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Wilding | Isabella Tree

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Well that got off to an engrossing start. Who knew you could fit so much history into 50 pages!!

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LeeRHarry I‘m really enjoying it - I grew up in England in the countryside so it feels quite nostalgic to me as I‘m reminded of my childhood spending time in the fields behind my house 😊 lots of interesting facts as well - looking forward to continuing 😊 2y

Soubhiville I‘m loving it so far! The history of the property and family farm and the ways agriculture and the food economy have changed are things that are certainly echoed across the North Eastern US as well. I‘m excited to get into the parts about allowing nature to come back. 🙂 And I‘ve never seen a turtle dove, so her description as a bird watcher had me looking them up. 2y

Hooked_on_books It‘s super engaging thus far. Her writing style is terrific. Great voice and she knows when to move between topics. (That‘s good editing, too, I‘m sure.) I kind of want to be Ted! I want to be able to understand tree health just be looking at them and get excited by unusual fungus growing on the tree. 😂 2y

Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books yes, Ted! Although I bet he sees lots of cases where the “tree owners” won‘t take his advice or take down trees he‘d like to help save. 2y

jlhammar Really enjoyed these first few chapters. I'd never thought about how WWII contributed to the devastation of wildlife/wild places in Britain with the whole food scarcity/Dig for Victory campaign. “Fallow land came to be considered wasted land.“ So many interesting stats in here as well. Had to slow down to take it all in. I was so saddened to learn that “since the 1930s, 97% of the UK's wildflower meadows have been lost.“ What a drastic change. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m really enjoying this so far, lots of history and backstory and science, I‘m finding it a great and engrossing read. For me it‘s juxtaposed so well with my other earth day (later this month) read, which is all about humans trying to push nature into certain pathways, to correct what humans did the the landscape in the past when they altered it. 2y

AllDebooks This is amazing, so pleased you're enjoying it. @LeeRHarry I'll bet it's bringing back some amazing memories 😍 @Soubhiville I've never seen a turtle dove either, I found the hunting of them in Europe very irritating and distressing. @Hooked_on_books Oh Ted, he's a legend in his lifetime!! I would love to have just 1% of his knowledge. I bet he's had a lot of frustration throughout his career where his advice has been ignored. As @Soubhiville say 2y

AllDebooks Cont. - many must onky just be starting to see the errors of not heeding him. @jlhammar reading about the loss of smallholdings in favour of mass oroduction made me so angry. Ironically there may have been more food production with less intervention needed if they'd continued with the old ways. Just more of them. 2y

AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Are you talking about Under a white sky. I'm reading that with you and #shesaid it's very evocative of humans jumping in to fix one biological problem and causing more.. Asian carp?? 🤔 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AllDebooks Yes! Sorry I should have tagged it. But the difference between going completely hands off and electrifying a river is just to huge not to grab the reader with their opposite approaches. 2y

AllDebooks I read James Rebanks' excellent book on sheparding on his family farm. What's interesting is his attitude and work ethic as a young man. He worked on gargantuan farms in Australia and the USA. He was biting at the bit to bring those ideas to his family's farm. He goes full circle, returning to the farming methods his grandfather taught him as a child. These moments are some of the most beautiful passages in the book. Highly recommended x

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AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Absolutely mindblowing 🤯 2y

Morr_Books This has been amazing so far! I don't think I thought much about my oak trees before now. I've been investigating planting native plants in my garden. I was told that native plants will bring native wildlife. Also, I don't think I knew there were actual deer parks. 2y

TheBookHippie @Morr_Books we have deer parks in Michigan . 2y

TheBookHippie We have a coven here that teaches you how to plant native things and let your yard go “wild” I am loving this read so far!! 2y

Aimeesue I decided to listen to this one because Hoopla had it, but after the first chapter decided that I really, really needed a hard copy. SO interesting! Ted! I love him! Also prompted a discussion about what to do about the dead dogwood tree in our front yard. Obvsly not as entwined as trees on the farm, but still, what‘s the impact on the other (large) trees around it? 2y

TEArificbooks I am enjoying it so far. I wish I had more land to wild and promote native plants to attract pollinators and wildlife. I do have native plants on what little property I do have and proud that bees come every day. But I also have an HOA that won‘t let me leave a fallen tree branch. 2y

TEArificbooks Some things that stood out were the history of property, and the history of farming techniques and how they destroyed the land. All the names for mud. How they had spend three years just getting the soil close to being ready for the native plants and deer. His foresight in closing the traditional farm and doing something new right before all those farming disasters. Ted‘s knowledge of trees made me appreciate the trees that I grew up climbing. 2y

AllDebooks @Morr_Books how wonderful to have your own oaks. I love Ted's description of how valuable they are to the biodiversity in the surrounding area, even when they're dying 2y

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Morr_Books I've been lucky to live very close to deer at Richmond park, Epping forest and now here in Derbyshire. I'm in a heavily wooded semi rural area close to Nottingham forest. I see herds of fallow and muntjac deer regularly. 2y

AllDebooks @Aimeesue it really does make you think about your own impact, no matter the size of your garden. My gardenig plans are heavily influenced by this book, for sure. 2y

AllDebooks @TEArificbooks I agree, the summary of history, both farm, personal, natural and country were fascinating. So concisely, beautifully written, yet conveyed so much information. Loved this part. And what a lucky dodge they had missing out of 2 of the catastrophic farming events of this century. 2y

jenniferw88 Hi, just wondering if you would like me to set up a #naturalitsy swap? I'd keep it basic - 1 or 2 books and a few nature related things. I was thinking opening day could be 21st June - the summer solstice. What do you think? Feel free to email me at irene_gulliver@yahoo.co.uk if you'd like to discuss further. 2y

AllDebooks @jenniferw88 That's a great idea. I was thinking of doing one for when I start the #midsummarsolace event. Starting planning now. I'll email you later today x 2y

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