Ever since the remarkable success of the English translation of Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees, it seems that English language publishers have been very busily working their way through his previous writings in search of any others that might meet with similar success in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. Not to in any way diminsih Herr Wohlleben’s work – I happen to be quite impressed by the way he has brought his fresh, “deeper than deep” ecological ideas into the mainstream reading public. Which is why rather than awaiting a review copy of the most recent of his books to have been published in English, The Weather Detective; Rediscovering Nature’s Secret Signs, I went out a purchaed a copy myself.
Written in German (of course…) and originally published in 2012 under the title Kranichflug und Blumenuhr: Naturphänomene im Garten beobachten, verstehen und nutzen (literally “Crane flight and flower time; Observing, understanding and using natural phenomena in the garden”), this new English translation by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp offers non-German speakers the opportunity to explore one of Herr Wohlleben’s early works on learning to interpret what the natural world has to tell any who will listen. Unfortunately over-simplified English title aside, a quick perusal of this book gives every indication that it will proove as practically useful as his best-selling book on inter-relationships between trees was eye-opening – and I am very much looking forward to getting started reading it.
