backyard garden transformation

backyard garden transformation (hopefully the good kind) WHEN I WATERED THIS BUTTERFLY HOUSE TODAY, I NOTICED SOMETHING SUPER WEIRD AND PRETTY DISTURBING. IF YOU ZOOM IN ON THE TOP SOIL, YOU'LL NOTICE THESE SUPER TINY LITTLE BROWN FINGER LIKE THINGS AND THEY ARE FREAKING EVERYWHERE. MY FIRST REACTION WAS THAT THIS MUST BE SOME KIND OF FUNGUS, BUT THE ANSWER, AT LEAST ACCORDING IS THAT THESE ARE FRUITING BODIES FOR A TYPE OF MOLD. SO I'LL TELL YOU WHY I AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS FOR MY PLANTS. LAST YEAR I REPLACED MY UNDER CABINET LIGHTS WITH GROW LIGHTS. THIS IS A REALLY COOL PROJECT AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO BUT THEN THE NEXT THING I BUILT WAS A SELF WATERING PLANTER. AND THIS WAS COOL FOR A BUT WHILE THE PLANTS WERE GOING JUST FINE, I NOTICED THAT THEY WEREN'T REALLY I SUSPECTED THAT I WAS GETTING BECAUSE THE PLANTER WAS JUST STAYING SO I BALED ON THIS PLANTER I JUST DUMPED THE SOIL INTO THIS BUTTERFLY HOUSE. SO ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT, THESE ARE THE FRUITING BODIES OF A SLIME MOULD. AND WHILE THAT MAY SOUND HORRIFYING, IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE FOR MY VEGETABLES. IT'S ACTUALLY AN INDICATION THAT THE BACTERIA IN THE SOIL IS DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO. THANKS FOR FOLLOWING!