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Nonfic suggestions? (sopuli.xyz)
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Hi! Anyone read any good nonfiction lately that they'd recommend? I'm between holds in my library queue rn and need a fix.

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[–] krewllobster@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees -- William Bryant Logan, link to authors website

Once, farmers knew how to make a living hedge and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts, and of straight, strong, flexible rods for bridges, walls, and baskets. Townspeople cut their beeches to make charcoal to fuel ironworks. Shipwrights shaped oaks to make hulls. No place could prosper without its inhabitants knowing how to cut their trees so they would sprout again.