gathering leaf litter in the Hammel forest

…just steps from the site of Edible Estate #14 at the Pederson residence is one of my favorite things about the site, so down the street a few houses we go, entering into the dappled spring green shade with wheel barrows and bags in hand to gather things for the garden – long branches for wigwam plant structures, semi-decomposed leaf litter for plant mulch, logs and rocks for retaining the beds, stumps for sitting – bringing parts of the forest back in (and as we were hauling our last big load a neighbor passing us on the street made a comment with a sweet face and a smile – later translated for me, she asked “…and are you taking the whole forest?”)