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 ## 2026-04-14
 
+### @{wilding}
+
+Isabella Tree made me feel hopeful. (I was already in an emotional state after
+reading @{losing-eden}.) I was on the edge of tears three times while reading
+_Wilding_.
+
+_Wilding_ is the story of how Isabella and her husband rewilded their farm at Knepp in Sussex over twenty years, and the explosion of wildlife that resulted.
+
+She tells a story of how, while we destroy nature in so much of the world at
+large, this is a little haven, and you can do something to build a little haven,
+too.
+
+Could this have something in common with the vision of the New Jerusalem?
+
+A phrase that stuck out to me (and nearly made me cry twice) was 'keystone
+species' – if we start behaving properly, we humans can become a keystone
+species.
+
+> Brooke and Banksy \[two newly introduced beavers\] got straight to work.
+> Within weeks, they had cut down or coppiced dozens of shrubs and small trees,
+> and built a lodge and several dams. From a tiny, trickling stream, they have
+> created a pond nearly 2 acres in size. In the sizzling drought of that summer
+> \[2022\], the beaver pen was a haven for wildlife, and emerald-green
+> _*watery kingdom*_, filled with insects and birdsong.
+
+I noticed her revulsion at the term 'weed', and insisted that so-called 'weeds'
+are in fact native grasses and wildflowers. We should never call them 'weeds'
+because they are very productive for wildlife.
+
+There was also a theme of 'letting nature take care of itself.'
+
+She uses modern agricultural animals (though often rare breeds) to mimic the
+ecological role of ancient native animals, many of which are now globally
+extinct.
+
+The scrog took over Knepp. With grazing to keep it in check and prevent it
+turning into dense canopy, scrog is good for wildlife.
+
+She hates pesticides and artificial fertilisers.
+
+Knepp is home to rare species threatened and/or in decline elsewhere, like
+turtle doves, white storks, nightingales.
+
 ### @{losing-eden}
 
 Lucy Jones made me feel hopeful. She made me want to get outside, touch nature