The Memory of Trees
“The machines turned vast swathes of wild grassland into soft and loamy beds for the root systems of mature trees. And the trees came. They arrived from all over Britain, from France and Germany and Italy and Spain, from America and Canada and even from India and Japan.
For Tom Curtis it was a relief to stop thinking about subjects sinister and unknowable and to concentrate fully on what he knew best. He concerned himself with the pH balance of the land; with irrigation and screening for bli...ght and disease and the correct balance between density and the sunlight needed by each separate species for photosynthesis and the best possible chance of growth and prolonged lifespan.
He was obliged to represent Saul Abercrombie in meetings with concerned interest groups. He was obliged to liaise with individuals and organizations worried about the environmental impact and the cultural significance of what they were doing. Most people considered reforestation a good thing, he discovered, even if they were taken aback by the scale of what was to be accomplished.MoreLess
For Tom Curtis it was a relief to stop thinking about subjects sinister and unknowable and to concentrate fully on what he knew best. He concerned himself with the pH balance of the land; with irrigation and screening for bli...ght and disease and the correct balance between density and the sunlight needed by each separate species for photosynthesis and the best possible chance of growth and prolonged lifespan.
He was obliged to represent Saul Abercrombie in meetings with concerned interest groups. He was obliged to liaise with individuals and organizations worried about the environmental impact and the cultural significance of what they were doing. Most people considered reforestation a good thing, he discovered, even if they were taken aback by the scale of what was to be accomplished.MoreLess
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