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Natalya Krasavina.   Nata Lee.  (hi-res)

[shantoriadivine]

Photographer: Shantoria Divine

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[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

recently learned about a horticultural technique called Espalier, it’s the funniest goddamn thing i’ve ever seen.

Espalier allows trees to be trained into 2-dimensions, by tying the branches to a flat surface as the tree grows. They literally flatten the tree. They make the tree flat. Flat tree!!!

Look at this. This is objectively hilarious:

And people get fancy about it. Look at this nonsense:

(the first one’s called a Belgian Fence, and can be used as an actual fence)

Espalier is actually a very useful technique for

increasing fruit yield

gardening is small spaces

maximizing or minimizing sunlight (since the branches all face the same direction) and therefore extending the growing season

Like. this is a legitimately practical gardening method. but it looks like they squished a tree between the pages of a book. just squashed it flat like a sad little dried flower! i could use these trees as a bookmark!!!

But yes, it is also a healthy and clever way to grow lots of fruit in small spaces, in climates they might not otherwise be suited for. I’m still going to make fun of it, but it honestly looks delightful and delicious.

Espalier!

[love-in-the-time-of-waffles]

i showed this to my cousin and she said “just cause it’s flat doesn’t mean it’s 2d” and, with a completely straight face, said “it’s tree-d” anyway im crying

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

please tell your cousin she made the author of this post cry

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[imjust-a-girl]

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[lackyannie]

in any language, we know this pain

[alternativecheese-deactivated20]

this is fucking funnier in spanish

[luthienne]

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

[everybidenjusthavegoodtime]

uh yeah i’m a pretty big history buff *picks up rock* this has probably been here for a long time. *touches ground* old people once stood on this ground. maybe even dinosaurs

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[littlemixnet]

jadethirlwall: More uncomfortable conversations. More awareness. More reflection. More learning. More action. More change. Post made by the wonderful @sineadbovell ✨

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[mesogeios]

Last week, I learned that the English language has more euphemisms for death than any other language. I learned that the ancient Greeks had no word for the colour blue and that the Hawain alphabet has only twelve letters. I spent last week hollowing out a little place in my heart and filling it with worry. What does that say about us? Do we really go out of our way to avoid death like that? How did the Greeks describe the sea? Are twelve letters really enough? Does every language have a word for love? Every language should have a word for love. And compassion. And gentleness. And figs and snow and that soft sensitive part on the inside of one’s arm. We should have words for everything so that we don’t feel alone. We need very very very specific words for all of the different kinds of sad and even more specific words for the kinds of happy. What if we were able to talk about everything? I want to tell you how I feel and I want to be precise. Sometimes ‘good’ just isn’t enough and few understand what I mean when I say that I feel ’like lightning.’

[germany]

[ivegotwarinmind]