Why you should consider growing goldenrod! 🌿 This native perennial provides a late-season nectar source for migrating butterflies and also serves as a host plant to many native species of caterpillars and moths. Goldenrod can be found growing in meadows, low woods, and bogs, so it naturally acclimates to sunny areas with moist soil. 🌱 Zones: 4-9 🌱 Light: Sun/ part sun 🌱 Size: 3-4’ tall x 2-3’ wide 🌱 Soil: Well-draining, average, wet, to medium soils 🌱 Water: Medium moisture to wet soil. Ca

Dear Journal, The fall equinox came, filling in the fields with goldenrod and fleabane. It is still hot here in the days, but the mornings and evenings are cool and temperate. We often spend them with hot drinks and sweaters. Haddie wants to be carried and doted over constantly. She loves to squeal like a little piglet. She is so fond for mama still. My favorite smell is that of her curls at the back of her head. Everything feels like a ceremony lately—all of the human things like toting babies

Foraging Goldenrod (natural medicine!!! •Goldenrod is the Kentucky state flower! One of the prettiest sights in the fall is seeing Ann entire field of meadow of blooming goldenrod! It's bright yellow, stunning, and moves in the wind because it's tall and thin... We love goldenrod! It's also a powerhouse when it comes to natural medicine. It's an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and antispasmodic, making it useful for urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and reducing pain and swelling. The entire