#wsanec — Public Fediverse posts

#SilentSunday

A small, relatively unknown, Saanich community park. I discovered it over a decade ago. Jada found it about 2 years ago. She was surprised that I'm very familiar with this park because no one else she knows has been there before. We both love it because we see no other humans while visiting & exploring trails. I was telling her that you can find native sundew plants by lakeside & it's a good place to harvest fiddleheads & look for mushrooms. Told her about the beaver history of this tiny lake/wetlands spot too. The older huge beaver lodge was decimated a few years ago, due to human impact/road construction near their wood harvesting areas. The beavers weren't seen for awhile after that. They returned sometime over past 2 years & built a new beaver lodge - it's currently about 1/3 size of the previous lodge. No photos of it because we didn't go close to lakeside on our hike. Neither of us were into getting super muddy yesterday.

This park space features:
- multiple hiking trails from relatively easy to moderate levels
- diversity of native plants/wildflowers
- native amphibians are present; many frogs & turtles live there
- healthy biodiversity of insects & invertebrates
- birds diversity
- beavers habitat
- trees diversity
- wetlands & marshes
- fish bearing habitat
- mix of sunny & shady rest spots; no benches or tables but some larger, open spaces that are good for resting at
- community stewardship

Super limited parking space. Only room for 2 cars on side of road, by the small park sign. Very easy to miss the sign if you're not paying close attention.

#nature #hiking #Saanich #CommunityPark #forest #trail #footpath #wetlands #ferns #ecosystems #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #ForestWalks #Cascadia #PNW #lake #ecological #stewardship #conservation #biodiversity #environment #TakeAHike #GetOutside #DisabledHiker #DisabledPhotographers #NaturalWorlds #SacredNature #WorldInMyEyes #photography #NatureLovers

#SaveTheDate - #VancouverIsland 's only #Ghana #Celebration / #CulturalFesitval 🇬🇭

Association of #Ghanaians in Victoria, BC End-of-Year Celebration.
December 27th, 2025 at Saanich Commonwealth Place.

Pay at the door or via e-transfer in advance; discount for early tickets purchase.

Enjoy Ghanaian cultural #food - #GhanaianMusic - dances & prizes. #AllAges #FamilyFriendly #CulturalConnections #CommunityEvent #BlackCulture #GhanaianDiaspora #BIPOCDiaspora #BlackCommunity #CulturalDiversity #AfricanDiaspora #DisplacedAfricans #CulturalInclusion #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJEvents #CulturalEvents #GlobalSouth #VictoriaBC

#SilentSunday
Sitting, above the docks of the bay...

#Scenic #PhotoArt #Marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #boats #SafeHarbour #NorthSaanich #BrentwoodBay #SaanichInlet #WorldInMyEyes #PhotoEdit #Saanichton #VisionsOfBC #CoastalBC #CoastSalishTerritories #ShelteredHarbour

#SilentSunday
Undersea gardens.

#Aquatic #plants #UnderTheSea #marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SalishSea #nature #ecological #minimalism #BlueGreen #photography #WorldInMyEyes #AquaticLife #photosynthesis #BeautifulWorld #OneEarth #underwater #AquaticPlants

The only kinda young #buck that I'm OK being around has 4 legs & grows up to be a stabby-horned #stag.

#deer #wildlife #ungulate #BlacktailDeer #Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #BCNativeAnimals

Small morning #harvest from backyard.
Some #beans & cherry #tomatoes & lots of #VietnameseCoriander.

#FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #herbs #vegetables #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #SummerHarvests #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #homegrown

Silver #cockscomb - very similar to amaranth.
Originally native to #India - it was saved from extinction through #cultivation because of its religious significance. #Indian , #Burmese & #Chinese gardeners usually plant them by temples.

Cockscomb is an #EdiblePlant & a pretty #grain alternative. Often consumed in southern #Nigeria, #Benin , #Congo & #Indonesia. Young stems & flowers are #edible. Seeds are also edible are referred to as #pseudocereals.

#FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #botanical #EdibleFlowers

Yesterday, I harvested some #bokchoy - red romaine #lettuce - #ThaiMint - #VietnameseCoriander 👩‍🌾

#FoodSecurity #harvest #FoodGardening #GrowFood #Gardening #food #LeafyGreens #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #herbs #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #SaladGreens

Snacking on some cherry tomatoes from our gardens.

