32°C”

70s 4
80s 2
90s 8
2000s 6
2010s all of them
2020s all of them

And here's how many summers topped 35°C

70s 1
80s 0
90s 2
2000s 2
2010s 3
2020s 4 (out of 6 so far)

Text by Emma Monk https://www.emmamonk.co.uk/

@CoedCadw are you living without tree shade?https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-trees-and-woods/benefits-of-urban-trees/tree-equity/trees-for-all/
🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

#climate #trees #health #heatwave #UK

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The corresponding normal image of the area of Adamsdown - a low Tree Equity area in Cardiff that has low tree equity - annotating temperatures between 20 Degrees Celsius in shade of a tree and nearly up to 50 Degrees Celsius in sunlight exposed areas.

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Thermal Image of the affluent area of Pontcanna - a High Tree Equity area in Cardiff - annotating temperatures between 20 Degrees Celsius in shade of a tree and nearly up to 50 Degrees Celsius in sunlight exposed areas.

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Thermal Image of the area of Adamsdown - a low Tree Equity area in Cardiff that has low tree equity - annotating temperatures between 20 Degrees Celsius in shade of a tree and nearly up to 50 Degrees Celsius in sunlight exposed areas.

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Image of the affluent area of Pontcanna - a High Tree Equity area in Cardiff - annotating temperatures between 20 Degrees Celsius in shade of a tree and nearly up to 50 Degrees Celsius in sunlight exposed areas.

The trees at Half Moon Bay State Beach are quite photogenic! #ThickTrunkTuesday

#trees

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A dramatic-looking large tree, probably a Monterey cypress, with a thick trunk which splits in two a short ways up — and branches extending mostly to the right. It sits behind a paved walking path and in front of a split-rail fence. You can see some houses in the far distance.

#ThickTrunkTuesday my stylish new hat

#Trees #NaturePhotography #Pareidolia #Hiking #PNW #Fern

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a very large boulder with a tree growing almost entirely over the top of it, its roots spreading over the surface reaching for nourishment, and a little bit down the left side to find dirt; when trying to come up with a funny caption, I was reaching for something along the lines about "wrestling into submission", but my partner noticed a face in the rock that I had not seen, which made me think he's happy to be wearing this tree as a hat at a stylish angle.

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@trees/116796195816177652

Please enjoy.

#trees

#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #forest #trees #moss #summer

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Wide horizontal landscape image taken on a hill in a lush green forest. The ground rises from the left to the right, and is overgrown by tall grass. The foreground is in the shade, while warm sunlight illuminates the background.

“A small town west of #Montreal has decided to officially recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own, in what an environmental organization describes as a first in #Quebec and #Canada.

A resolution adopted by Terrasse-Vaudreuil city council on June 9 declares that #trees are worthy of protection, including the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity and to regeneration."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/terrasse-vaudreil-quebec-tree-rights-9.7243634

#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #forest #trees #hiking #footpathfriday

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Horizontal image of a path on a hill in a lush green forest. The path is rather broad, but mostly overgrown with grass. The ground rises from the right to the left. In the foreground branches create a natural frame.

An end of school year event is happening tomorrow.

A child cannot get to sleep. Excited and a bit worried.

We go for a walk round our #garden

Look at the #trees and the flowers.

The pines and firs, aspen and silver birch.

Then the holes in the ground at the far end of the plot where rodents live.

We're in the here and now.

I say "You have to go to sleep in order for tomorrow to come.

But, the funny thing is tomorrow never comes because when you wake up we call it "today" instead."

Note to self:
Drive your car more often, Bob!

#Cars #Curiosity #Trees

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A color landscape photo of an very old small rusty light blue convertible car with no top. It has no wheels and is sitting on gravel. A large tree is growing out of the front seat area.

Another #ThickTrunkTuesday, another local tree obliging.

#trees #today

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A tree in a font yard, very close to the street, with a very thick trunk and also some thick branches going off toward the left, from not very high up on the trunk. It looks sort of dramatic on this gray day, towering over everything.

Just the two of us - #ThickTrunkTuesday

#photography #nature #naturephotography #woodland #woodlandphotography #trees #trunk #moss #mosstodon

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Horizontal image of two short tree stumps next to each other. The stump on the left has broken off and has jagged edges. The one on the right has been sawn off with a flat top. Both stumps and the surrounding ground are covered with moss.

The Light We Cannot See (2022)

Taken on a brisk and cold morning in February, I managed to catch the first moments as the sunlight lit the tops of the trees during sunrise, leaving the rest of the landscape a blue from the cold frosting of the evening.

#landscapephotography #naturephotography #thicktreetuesday #trees #sunrise #lpw #burnaby #canadianphotographer

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A serene winter woodland scene with frost-covered deciduous trees reflected in a misty, still lake at dawn. A single tall birch tree catches warm golden-pink first light at its crown, standing out against the otherwise cool blue-grey tones of the snow-dusted forest. Low mist drifts across the water's surface, softening the reflection and adding a delicate, ethereal quality to the image.

The same oak in February and June, not the same year 🙂 #Dartmoor #Devon #photography #trees #mosstodon

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A collage of two photos the same oak tree on Misty in winter one with green foliage in June

#SilentSunday

#photography #nature #naturephotography #forest #woodland #woodlandphotography #trees #rocks #moss #Mosstodon #NiftyFifty

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Vertical image of three large moss covered rocks in a forest. The rocks are partly lit by sunlight falling through the canopy. The ground rises from the right to the left and is covered in pine needles. In the background slightly blurred trees are visible.

#SilentSunday

#photography #nature #naturephotography #forest #woodland #woodlandphotography #trees #moss #Mosstodon

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Vertical image of three trees with moss covered trunks standing closely together in a forest. The ground is covered in fallen leaves and broken branches. The light is diffuse and cool.

Ouroborus was looking magnificent when I popped over to the NGA on a perfect early winter's day this week. Few folk were about so it was easy to wander around, pause & enjoy the moment.

#AltTxt 4 colour photos of Lindy Lee's sculpture from different angles. Clear, bright blue sky & sunlight add to the scene. The sunlight filters into the sculpture through its holes. The scene is reflected on the sculpture and the sculpture is seen reflected on the water of the pool at its base.

#Canberra #Art #Sculpture #Photography #Australia
#Winter #Seasons #Nature #Trees

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As the dunes have shifted over time, this tree manages to live standing on three feet of exposed roots.
#trees #nature #photography

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A large tree on a sand dune. Wind and time has removed three feet of sand under it and yet it still stands upright on three feet of exposed roots which dive ever deeper into the ground.