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Mary Fedden (British, 1915-2012), Quinces and Greengages, 2000. Oil on canvas laid on board, 8 ¼ x 10 in.
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Greengage and Sultana Pie (Vegan & Gluten-Free)
#vegan#gluten free#desserts#pie#plums#greengages#raisins#oats#amaranth#flax seeds#tapioca starch#prunes#lemon#coconut oil#coconut sugar
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#art#vintage illustration#vintage#fruit#fruits#food illustration#fruit illustration#apricots#cherries#currants#melon#strawberries#raspberries#plums#greengages
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autumnal chill....featuring the girl
#my art#oc#svanhildr#furry#anthro#goat#almost typed ''featuring the girk''#my favourite girk of all time baby#this took an INORDINATE amount of time but also i was experimenting with style so maybe it's somewhat ordinate#i did the brush/texturing too small but it looks nice when you zoom in on some parts#and i finally have a decent twitter banner so small mercies#anyway summer kind of sucked this year - not much warm weather. better than last year but still pretty bad#hopefully september comes in clutch with some last minute sun. so i can appreciate the autumnal chill more when it comes#also scrumping season is coming to a close and i regret not eating more greengages when i had the chance...they rotted off so fast#apple season save me. save me apple season#illustration
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babygirl doodles from a little while ago
#my art#oc#mockley#anthro#my favourite of the bunch is the top right#just kidding it's the one directly in the middle. the one that looks dumb#everyone will be glad to know that there are two wood pigeons nesting in our garden at the moment#making for a total of 3 ugly as hell muppet babies that i get to look at. they always pretend not to see me as if that makes them invisible#you're fresh out of luck baby pigeons. i will be gazing upon you lovingly until you move out#one pigeon is nesting in the grapevine and scared the absolute shit out of me by bursting out when i tried to harvest my beautiful grapes#i looooove late summer/early autumn. fruit season baybeeee. freakin apples and plums and damsons and pears and grapes and greengages baybee#anyone here ever tried a greengage???? probably the best fruit in the world and no one cares about it. SICKENING.#i assume most of my followers r from america and maybe don't have greengages but you should aim to try one at least once in your life#preferably after plucking it from the tree with your own hand. and also stealing it from someone else's tree#just kidding i would never advocate scrumping haha....unless....?
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هلی تِتی | greengage blossom
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Hannah grafts a new plum variety onto her existing plum tree to double her fruit production.
Hannah’s Greengage plum tree is an old favorite. It’s a cultivar which produces medium sized green fruit that is rich, sweet and tasty. However, this tree is not producing as well as it could. They can be prolific producers after only a few years and are partially self-fertile which means that the flowers on one tree can cross-pollinate with each other to produce fruit. Self-pollination is not always reliable, so Hannah is introducing a pollination companion.
The Golden Drop plum has similar fruit, they’re a bit larger with a more balanced flavour. Rather than clearing a new space for another tree, she’s grafting this variety onto the Greengage tree. The small branch cuttings of the Golden Drop are called scion wood, and these will be fixed onto the existing plant which is called the rootstock. Grafting is a technique where two different types of plants are merged to grow as one. Growing Greengage and Golden Drop plums on the same tree is not only space savvy, but also time efficient because scion wood will begin fruit production earlier than a new baby tree.
Take scion cuttings in deep winter when the tree is completely dormant. You can store them in the fridge until late winter or early spring, which will be the best time to do the grafting process. Under the surface of the bark is a thin green layer called the cambium, this is where all active growth occurs and where the plant will produce new cells to join the two pieces of wood together. On either side of the cambium layer are the xylem and the phloem which transport water and food throughout the plant. When these three layers join up successfully, the new branch becomes just another part of the tree.
When you want to increase pollination and get loads more fruit off your tree, it’s good to have a few grafting techniques up your sleeve so you can choose the right one for your situation. Before grafting, it’s a good idea to sterilise tools with a blend of metho and water.
Whip and Tongue:
This technique creates Z-shaped puzzle pieces with increased surface area which helps the layers join up and keep a firm hold.
1. Locate where you want to graft the new plant (the scion) onto the exiting plant (rootstock). The stems should be of similar thickness, so that they fit together well. You may need to prune the rootstock to a suitable spot. Plan for the buds on the scion to face upwards and outwards.
