This is making me take a new interest in the very tall lanky madronas we have on our wooded place. I've always loved the spaces they inhabit and mourned that the little ones that come up here and there show symptoms of disease.
Hi Chris, I loved this piece. I also love madrona. They seek the light within shaded conifer stands. I am fortunate to have so many young volunteers in my forest and I worry when I see madrona infected with the fungus that threatens them. There are lovely indigenous stories about the madrona or Arbutus, if you are in Canada. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
What a bittersweet and wonderful story. Thanks!
This is making me take a new interest in the very tall lanky madronas we have on our wooded place. I've always loved the spaces they inhabit and mourned that the little ones that come up here and there show symptoms of disease.
Hi Chris, I loved this piece. I also love madrona. They seek the light within shaded conifer stands. I am fortunate to have so many young volunteers in my forest and I worry when I see madrona infected with the fungus that threatens them. There are lovely indigenous stories about the madrona or Arbutus, if you are in Canada. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for your observation about such trees giving us "a sense of what's possible." Good luck in your biggest trees project.