Where others see mess, I see habitat.

I had to cut back all the sucker branches on a couple of regrowing stumps. I piled them on the edge of my garden to eventually build a dead hedge. For now they will rest until the leaves fall off and return to the soil creating organic matter. In the spring I will use the branches to create my dead hedge. Meanwhile I have a safe space for critters, insects and pollinators to nest for the winter.

I would like to put up a sign for my neighbors to understand what I’m doing as intentional for supporting life. What should it say?