This used to be gout weed. Now it's ostrich fern, wild ginger, woolly violet, bottlebrush grass, bloodroot, and zigzag goldenrod. Competitive natives that crowd out the goutweed from recolonising. And beautiful!

Branches of an old growth white oak in Toronto

I'm having a book launch party at the wonderful Take Cover Books in Peterborough this Friday Feb 7. I'll give a little presentation, then we'll eat snacks and chat and whatever else you do at a book launch. More here takecoverbooks.ca/events