Compost Update # 1

A short post today to give an update on the Composting Page. It's been in the garden for 6 days and it's rained a couple times and we had the sprinkler on once. In this past week I've planted peas and beans in the bed where it lays and they are growing happily.

The Current bush which overhangs this page is covered in berries. They are plump and bright green. They will ripen in the next few weeks - the first berries in the garden. Followed by the strawberries, then the blueberries and raspberries. They black berries will be the last to make a showing.

One of my favorite times in the garden will be happening soon. This is when the blackberries are in flower. When they flower the garden will come alive with the gentle hum. This hum will be present just at the level that is barely audible. For the first day or so - there will be a 'something' different in the air, but it won't be clear just what has changed.

Then it will hit. The brain will run through it's memories of sounds and vibrations it has felt before and sigh with relief to have figured out that the sound it hardly registers as sounds is hundreds of bees.

Happy, rolly polly drunk bees, feasting on the nectar and pollen explosion that is the black berries canes bursting in to bloom. It is the most amazing thing. Most of a feeling an resonance felt in the sternum, right next to the heart. Everything is alive. Everything is connected. This is creation and I love it.

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