#FoodSecurity #FoodGarden #GrowFood #homegrown #food #fruits #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #tomatoes #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW

Red #amaranth floral plumes.

#FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #Grains #EdiblePlants #Amaranthus #Bloomscrolling

Unidentified #tomatoes ripening up. They self-seeded & started growing beside some kale. #VolunteerPlants are nice surprises.

#FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #FoodGarden #GrowFood #Gardening #food #fruits #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodNotLawns #Zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW

Pretty flowers, produced by purple sugar snap #peas 💜

#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography #PollinatorGarden #gardens #FoodPlants #EdibleFlowers #FoodGarden

What's growing & ripening ->
#Strawberries
Royal burgundy #beans
Oregon #snowpeas
Red Acre #cabbage

#Saanich #YYJ #FoodSecurity #FoodPlants #Wsanec #SaladGreens #FoodGarden #fruits #legumes #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #peas #Summer #botanical #food #GrowFood #gardening #vegetables #VictoriaBC #GrowItEatIt #PacificNorthwest #Zone8 #FreshProduce #photography #WhatsGrowing

Two yellow #onion flower heads.

#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #FoodPlants #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #Allium #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography #spherical #FoodGarden #FoodSecurity

#Feverfew is a longtime #herbal plant that's been used in ancient traditional #Chinese #medicines for generations. Ancient European cultures used it as medicine too. Feverfew is also used to make fragrances. I grow a lot of them.

Read more about feverfew:
https://chineseteas101.com/feverfew-tea-benefits-side-effects

https://botanicalinstitute.org/feverfew/

#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #herb #medicinal #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography #PlantMedicines #GrowMedicine #GrowHerbs #HerbGarden #gardening #PollinatorGarden

Please boost 🙌

Our local #IndigenousMusicFestival is back! It's happening on the fields of Hampton Park behind the Victoria Native Friendship Centre again. Come on out for one or both nights & support #IndigenousMusicians at this open air #MusicFestival Enjoy some #IndigenousDancers performances. Buy #NativeArts & #NativeCrafts & #IndigenousFood at the vendors/food trucks zones. Family friendly, all ages, #cultural #CommunityEvent.

https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/parks-recreation-community/community-services/events-and-festivals/indigenous-music-festival.html

#Wsanec #Saanich #Songhees #Esquimalt #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeCulture #NativeMusic #CulturalEvent #Concert #LiveMusic #ConcertsInThePark #OutdoorConcerts #OpenAirMusic #CulturalMusic #NativeMusic #SaanichParks

I grow #ThaiMint & #VietnameseCoriander out of one of two repurposed bathtubs that I use for #gardening purposes.
Vietnamese coriander isn't a true coriander. It's actually an #edible #knotweed. Never put these into the ground if you don't want it to spread. I grow all of ours in containers. I have 2 large grow bags with lots of them growing. I grow lots of both of these plants because we use them in/with our Asian foods often.

#herbs #mint #GrowHerbs #plants #Wsanec #green #botanical #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #ContainerGardening #AsianMastodon #AsianDiaspora #TootSEA

Fried up half of an #AsianCarp for part of Mom's #DiabeticFriendly & #HeartHealthy late lunch.
These are invasive species in BC - people are encouraged to catch them to help with removal from our waterways. You can eat them. They're tasty.

#Cooking #food #seafood #EatInvasiveFish #EatInvasiveSpecies #carp #Wsanec #AsianMastodon #FriedFish #fish

Saw this sweet #blacktail #buck in front of a house on the way home from VGH earlier. Beautiful velvety antlers.

#VictoriaBC #Wsanec #Saanich #WildlifeWednesday #deer #ungulate #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Wildlife #DeerPortrait #monochrome #photography #nature #BWphoto #BWportrait

One of a few truckloads of #driftwood dropped off at Gorge Park for the ongoing nature rewilding restoration project. This is near the estuary area of the large urban nature park; by the Gorge nature house.

