tree project

A few days ago, I received in the mail another shipment of  Hibaku seeds  – two more  ginkgo  and two jujube  – from my friend Hiroshi Sunairi, he of Tree Project Film fame. In the package was a screener of Hiroshi’s film, and it is beautiful and thoughtful and has a gentle rhythm, and the skies and clouds of Hiroshima remind me of the skies in Miyakazi films, and many of the Hibaku Trees are camphor besides – recall that in Tonari no Totoro/My Neighbor Totoro, Satsuki and Mei move into the Japanese countryside, a giant camphor tree nearby being one of their father’s main reasons for choosing the house. Click here to go to Zack's full article

I plan on planting the seedlings as part of a food forest project I've been working on for the past couple of years.  I blogged about the seeds here:  http://www.foodforestgarden. org/seeds-of-history-hibaku- the-a-bombed-trees/   and  here:   http://www.foodforestgarden. org/five-figs-and-five-hibaku- seedlings/ Thanks again for the opportunity.  I'm very interested in future seeds, especially from food bearing species! --- Zack Dowell