And finally some of the tree's nuts, which have been lying on the ground for years, find their way into the fertile soil of the rotting log and sprout into new saplings.
When the weather turns cold, they look for a warm, secluded place to hibernate, such as in rotting logs, under rocks, or even inside houses.
We turned over rotting logs andcaught a bright-red salamander, and my father named every butterfly andtree we came across.
