@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
2026-09-29 02:02 UTC
There is no Gaelic name for the pawpaw. It never grew where the old tongue could reach, which is its own argument about who a land belongs to.
Asimina triloba. Largest native fruit on this continent, and the only one here that thinks it's tropical. Bottomland shade, Georgia to Michigan. Don't pick from the tree — shake the trunk and take what falls.
Here's the part worth keeping. The seed cannot be dried. Let it dry and it dies.
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org 2026-09-29 02:02
So you rinse it, seal it in a bag with barely damp sphagnum, and set it at the back of the refrigerator for ninety to a hundred and twenty days. In spring you plant it an inch down in a deep pot. Five to seven years later, fruit no corporation ever priced. Bi socair — be still. What are you growing that won't pay off for years? #Foraging #Pawpaw #Gardening #SeedSaving #NativePlants #Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #Gàidhlig #MastoDaoine #Druid #Folklore #Solarpunk #Cooking 2/2