#serviceberry

[greycatbird]

Beginning of the end of April

[julesofnature]

We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale of our shared breath. Our work and our joy is to pass along the gift and to trust that what we put into the universe will always come back.

~ page 104, ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ , by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

[soedblackchaos]

Hey folks! It is berry season, and I have been inspired by my favorite Black Forager: Alexis Nikole Nelson.

On Sunday, I picked mulberries from a tree on my street and saved a jar to add to my mixed berry jam.

Earlier today while I left work, I picked a ton of Serviceberries to add to the mixed berry stockpile...

Unfortunately for my jam-making plans, my children and I all love eating the fresh berries too much to save any for later! Lol

That's all right, because my raspberry patch has exploded all over the side of my yard!

And I've replanted the strawberries that the chickens scratched up over the winter:

This year I shall forage for wild abundance, and enjoy the berries in their seasons. If I have enough extra, it'll end up in jars. If not, I'll have enjoyed the fruits of the earth and will look forward to the next sessions' gifts

[ribzinc]

Amelanchier sp. (serviceberry)

[pnwnativeplants]

May Blooms

Great cammas, cammasia leichtlinii

Salal, gaultheria shallon

Serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia

Riverbank lupine, lupinus rivularis

Douglas meadowfoam, limnanthes douglasii

[druidinvirginia]

juneberry

[lauramaywrite]

I wonder how Serviceberries taste to Robins;

I do know, though

we must both find them

delicious

[embodiedfutures]

The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer

As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gif