It rained overnight so went out and checked the garden

 Didn't need watering of course but knew that already. Two of the beans finally have poked their sprouts above ground!

 Tried to scratch a circle around them but the stick was too dull and that back one was a bit far to do it well. When I went out there I was thinking, 'how long does it take for these things to come up anyway?' Welp, there they were. Had to move two sycamore leaves away from the front one so I could see it better. (The dark dirt is shadows from the tomato). I need to figure out some way of stepping closer in the bed without crushing the dirt. I hate compacting dirt that I have to dig up again. Might get some grid or sticks or something to run from each end once i start digging.

Other than that, cool and overcast fall weather yay! The tomato is plugging along, the pepper is starting to look a little yellow so still handing fire on both of those. None of the peppers are getting any bigger than about an inch so it's a hard decision to pull now or wait. Killing something that is still green and growing and trying is a difficult choice. It goes against everything that we as humans are conditioned to do. But gardeners are a different type who know what's good and what's not, the weeds go, tall living plants you've nurtured since a baby... not an easy view because we usually wait until it's on its last legs before pulling.

Speaking of that, and I wish I had gotten before and after pictures, the apartment building on the other side of the fence from us had two, possibly three trees cut down. One was a podocarpus and the other a palm tree. They were growing right up against the building and there were parking spots right there so that may be the reason. The issue is, the podocarpus (Yew Pine) was providing a LOT of afternoon shade for that end of the building. The palm tree, not so much but that was a rather interesting way for them to cut it down. Tied a rope as far up as they could get with a cherry picker and take a chainsaw at the bottom. Controlled falling awaay from the cars around the corner. The sound of a full on thirty foot tall palm tree hitting the pavement was eerie to say the least. 

But now the parking area is open and not like it wasn't being used but easier to park and drive around it. Sometimes plants, trees, bushes have to be taken out due to poor planning usually. And again, it's hard to make the decision but those were easy. Roots could have been causing issues in the foundation, at least for the podocarpus, and the palm tree..well palms as a group are my least favorite tree so the fewer the better. Maybe two or three palms catch my interest and that's it.

Trees felled, plants growing, other plants coming up... weather changing for the better and life feels better over all.