Fireweed (Epilobium or Chamerion angustifolium). One of the first plants to usher in new growth after a forest fire, this is a rhizomatic survivor plant, a medicine of our times
If you have a garden you know there is way more weeding, hand-watering, double-digging, and manual pest control than there is harvesting flowers in the morning, which means it’s vital
Going into year 2 of this garden I’m feeling GREAT! Last year we really had no idea what we’d inherited in terms of soil quality in the perennial beds so mostly