#wsanec — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wsanec, aggregated by home.social.
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Small creeks are essential life feeders in forests. This small creek is a part of our local watershed. It is small, yet mighty with it's life-source; sustaining life for many cedar trees & the plants that grow on forest understory. Creeks need protection as much as big rivers do 💧🌲💧
#nature #hiking #Saanich #waterway #cedar #trees #watershed #creek #ecosystems #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #ForestWalks #Cascadia #PNW #ecological #stewardship #conservation #biodiversity #environment #TakeAHike #GetOutside #DisabledHiker #ecology #NaturalWorlds #SacredNature #WaterIsLife #NatureEducation
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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 stewardshipSuper 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
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Metis Nation of Greater Victoria invites you to join for the annual Knowledge Keepers Gathering! This is an event where we highlight and showcase Metis knowledge from academic researchers, Metis-focused research, to cultural knowledge holders, storytellers, artists, musicians and dancers.
This event is free, for anyone and everyone to attend, and there is no registration required.
*I'll update with more detailed info, closer to event date. A few things are still being worked out.*
#Indigenous #VictoriaBC #BCIndigenous #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #CulturalConnecting #Metis #KnowledgeKeepers #Lekwungen #Xwespsm #Wsanec #YYJEvents #FreeEvent #CulturalWisdom #CulturalSharing #POCVoices #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FirstPeoples #MetisCulture #CulturalArts #CulturalDance #CulturalMusic #IndigenousStorytellers
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Putting 3 of these buttons & 2 stickers into my #LittleFreeLibrary today. To raise more public awareness to #SaveGoldstreamSalmon 💗
#Selektel #Wsanec #Saanich #GoldstreamRiver #SaveWildSalmon #ProtectWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #Conservation #ProtectWaterways #StopEcocide #Activism #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #BCpoli #BoycottFarmedSalmon #ProtectTheWild #biodiversity #pinbacks #stickers #BCWildSalmon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #CoastSalish
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Star #hyacinth - from bud to bloom 💜💙💜
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #perennials #plants #NativePlants #Wsanec #triptych #VancouverIsland #PNW #SilentSunday #PhotoCollage #flowers #Spring #flowerbud #botanical #nature
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How #Indigenous #FoodSovereignty can improve #FoodSecurity
Sustainable Bites: Food and Our Future What can we do to help make our food systems more sustainable? UBC researchers share small steps that can make a big collective impact.
March 24, 2025
"Indigenous households experience food insecurity at rates two to three times higher than non-Indigenous households in Canada. #Agroecologist Dr. #JenniferGrenz, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Land and Food Systems, studies Indigenous food sovereignty and food systems, and how to revitalize them.
Did you know?
#Kwetlal, or #camas, a lily-like plant with a starchy bulb, was an important staple for #IndigenousPeoples along the #SalishSea.
Kwetlal was cultivated in Garry oak #ecosystems by #W̱SÁNEĆ and Quw’utsun Peoples, until #colonization nearly destroyed these unique food systems.What does Indigenous food sovereignty mean?
" 'Indigenous food sovereignty is the reclamation and revitalization of our food systems,' says Dr. Grenz, who is Nlaka’pamux of mixed ancestry, whose family comes from the #Lytton First Nation. She grew up and lives on the coast of BC.
"The lands across #BritishColumbia, Dr. Grenz explains, were purposefully shaped since time immemorial for foods, medicines and technologies by the Indigenous Peoples who lived there until colonial settlers dispossessed them of their lands, culture and traditions.
" 'Indigenous food sovereignty is also about #CulturalResurgence: being able to access those foods and medicines again and find new ones as we face a changing climate,' said Dr. Grenz. 'Heal the people, heal the land. Heal the land, heal the people. I think that’s really what food sovereignty is about.'
"Revitalizing Indigenous food systems can help diversify and localize food systems in ways that could buffer against #FoodInsecurity in a changing climate.
"Dr. Grenz’s research team is working alongside Indigenous communities impacted by the 2021 heat dome and wildfires to understand the effects on culturally important plants.
" 'If you think of land as just vegetation and an aesthetic notion of what belongs, you’re going to have very different approaches and different outcomes to recovery than if you see that land as a food system, not just for humans, but for our animal, bird, fish and insect relations,' says Dr. Grenz. 'We’re working alongside communities to develop those Indigenized processes around wildfire recovery that honour Indigenous food systems, sustainability and resiliency.”'
How can #Settlers support the revitalization of Indigenous food systems?"Learn about the histories of the lands you live on and what the traditional food systems were, what they are now and what they could be, says Dr. Grenz.
"Incorporating reciprocity into your relationship with the land is also important. 'Learn about the plants of those lands and find a way to invite them into your life. How can you take care of them, nurture them and steward them?' asks Dr. Grenz.
"One way might be to Indigenize your own back yard or community garden. Or learn about Indigenous food system protocols and the concept of '#HonourableHarvest.'
How can land-based learning support Indigenous food sovereignty?"Land-based learning is an opportunity to get students and people out on the land—and start taking steps to give back while they are learning.
"At #UBCFarm, Dr. Grenz and students are starting two different Indigenous food systems to work as part of the agrarian food system that exists there — 'essentially bridging two food systems, #decolonizing and #Indigenizing our understandings of what foods are and how those two systems work together to benefit both.'
