Sprout lands : tending the endless gift of trees / William Bryant Logan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Logan, William Bryant, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees.

Human-plant relationships.

Physical Description:

xiv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

Summary:

"Once, farmers knew how to make a living hedge and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts, and of straight, strong, flexible rods for bridges, walls, and baskets. Townspeople cut their beeches to make charcoal to fuel ironworks. Shipwrights shaped oaks to make hulls. No place could prosper without its inhabitants knowing how to cut their trees so they would sprout again. Pruning the trees didn't destroy them. Rather, it created the healthiest, most sustainable and most diverse woodlands that we have ever known. In this journey from the English fens to Spain, Japan, and California, William Bryant Logan rediscovers what was once an everyday ecology. He offers us both practical knowledge about how to live with trees to mutual benefit and hope that humans may again learn what the persistence and generosity of trees can teach." --amazon.com.

Contents:

A Tree to Save New York p. 1

Forgotten Words p. 7

Remembering p. 14

The Sprout Lands p. 31

Favorite Things p. 41

Branching p. 55

Spaghetti Forest p. 60

On the Levels p. 67

The Invention of the Street p. 79

The Spring p. 84

Mother Hazel p. 92

To Lay a Hedge p. 95

Can You Handle It? p. 107

Space Invaders p. 111

A Walk in the Twelfth Century p. 118

Boat Wood p. 125

Hill Girt p. 142

The Commons p. 155

Remembering the Future p. 159

The Rhythm of Trees p. 167

Standing and Sitting p. 180

Instrument of Light p. 198

Making Good Sticks p. 207

The Paradise of Sprouts p. 226

When Wood Won't Sprout p. 238

Sami Pine p. 243

Harvest of Mast p. 247

Nagereba p. 251

Into the Woods p. 277

Ever More p. 289

Volunteers p. 294

What White's Willow Said p. 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780393609417

0393609413

OCLC:

1080554781

Publisher Number:

40029017946