2. Slice the rootstock at a sharp angle, this is the whip. Then make a short cut straight down around 1/3 in from the high end to make the tongue. Do the same on the scion, so the shape matches up and slots into the prepared rootstock.
3. Fit together the scion and rootstock, making sure at least one side of the union has the cambium layers touching. The great thing about grafting is that close enough is actually good enough.
4. Wrap the union with grafting tape, so it's nice and secure. You may also want to paint the ends with bitumen rubber or graft sealing paint, so it doesn't dry out.
Cleft Graft:
This technique creates V-shaped puzzle pieces and is more ergonomic when working with established trees or awkward angles.
1. Cut the rootstock at a point that has the same diameter as the scion. Then split it down the centre to create a cleft, this is where the scion will be inserted.
2. Cut the scion with a double bevel that tapers to a single point (V) and adjust the cuts until it is thin enough to insert snugly into the cleft.
3. Line up the union so that the cambium layers meet. Don't be tempted to centre the scion wood perfectly into the rootstock branch; it's rare that they'll be exact. You may want to put a little tilt in it, so that you know at least one or two points of cambium layer make contact.
4. Wrap the union with grafting tape and finish with sealing paint.
Now all that’s left to do is wait for spring when the grafts will take!
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#gardening australia#solarpunk#fruit trees#trees#grafting#tree grafting#how to#how to graft trees#grafting fruit trees#plum tree#Greengage plum#Golden Drop plum#Whip and Tongue#Cleft Graft#Youtube
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claufoutis is just fruity toad in the hole with a Hercule Poirot moustache on
#I had a punnet of greengages#And I was going to do crumble but I've no butter#Middle class nightmare innit
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blossom countdown is in progress!
#blackthorn is the mvp of this time of year to me#v excited for all the cherry tree varieties to go!!! i think we have like 5 types at home maybe??? :o#also plums pears a greengage a peach a nectarine... so many beautiful fruit trees to see the flowers of! :')
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Happy nowruz, may the new year wither away the ropes around our necks and let us breath again, may the new wind spread our fire and burn away the pain and may we get the chance to soar.
#i was going to just write a silly little message but i. could not.#also i was reading the enlightenment of the greengage tree earlier if that explains it
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[Greengage.]
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Looking at the poem, it is not a good sign that I got so hungry illustrating Goblin Market that I simply had to open and consume a whole can of pineapple.
#further insights into the artistic process#my life is a sitcom#but the reference pictures of fruit looked so good guys#I don't know what a greengage is but I want one
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Games played with the moon
Moonbound loon, printing runes in my master’s annals Tomb of old titans, striations and rilles once thought canals Ocean’s master of motion, commotion among the low nations Atlantean eraser, brine bracing braziersmothering Carving handshort devotions with Occam’s razor Lurid, luring fascinator, who turneth me Toward which ravenous lupines croon tunelessly in cold eternity Many degrees…
#alchemisland#art#blogger#creative#creative writing#depression#fruit#greengage#imagination#lunar#moon#neuralchemy#OC#original poem#poem#poet#poetblr#poetry#poetryblr#spilled ink#symbolism#trauma#writeblr#writing
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various art trades from the past month! had FUN as usual
#my art#furry#anthro#monster#dragon#oc#not my own but nevertheless#these characters are all lots of fun....thank you everyone for giving me cool guys to draw#also BIG things coming (said for the sixth time over the course of the year)#anyway i went apple picking for the last time this year recently which pretty much brings scrumping season to an end#here's a review: blackberries EARLY. annoyingly early but they were okay. greengages amazing. brings a tear to my eye#cherries SUCKED. cherries do better next year. grapes i'm still harvesting actually but doing well. sweet#and apples kind of popped off!!! year of the ugly apple this year - the beautiful red ones were worse than the scabruous pimply brown ones#which were crisp and had thin skin and a beautiful sweet-mellow-nutty taste...wonderful
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Fiction and Poetry that I read in the second half of 2023
That's it! Those are very different novels, but they don't go in any of the other categories. I've enjoyed reading poetry again after so many years. It's not easy to find the stuff I like, but thankfully the local bookstore downtown has a large selection.
#the clock flower#adrian rice#the enlightenment of the greengage tree#shokoofeh azar#ozark dogs#eli cranor#wessex tales#thomas hardy#books#book covers#fiction books#poetry
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