#Esquimalt #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Songhees #Lekwungen #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety #NatureRestoration #NaturePark #driftwood #conservation #NatureStewardship #YYJParks #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #Rewilding #PacificNorthwest #YYJ #PNW #CommunityPark #monochrome #BWphoto

Yellow #zucchinis & a spaghetti #squash 👩‍🌾

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #GrownFromSeed #FoodPlants #FoodGrower #gourds

Buttercup #squashes.

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #GrownFromSeed #FoodPlants #FoodGrower #gourds

#SilentSunday

Layered my analogue photograph, after scanning it, of a beautiful statue at #GorgeWaterwayPark - with a pastel background.

One of my fave local #PublicArt #statues is in Gorge Park. It's this #Indigenous #CoastSalish #woman resting on waters, with #ducks & #salmon.

Expand & flip phone sideways for better view 👌

#Wsanec #Esquimalt #Songhees #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #SculptureArt #ArtInThePark #ArtLovers #LekwungenTerritory #NatureGuardian #NatureMatriarch #SeenAroundYYJ #DisabledPhotographer #YYJphotographers #WorldInMyEyes #MyPhotoArt #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #MadeInYYJ #Sculptures #ArtLovers #PhotographicArt #AnaloguePhotograph

First #sunchoke flower has bloomed 🌻
Once the plants finish blooming & leaves have yellowed, I dig out several roots to cook & store for winter food 👩‍🌾😊

#DiabeticFriendly tuber 👍
Ways to cook & pickle it:
https://yummyaddiction.com/how-to-cook-sunchokes/

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #FoodPlants #JerusalemArtichoke

Please come out & join me & my friends at the 4th annual #IYAḴT #Indigenous #MusicFestival! It will be great fun! Bring your friends & family!

A #free 2 night event for Indigenous & non-Indigenous folks. Celebrate #IndigenousPerformers from across #VancouverIsland who will be performing folk, rock, hip hop & more.
Craft & food vendors on site as well.

Location: #HamptonPark

Friday, July 26 from 6:00 to 8:00pm

6:00-6:15pm Welcome & #Esquimalt
#Drummers & Dancers
6:15-6:45pm A.N.S.W.E.R Drum Group
7:00-8:00pm OTR (Off the Reservation)

Saturday, July 27 from 4:00 to 8:00pm

4:00-4:20 Welcome & #Lekwungen #TraditionalDancers
4:30-5:30 Gary Petterson
5:45-6:30 Paint the Town Red
6:50-8:00 Myc Sharratt

#Wsanec #Saanich #IndigenousMusicians #IndigenousTalent #IndigenousLed #NativeMusicians #YYJevents #YYJFreeEvents #SaanichParks #FamilyFriendly #AccessibleEvent #AllAges #InclusiveEvent #VictoriaBC #IndigenousEvents #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #IndigenousCulture #VancouverIslandEvents #VanIsle #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FirstNations #YYJ #NativeCulture #Grassroots #CommunityCulture #IndigenousBC

#EightSpottedSkimmer #dragonfly

Native to #PacificNorthwest area.

Dragonflies are one of nature's insect indicators. They're only seen in healthy ecosystems.

#Nature #insects #Skimmers #FlyingInsects #entomology #DragonflyIdentification #InsectIdentification #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #BCNativeInsects

#Echinacea aka #Coneflower
#Lavender
#HummingbirdSage & #Catnip #mint.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #PollinatorGarden #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #herbal #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #CommunityStewardship #medicinal #CommunityPark #bloomscrolling #florespondence #FlowersIdentification #flowers

In this area, it's almost impossible to avoid #RustRot on #pear #trees. In fact, many of us joke that you can identify pear trees by looking for rust rot. Not to worry because it doesn't affect fruit production & it's mostly an esthetics issue. The fruits will still grow & mature with rust rot on foliage.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #Edible #Food #GardeningMastodon #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #FruitTrees #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark #nature #orchard #PacificNorthwest

Rex Welland was a longtime local resident who loved collecting lots of #HeritageApple species. He spent a lifetime, collecting cuttings & grafting to grow in his large backyard. He donated this land, which was his backyard, as part of #LandConservancy agreement with the Town of View Royal to keep it as a heritage orchard for the community to steward & share.

