Garden update

I was looking at my garden the other day thinking how sad it looked but nature was busy at work even without my help. My Zinnia bed was covered with dead plants but to my amazement below all those dead leaves were many small volunteer plants. I removed all the dead material and watered the new plants. Soon I will have new flowers and the garden will look beautiful again. 

In other parts of the garden, the alfalfa hay mulch I used in early spring is all gone. Broken down by microbes and other decomposers in the soil. Evidence that the garden is alive and well just in a state of hibernation during drought conditions and my absence. Of course weeds were invading many beds taking this opportunity to expand their range. Passion Vine which was planted for butterflies was now dominant, smothering everything in its path and even covering the fig tree.

I have several more months of recovery before I can devote more time to my garden but it is alive and well and constantly changing. I hope it provides beauty to the community as it changes as well.