![]() ![]() These are not questions that we feel comfortable asking about life-forms that do not move about and make noise, that don’t interact with the world in ways we understand, that live so slowly that humans simply can’t observe them in real time. ![]() How do trees know when to wake up in the spring? Why do you feel better after a walk in the woods? How do trees adapt to change? Do trees communicate with each other? And how? Do trees think? Feel? Care for each other? Remember? ![]() Happily, what you find in his book also just makes sense, illuminating the grey areas of forest ecology. I’ve always been a romantic about trees, so I was predisposed to swallow whole Wohlleben’s sense of tree beings. After breezing through a thoroughly delightful book, The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, I can’t help but hear new voices in the backyard. ![]()
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