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Speak also for the sterile orchards of Central Valley. Whenever I’ve driven through the valley enroute to the Sierras, the air has been so choked with smoky haze that it is a marvel that the fruit trees could grow at all. Someday I will come to Walker Pass with a group of women. Together we will learn from this place. Alone, it is not safe to spend the night in a desolate, deserted campground, so I drive on to the western side of the Sierras. The next morning, I marvel at the sounds of birds and the smell of greenery. Emerald green lit by rising sun. I walk around the campground bathing in astonishment. Then through a gap in the trees I see the mountainside beyond, lined with one grey trunk after another. An occasional tree is covered in orange needles, but mostly I see clusters of grey spires, mixed with some cones of green.

The agricultural practices that pushed the native peoples off their lands could also be completely reshaped to work with the wild instead of struggling against life processes. Water harvesting, collecting water where it falls and preventing the erosion that accompanies run-off, is particularly important in drier areas. Regenerative agriculture has the potential not only to enhance soil fertility and eliminate the use of manufactured pesticides and fertilizers, but to capture some of the carbon that humanity has emitted into the atmosphere and sequester it in the soil. By not tilling the soil, planting a variety of trees and crops that provide continuous cover and nutrients, including nitrogen fixers, and then mowing these crops repeatedly, it is possible to store carbon in the soil while increasing soil fertility. Intercropping with trees, creating hedgerows, or planting crops of multiple heights (multi-strata agriculture) are additional possibilities that increase regenerative potential. All of these practices could be adopted in the San Joaquin Valley, the fruit and vegetable basket of the US, which lies just west of the redwoods at Long Meadow Grove. Due to deforestation, the walking palm tree is considered an endangered species. Efforts are being made to protect this remarkable tree and its habitat through conservation and reforestation programs. Can Trees See Us?I circle to the south and look up at the branches just above me. The whorls of twigs and leaves make magnificent patterns in the sky. I bow again. Oh tree, your beauty is stunning.

In this time of winter, the continued presence of the pandemic demands that there is more work to be done, that we look deeper, that we pay attention to the process of death, decay and renewal. Decomposition is a kind of distillation as complex organisms returned to their elemental state where they may nurture future generations, whatever the forms of life emerge. Which aspects of human behavior—love, kindness or compassion, can serve to work with the darkness of collapsing systems? Many different species of epiphyte have been found to grow on S. exorrhiza. A study of 118 individual trees in Panama found 66 species from 15 families on them. Bryophytes covered up to 30% of the stems, and the relative coverage increased as the stem diameter increased. Around half of the trees studied had vascular epiphytes growing on them. Up to 85 individuals from 12 different species were found on one palm, and another tree was colonised by a total of 16 different species. The most common epiphytes were three species of fern, Ananthacorus angustifolius, Elaphoglossum sporadolepis and Dicranoglossum panamense, altogether accounting for 30% of all the individuals recorded. Other common species, representing more than 5% of the individuals found, included Scaphyglottis longicaulis ( Orchidaceae), Philodendron schottianum ( Araceae) and Guzmania subcorymbosa ( Bromeliaceae). Almost half of the species recorded were rare, however, with only between 1 and 3 individuals being recorded on all of the palms. A clear vertical distribution was found between different species: some grew in the understory, other in the midstory and others in the canopy. Trees with epiphytes were found to be significantly larger than those without. This suggests that the palms must reach a certain age before they are colonised; for example, it is estimated that palms must be 20 years old before they are colonised by vascular epiphytes. [1] Leaf morphology [ edit ]Continuing up the trail, a huge sequoia had shattered. The trunk was sheared off, revealing the brown interior with massive shards of the tree scattered on the ground. At the edge of ridge, any trace of the trail vanished. The fire had scorched as far as I could see. In Walking with Trees, Glennie Kindred takes us on an intimate and profoundly connecting walk with thirteen of our native trees. She leads us into their worlds and opens our hearts to their wonders, their qualities and their potential to heal. This is a book about relationships and inter-relationships: our relationship with the trees, their relationships with each other and with the natural world around them, and the flow of our communal relationship, past and present, which affects us all as the web of life on Earth. I love this book, which is imbued with Glennie's deep love of trees, and illustrated with her own beautiful & magical drawings. I really like the practical recipes and information, as well as the exercises for connecting with trees and appreciating them as fellow sentient beings who share this earth with us. Highly recommended!
" - Julie Bruton-Seal, herbalist and author, co-author of 'Hedgerow Medicine' hedgerowmedicine.com

Research has shown how woods can increase our physical health, mental wellbeing and quality of life. In fact trials of ‘green prescriptions’ are underway around the UK, with GPs encouraging patients to take exercise in nature.V. Johnson, Dennis (1998). NON-WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS (PDF). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization - UN. pp.13–19. ISSN 1020-3370. Rainfall plays an important role in helping this tree survive. Rain provides much-needed moisture which allows it to grow strong enough so that it can continue moving around its environment, searching for sustenance. Japan has recently dedicated the equivalent of millions of pounds to the study and promotion of Shinrin-Yoku, forest-bathing, as a therapeutic aid to humans. I myself have been leading a course called ‘Tongues in Trees’ for about five years now. In its most recent incarnation it’s a year–long online course, beginning at the winter solstice 2018, rooted in the Celtic tree ogham alphabet/calendar. Dear oak what must you continue to endure? I am so grateful for your tenacity, that you are still standing, that I can greet you on my walks. Breath fills my lungs, streams downward through my feet to the ground below and upwards through the crown of my head to the sky above. As my breath streams out, I imagine it embracing you. A newly fallen branch, the leaves still green, lies at my feet. Oh, that I could breathe life into you.

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