Tree Bathing Note 1: Wood Is the Greatest Stuff Ever

by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede
This is one of four notes for my feature on forest bathing in Cheasty Greenspace.For reasons unknown, algae left the sea and decided to give the land a shot 450 million years ago. These adventurers evolved into plants. These plants evolved into tall beings we call trees. The way to tree-ness was opened by the wonderful substance called wood. For millions of years, no living thing could break it down. This victory over life (and also death) gave us the carbonifero