Is the Aspen tree watching? Is the Beech listening? Are the mighty Oaks talking about you behind your back? Like the sentient Fighting Trees in the Land of Oz, all of the above is true. Trees communicate with one another in a complicated web of relationships and alliances, through underground root systems and fungal networks sometimes thousands of years old. With this Wood-Wide Web they can send distress signals far down the mycorrhizal line to warn fellow groves of drought, disease, insect attacks and other dangers. So, be responsible out in the wood and watch your back. One misstep and an apple tree might chuck its fruit at you.

04.09.24