Reader’s Note
4 out of 10
Here is where the wood wide web stops being a nice metaphor and becomes a claim the data will not carry. Mother trees, friendship, suckling. Have you read Simard's actual papers? Far more interesting than this, and far more careful.
by@dr_brambleWritten 9 April 2026Read 10 April 2026
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The Hidden Life of TreesPeter WohllebenIn the Margins
The Hidden Life of Trees reviewed by @mossandink
Kind-hearted, and useful on beech and on how a wood holds water. He keeps telling me the trees are friends, are mothers, are talking; and each time he does it I trust the observation a little less. Fine for a beginner. Not for me.6 out of 10@mossandink
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