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I was doing some work behind the garden a few days ago. The fences behind the compost bins are rotting away. Tearing out those boards and piling them up. There is also some tree trimming happening. A new jungle of baby trees, I think pin cherry, has sprung up. Initially I didn’t like it and wanted the saplings removed, but I’m learning to live with it. Our property is reverting back to forest. Maybe this makes our world smaller, or maybe it is an opportunity to refocus. To become part of the forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, my garlic bed is back there. I’ve planted garlic there every year since we moved here in 2016. It does well. The deer and other animals don’t bother it. Cloves go underground in the fall and shoots rise up in the spring. I took the heavy winter hay mulch off and revealed these shoots, happy to start greening and growing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The garlic is up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There’s a young tamarack back there. Also known as larch. Also known as hackmatack. I am just getting to know this tree. It is remarkable in that it is a conifer that drops its needles in the fall like a deciduous tree. The angle of the light at that moment made it look like it was covered with little green fairy lights – the tiny clusters of new needles. Enchanting. I took some photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to describe this? Leafing out is not right, and needling out doesn’t sound right either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tamarack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New needles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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