The Wind!
The extraordinary wind and rain from Tuesday shook loose a lot of debris. It has taken a couple of days to clean up—our totes and bins are full!
Our Garden Team
did plenty of preventative work in the autumn to prepare for just such an event. As a result, we had minimal damage and zero flooding. Well done, team!
Lichens on the Loose!
The high winds brought a substantial amount of lichen to the ground. It’s a chance to see some of the interesting varieties that prefer high branches so we seldom spot them down below, like the black species on the tip of the branch here that is still very fresh and damp.
Though it is disheartening to see so much of it fallen, I realized how much lichen we actually have. And that’s a good thing—lichen only grow in good air quality and healthy environments. It too will rejuvenate.
Nature’s Way of Pruning
This past storm took out mostly dead or dying branches, some large, some small, but all in all, plenty! It wasn’t just the force of the wind that blew down so much: the winds were predominantly from east to west, which is not typical for these parts. The eastern side of trees is sheltered from the normal wind direction from west to east, so there was much more debris from the east-facing side of trees that normally doesn’t get that much action from the wind.
