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Albrecht Dürer The Great Piece of Turf. 1503. Pen, ink and watercolor: 40×31 cm (15×12 in).

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#spider #spider tw

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by Kevin Moldenhauer

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gyroporus cyanescens (cornflower bolete)

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Honestly I love seeing the finished vs unfinished parts of this flower painting ahhh

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Edible mushroom production

#fungi #mushroom

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A nest 

#spiderweb #spider

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thinkin bout marimos

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Persian shield💜

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to be small even just for a while

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Twas a mistake to teach ppl indigenous ecological knowledge under the label ‘permaculture’ bc people are quick to forget indigenous people, as well as their values on interconnectedness.

The land the plants and the animals do not belong to you. They do not exist solely for you. When indigenous people say ‘take care of the earth, and she will take care of you too’ they mean take care of the whole ecosystem, not just the plants and animals you use. This means encouraging and maintaining biodiversity. It means some animals are going to come in and eat a bit of the food you’re growing- and if your ecosystem is maintained well, it wont be an infestation bc predators exist, and it wont completely demolish your crops because it’s not a monocrop buffet.

It means sharing food with others (including animals!) because plants don’t just grow for you.

(ps. this also doesnt mean let your sheep go wild eating tree sapplings, or to let garlic mustard crowd out everything else. There’s a difference between taking care of vulnerable plants and animals in the ecosystem, and hoarding them for yourself.)

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Some pink pepper/Acacia

#plantblr #pepper #foraging

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Graugänse an der Este, Buxtehude

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Dunnock on a fence post.

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Video to show how the ladybug clusters I just posted about were everywhere. It’s pretty low quality but I just wanted you all to be able to see the distribution of them. They are vibrant when viewed in person, but the photo captures that effect better.