Un proverbe Africain dit : « Qui a planté un arbre n’a pas vécu inutilement. »
L’équipe de Thomas Crowther, de l’université de Yale a effectué un inventaire par satellite en 2015 : La planète compte 816 milliards d’arbres dont
« Cherche un arbre et laisse lui t’apprendre le calme »
Eckhart Tolle
Avant de partir en ramasser en forêt, apprends donc à bien les reconnaitre. C’est en effet la 2e cause d’intoxication enregistrée en centre antipoison (donnée ANSES
I come from the mists of time, I have survived all the tumults, all the cataclysms, all the horrors.
I am a botanical enigma, a sublime solitude, a miracle.
With my red trunk and blue foliage, I am the most beautiful pine in Europe.
Explorateur infatigable, on me trouve de la terre Gaélique aux confins de l’Oural, des interminables forêts sibériennes aux cordillères d’Andalousie.
My leaf is webbed like a blessing hand, my fruit is a ball swollen with fertile seeds like an ovary, one can find refuge and consolation in the hollow of my trunk or in the shade of my branches.
I am the tree of traditions, of warm family vigils, of the feverish impatience of the children and of the glittering balls in which the candles are reflected.
I follow the long silhouette, the sinister flame lined up along the roads like a procession of convicts. Elegant spindle ill-treated by the rains and gusts of wind that scatter my seeds.
I sprinkle the slopes of the mountains with gold, dressing their autumn in a sumptuous mantle, before raining down my soft and supple needles when the frosts of winter come.
I am the venerable tree, symbol of forgiveness, peace and reconciliation.
I'm a little lazy, yet I'm found everywhere in the hands of the workers: in the handles of their shovels, rakes or axes.