There's 125 heritage #apple species growing there.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #Edible #Food #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #AppleTrees #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark #YYJHistory

#ConcordGrapes growing on trellis structure.
Baby #WineGrapes
#Hazelnut growing.
Unripe #fig.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #EdiblePlants #FoodPlants #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #grapes #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #nuts #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark

At #WellandCommunityOrchard they have a wall of #BeeCondos for #NativeBees / #pollinators 🐝💗🐝
These tiny homes are used by #BlueOrchardMasonBees & #LeafcutterBees & #SandWasps & some other native bees.

Honeybees provide us with honey & beeswax but they aren't native here.

#VancouverIsland is home to at least 30 different native bee species. Almost all of these native bees are solitary.

https://youtu.be/i_dBo0ewJv4?si=2Nljn8R-Y2iNyswk

#WellandHeritagePark #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #CommunityGarde #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #insects #CommunityStewardship #BeeHomes #CommunityPark #nature #NatureVideo #BeesVideo #BeeLovers

At #WellandCommunityOrchard they have a wall of #BeeCondos for #NativeBees / #pollinators 🐝💗🐝
These tiny homes are used by #BlueOrchardMasonBees & #LeafcutterBees & #SandWasps & some other native bees.

Honeybees provide us with honey & beeswax but they aren't native here.

#VancouverIsland is home to at least 30 different native bee species. Almost all of these native bees are solitary.

#WellandHeritagePark #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VanIsle #LegacyPark #YYJ #CommunityGarde #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #insects #CommunityStewardship #BeeHomes #CommunityPark #nature

Hummingbird #Sage.
#Crocosima Lucifer.
#DeadPurpleNettle
#Catnip #Mint.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #flowers #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #CommunityStewarship #CommunityPark #bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGarden #FlowersIdentification

#Hardhack aka #RoseSpirea - #SpiraeaDouglasii

#NativePlant in #PacificNorthwest regions. We've used this plant at several habitat/ecological restoration areas - across Southern #VancouverIsland. It is an excellent plant for riparian revegetation & pollinators love their bright pink, tiny flowers too.

#PNW #Indigenous peoples use the plant for making brooms & for hanging seafood to cook.

It grows in almost any soil conditions, even very dry & gravelly soil but prefers boggy/wet areas.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #LegacyPark #YYJ #FlowersIdentification #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #NativeFlowers #CommunityStewarship #CommunityPark #PollinatorGarden #bloomscrolling #florespondence

Moonshine Yarrow.
Pink Yarrow.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #EdiblePlants #FoodPlants #MedicinalPlants #HolisticMedicine #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #CommunityStewarship #CommunityPark #EdibleGarden #MedicineGarden #FlowersIdentification #bloomscrolling #florespondence #EdibleGarden #Yarrow

Sour cherries.
Yellow raspberries.
Thornless purple raspberry flower & unripe berries.

#WellandCommunityOrchard #CommunitySpaces #YYJgreenspaces #Wsanec #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #CommunityOrchard #VancouverIsland #LegacyPark #YYJ #EdiblePlants #FoodPlants #GardeningMastodon #PlantIdentification #CommunityGarden #PlantLovers #botanical #SourCherries #Raspberries #FoodSecurity #ViewRoyal #LifecyclesProject #fruits #CommunityStewarship #GrowingFood #GrowingFruits #CommunityPark

#Peppermint & #VietnameseCoriander #harvested from our gardens, this morning 👩‍🌾

#Herbs #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #DisabledPhotographers #photography #YYJphotographers #GrowHerbs #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving

2 more of my #propagated #ficus #ginseng #plants on balcony deck. I have 4 now. I'm propagating more from cuttings 🙂

#Wsanec #PlantIdentification #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #Zone8 #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #nature #Horticulture #PNW #botanical #Saanich #BCgardeners #PlantLovers #GardeningMastodon #PlantPropagation #FrugalGardening #decoupage #PottedPlants

Some of the #footpath #NatureTrails we walked on today 😊 It was sure nice to see no other humans in the park. We enjoyed a lot of nature delights, loved all the birds calling & singing, saw a squirrel & muskrat in creek areas & had a lovely time together ❤️

#QuicksBottom #Wsanec #SaanichParks #WalkInThePark #GetOutside #Nature #VancouverIsland #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NatureTrail

#Lettuce enjoy some #strawberries 👩‍🌾

#FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #GrowingFood #GrowYourOwnFood #plants #Gardening #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #GrowFoodNotLawns #VictoriaBC #FoodGrowers #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #EdibleGardening #PlantsYouCanEat #FoodGarden #VanIsle #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodShareFood #FeedYourFamily

The District of #CentralSaanich says #ButterfieldPark will soon grow to nearly double its current size once it finishes purchasing an 18-acre parcel of land.

