THE SELF-TAUGHT GARDENER: Plants that put us in good company - The Berkshire Edge

THE SELF-TAUGHT GARDENER: Plants that put us in good company - The Berkshire Edge

With all the discussion of unwanted non-natives in the garden and in the country, one thing has stood out this spring as a reminder of things from abroad that make us smile—the explosion of daffodils that welcome us wherever we turn. I was reminded of this when I visited Jeff Steele’s garden in Ashley Falls for his daffodil party, but also whenever I drive down almost every road in the region, where naturalized daffodils show up in the oddest pl…

Daffodils, Equity, and Forsythia Sage

Jon Reisman Forty Mays ago, my late wife Ernie and I moved into a largely unfinished house on Cathance Lake in Cooper. May is lovely — cool, bugless mornings, full of sunrise concerts from songbirds, ravens, and woodpeckers, with loon warbles and serenades in the evening. The black flies can get serious later in the day, especially as June approaches, so you want to get your