Creating a new space and garden

Consolidating to a smaller house is an "interesting" process. We're going to good space.We've enjoyed it as a weekend and summer home, so we've gradually been changing things to suit it better to be our new space as home.  (It was built by an architect as his own eco-friendly house, so it...

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Golden ragwort (Packera aurea)

It's hard not to like Golden ragwort (aka Golden Groundsel) = Packera aurea.It's a native across the Eastern U.S.  It flowers early in spring, supporting some early pollinators, providing a brilliant yellow in woodlands, etc.It's a exuberant colonizer, and successful self-seeder, so grows prolifically...

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