Trees of Power

Ten Essential Arboreal Allies

De: Akiva Silver

Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser

The organic grower's guide to planting, propagation, culture, and ecology.

Trees are our allies in healing the world. Partnering with trees allows us to build soil, enhance biodiversity, increase wildlife populations, grow food and medicine, and pull carbon out of the atmosphere, sequestering it in the soil. Author Akiva Silver is an enthusiastic tree grower with years of experience running his own commercial nursery. In this audiobook, he clearly explains the most important concepts necessary for success with perennial woody plants.

It’s broken down into two parts: the first covering concepts and horticultural skills and the second with in-depth information on individual species. You’ll learn different ways to propagate trees: by seed, grafting, layering, or with cuttings. These time-honored techniques make it easy for anyone to increase their stock of trees, simply and inexpensively.

Ten chapters focus on the specific ecology, culture, and uses of different trees, ones that are common to North America and in other temperate parts of the world:

• Chestnut: the bread tree
• Apple: the magnetic center
• Poplar: the homemaker
• Ash: maker of wood
• Mulberry: the giving tree
• Elderberry: the caretaker
• Hickory: pillar of life
• Hazelnut: the provider
• Black Locust: the restoration tree
• Beech: the root runner

Trees of Power fills an urgent need for up-to-date information on some of our most important tree species, those that have multiple benefits for humans, animals, and nature. It also provides inspiration for new generations of tree stewards and caretakers who will not only benefit themselves, but leave a lasting legacy for future generations.

Trees of Power is for everyone who wants to connect with trees. It is for the survivalist, the gardener, the homesteader, the forager, the permaculturist, the environmentalist, the parent, the schoolteacher, the farmer, and anyone who feels a deep kinship with these magnificent beings.

©2019 Akiva Silver (P)2019 Chelsea Green Publishing

Excellent

I really enjoyed the combination of story and practical knowledge given in this book. Thank You.

what a wonderful and beautiful walk through

It's like the author is taking you to introduce you to dear family. Wonderful and full of beautiful and detailed information!

Great intro to the world of overlooked abundance around us

Very good book that shows the potential partnerships and usefulness of often squandered resources. Thanks

Powerful, informative, transformative, practical

An inspiring look at cultivating and appreciating the gifts of trees. A text to return to, rich in information, but easy to digest and flow with. Wonderful!

loved this book!

After hearing this book I resolve to start planting trees and do my part. I did not even think I would be moved in such a way to want to plant trees but the narrator influenced me to just do it and I feel more knowledgeable to start.