Rewilding My Lot

I wasn’t planning to add more logs to the garden, but an opportunity presented itself that I chose to take. Four heavy Pecan logs were delivered to me from San Antonio and for now I’ve put them in a place that is currently unplanted and was already covered with mulch.

Unlike the logs in my original wood pile that were cut from dead branches, these new logs were cut from a living tree and are therefore less far along their decay process. They’re still heavy and dense. Thank goodness for strong sons who moved them and placed them where I pointed!

The neighboring plant is Lemongrass (Cymbopogon), which is not native but which is a souvenir from the Houston garden where it was unhappily growing in a pot on the patio. It’s doing much better in the ground here.

For contrast, the first picture below is of some of the original wood pile (Mesquite?) logs that were dead when they were cut. The second picture is of the new logs that were cut from living parts of a Pecan tree.

I like the look of where the new pieces are now, and they’re not in the way of any future plans at the moment. But should I choose to, they could be moved elsewhere later.

In contrast, the original wood pile will be intentionally left to decay in place. I already know that insects are living in it (ants and bees at least), and I’ve also twice seen an anole- or gecko-like creature dart in there.