On Friday, the municipality said it had negotiated an agreement to purchase 18 acres of land at 1124 Mount Newton Cross Rd., which borders Butterfield #Park, at a cost of $3.2 million.

https://www.cheknews.ca/central-saanich-buying-3-2m-in-land-to-add-to-butterfield-park-1204619/?amp

#GoodNews #ProtectedLand #ParksEnhanceCommunities #Greenspaces #YYJ #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #NaturePark #Forested #PNW

I was so in love with all the #NatureTrails this morning; with hundreds of purple #camas flowers blooming all around me 😍

#nature #victoriabc #estuary #wildflowers #wetlands #VancouverIsland #Saanich #PNW #Environmental #ecosystem #ecological #Greenspace #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #NativeFlowers #GarryOakMeadows #Springtime #NatureWalk #Wsanec #NatureLovers #AsianMastodon

Tomorrow, my Indigenous friend is taking me to a #Wsanec #SweatLodge for a full moon #healing sweat. My friend is going to location in morning to start setting things up. Once things are all setup, I'll be transported there for several hours of sweat lodge native healing ceremonies.

Please learn more about why sweat lodges are important #cultural, #Indigenous #spiritual healing places:

https://healthydebate.ca/2022/04/topic/place-of-healing-sweat-lodge-ceremony

#NativeHealing #NativeTherapies #IndigenousSpirituality #AncientHealing #Ceremonial

My #StrawberrySpinach #plants are bursting with new berries & more are ripening, daily. More black cherry #tomatoes & purple #tomatillos are ripening too 👩‍🌾

#zone8 #homegrown #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #FoodGardening #permaculture #GrowFoodNotLawns #FoodSecurity #vegetable #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodSecurity #GrowItEatIt #FeedYourFamily #GrownFromSeed #GrowFoodNotHate #WhatsInMyGarden #LiveByYourValues #gardening #WhatIGrow

Today's #harvest 👩‍🌾
More strange shaped cukes, blackberries, basil, & cherry tomatoes.

#zone8 #cucumbers #blackberries #basil #tomatoes #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #FoodGardening #permaculture #GrowFoodNotLawns #FoodSecurity #vegetable #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodSecurity #GrowItEatIt #FeedYourFamily #GrownFromSeed #GrowFoodNotHate #FoodHarvest #FreshHarvest #FoodFromMyYard #PlantFoods

Check out my #strange #spiral shaped #homegrown #cucumber 👩‍🌾
It decided to wrap itself around a chopstick marker stake & kept growing around it.
Slicing it up to add to salad rolls for lunch.

#zone8 #cukes #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #FoodGardening #permaculture #GrowFoodNotLawns #FoodSecurity #vegetable #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodSecurity #GrowItEatIt #FeedYourFamily #GrownFromSeed #GrowFoodNotHate #CuteFood

Today's harvest.

My first large #fennel bulb & a bunch of #cucamelons 👩‍🌾

#GrowFoodNotLawns #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #Food #GrowItEatIt #zone8 #iGrewThese #FoodGrowers #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodFromMyGarden #FoodGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #FeedYourFamily #vegetables #HomegrownFood

Today's harvest. Lots of #cucumbers & 1 little #pepper 👩‍🌾

#GrowFoodNotLawns #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #Food #GrowItEatIt #zone8 #iGrewThese #FoodGrowers #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodFromMyGarden #FoodGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #FeedYourFamily #vegetables #HomegrownFood #FoodHarvest #cukes

We're going to have a lot of #zucchinis to eat & share soon. I've already harvested 4 big ones so far 👩‍🌾

#GrowFoodNotLawns #GardenersOfMastodon #SDFgardeners #Food #GrowItEatIt #zone8 #iGrewThese #FoodGrowers #FoodSecurity #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodFromMyGarden #FoodGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #FeedYourFamily #vegetables #HomegrownFood #FoodPlants
#courgette #squashes

#Honeybee on arugula flower.

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