The past several weeks have been kind of quiet for me in the garden. Sunshine and near 90 degree temps kept the black shade tent in place and the baked ground just wasn't worth trying to hammer into. So instead, I spent weekends on my bike, out on the roads, watching nature's larger garden prepare for the shift that could only be days away. Then last week fall arrived - temps dropped into upper 50's and low 60's and overcast sky and on-again, off-again rains have started softening the soil. I took down the shade tent constructed a couple months ago and the NE corner is now exposed to the elements. The cooler wetter weather has also brought about a lovely change to the garden - one of the great joys of a garden - hidden secrets: Leaves on several of the maples have begun the tintal migration and a lilliputian forest of fungi have erupted in the humus infused soil I amended in late spring. The fungi only last a day and exhaust their sporing caps, but daily a new, differently arranged forest erupts. I could not have asked for a more wonderful surprise!
Over the next few weeks several new progress posts will pop up as I plow back into several projects wanting attention - the new walls, bed-scaping, rock transfer, bamboo planting and eventually larger pine and maple tree plantings.
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