/lit/ - Literature

>>16119829
The trees I have posted as the OP image are Giant Sequoias in Mariposa Grove of Yosemite. I have also seen Sequoia in Sequoia national park which is nearby. Putting aside the obvious tourist problem, focusing on the nature itself, the majesty of the sunbeams piercing the forest onto bright green meadowgrasses and horsetails, reflecting off the spongy, rusty, delicate bark of the giant trees...it is quite the experience.
>>16119829
Many medieval recipes involve tree nuts, as before the industrial revolution, vast old-growth forests covered Europe, and many peasants relied and coexisted with them for nourishment. Here in Puerto Rico, less than 1% of the forests are virgin. I feel the pain of walking around forests solely comprised of invasive trees of meager diameter, mainly coffee shade trees which conquered the area after the agricultural economy vanished.