The acorns that wanted to become a forest

[Explorer]

It is very simple really, but in its simplicity also lies the beauty.
Last fall I collected a handful of (sprouting) acorns and sprinkled them in 3 pots that I kept on my desk.
A very obvious miracle happened, a little forest appeared on my desk. Alive, green, growing, real.
Placed on the corners of my desk they form a little oak grove even. And all just from a few acorns. Isn't life amazing?

[Lizzy]

Wauw, they really are amazing.

But uhm... you do know how big they can get right, I don't think they will continue to fit on your balcony, even if it is quite large!

[Helen]

Oh cool!

This reminds me that I must repot my little oak tree. I found it accidentaly on the lawn of my old house and I was worried the kids would trample it underfoot, so I dug it up and potted it. It has come with me to my new house but the garden is way too small to plant it out unfortunately.

[Lizzy]

Hmm.. perhaps you can ask some farmer if you can plant it in one of his meadows?

[Explorer]

They don't seem to grow that fast anymore now. Perhaps because they are in these small pots. Which is pretty convenient.
There is a little story behind these trees. The acorns come from my grove in the woods, right from a secluded hollow that I used a lot for bardic rituals. From a tree that I regard as a sort of guardian of my grove. So these little trees kind of bring part of my forest grove into my home and they are the offspring of a tree that I know well. I have 'harvested' a few fresh green oak leaves from them to 'channel' strength in a healing pouch filled with grounded mistletoe for a sick friend last week.


(28 mar 2007)

[Lizzy]

Which is very much appreciated by that 'friend'

[Helen]

Thats nice, to have tree babies from your grove tree

[Helen]

Not trees

[Explorer]

The kids left home. I brought them back to the woods where I collected the acorns. I planted them on the quarters of my circle in the woods (on the corners of the circle in 'Lizzy-speak' hahaha). I did that 6 weeks ago before my holidays, and they seem to survive so far. That's going to be a nice grove in a few decades.

[Explorer]

Mmm, I've got one pot left on the balcony and they look great.
The ones I brought to the woods faired a bit less. Half of them were uprooted, probably by boar or deer. And the other half are.. mmm... eaten, also by deer I think. These home grown oaks seem to be somewhat of sissies. They clearly don't know how to defend themselves in the real world, tsssk. I should probably send the remaining oaks on my balcony through some empowering therapy. Does anybody know a good tree therapist around here?

[ayslin1]

We don´t have oaks in Brazil.
I know I should enjoy my native trees as much as the oaks, and I really do my best.
Actually the oak tree is a myth to the Brazilians, they simply don´t grow in here no matter how hard we try.
The biologists have been trying for years, but they die.
So the best I could do when I went to Europe was take lots of pictures and steal some acorns and leaves (and bring hidden, -it´s forbidden to carry seeds and leaves).
How are your oaks doing?