"In one, they are establishing a Garry oak ecosystem and growing camas, which is a traditional food system of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Quw’utsun Peoples. Another type of #ForestGarden, similar to other Coast #Salish, #Tsimshian or #Haida food systems, will see the forest shaped by different plants like beaked #hazelnut, #elderberry, #salmonberry and #thimbleberry.The students will be able to practice how to care for plants ordinarily thought of as forest plants, and 'learn how to reclaim traditional #LandStewardship practices to actually increase the production of those berries.' "
Source [includes video links]:
https://beyond.ubc.ca/how-indigenous-food-sovereignty-can-improve-food-security/#SolarPunkSunday #FirstNations #Quwutsun #ClimateChange #Resilience #DecolonizeYourDiet #HonorIndigenousFoodSystems #LandBasedLearning #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #IndigenousFoods #BuildingCommunity #CommunityGardens #FoodForests
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#FalseTurkeyTail - there's a few different lookalikes - this one is #StereumComplicatum.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NaturePhotos #Autumn #FungiID #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #photography
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Dead log with a natural fungi uni-boob aka unidentified #polypore. It is nipple-less.
#ForestBoob #mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NaturePhotos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday #photography
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And, more unidentified mushrooms. These white ones were all growing out of the forest floors.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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More unidentified mushrooms.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NaturePhotos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday #photography
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Unidentified mushrooms.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NaturePhotos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday #photography
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Photo 1 - Mom, pointing out a fungi find.
Photo 2 - The unidentified button mushrooms that she found.#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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More of these brown cap, unidentified mushrooms. These were growing in a large colony, from the ground. There were thousands of them.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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Tiny, bright white mushrooms, growing out of a cedar tree. They look like they'd glow in the dark.
Unidentified mushrooms.#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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These & the false turkey tails above in thread - were the most prolific fungi colonies that I found today. There were thousands of these unidentified mushrooms!
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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Found large colonies of #FalseTurkeyTail - there's a few different lookalikes - this one is #StereumComplicatum.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiID #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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Unidentified #polypore fungi.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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Unidentified mushrooms found in urban forest, this morning.
#mushrooms #nature #ForestFinds #UrbanForest #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #fungi #fungus #NatureVideos #Autumn #FungiIDPlease #FungiAppreciation #ViewRoyal #Esquimalt #ecological #mycelium #ecosystems #Environmentalist #FungiFriday
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#EdiblePlants are growing in big planters in Uptown upper parking lot.
#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Bloomscrolling #kale #pansy #Edible #GrowFood #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #GrowItEatIt #botanical #plants
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November 24th & our #GroundCherries are still producing #fruits 😍
#Solanaceae #EdibleGarden #HuskTomato #Annuals #GrowFood #FoodSecurity #HomegrownFood #EdiblePlants #EdibleGardening #FoodGardening #Saanich #Wsanec #NoPesticides #NoHerbicides #Gardeners #Zone8 #GrowItEatIt #AutumnFruits #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Green #November
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Some more #plants that are still producing daily blooms in late #October.
#gardening #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #Saanich #Gardeners #botanical #Flowers #PollinatorGarden #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #perennials #VictoriaBC #Wsanec #PlantLovers #FallFlowers #Autumn #fuchsias #dianthus #snapdragons #pansies
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I cut the #spadix off from my #anthurium plants, once foliage turns bright red, to prolong the life & colour on my lipstick plants.
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #iLovePlants #IndoorGardening #houseplants #botanical #TropicalPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Plants #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW
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A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.
Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?
#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish
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#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
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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
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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
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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
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Moved 4 of my flamingo flower plants outdoors for Summer open air time.
#FlamingoFlower is good at absorbing airborne chemicals released by common cleaning products & general pollutants. It's particularly good at absorbing harmful chemicals like ammonia & formaldehyde from the air.
Be careful if you have cats who love houseplants because it's toxic to felines. Asher has no interest in any houseplants so we are quite lucky because most cats like to sniff/chew on houseplants. He avoids the houseplants & only likes his little cat grass pot. Don't keep these in your home if your cat is obsessed with plants.
#Anthurium #tropical #houseplants #AirCleaner #AirFilter #CleanAirPlant
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #plants -
#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-effectshttps://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
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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.
#Wsanec #Saanich #Songhees #Esquimalt #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeCulture #NativeMusic #CulturalEvent #Concert #LiveMusic #ConcertsInThePark #OutdoorConcerts #OpenAirMusic #CulturalMusic #NativeMusic #SaanichParks
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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
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Transplanted some of my #BokChoy & purple #tomatillo plants into larger pots. These starters are all being picked up this weekend by a few of my regular plant buyers here. There's some folks who get plants from me, every year 👩🌾
#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #AsianGreens #GrownFromSeed #FoodPlants #FoodGrower #AsianMastodon #FoodSecurity
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Pixie cup & lipstick #lichens & #liverwort mixed in with assorted #mosses. Super green microworlds 💚
Just another ecological component of a healthy & biodiverse, coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem on #Wsanec territory.#Saanich #nature #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #forest #green #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VictoriaBC #YYJ #WorldInMyEyes #ecosystem #biodiversity #botanical #NaturalTextures #SilentSunday
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#Fractal #fungi tribute to #MotherNature.
Mirrored turkey tails, that look like the shape of an #uterus 😊#Nature #PhotoArt #Wsanec #VisualArt #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WomensLiberation #WomensEmpowerment #DisabledArtists #mushrooms #fungus #art #FeminineDivine
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A few of our #cucumbers are still growing.
Some large Oregon #snowpeas.
Ongoing soil remediation project is making slow & steady progress. Cardboard, topsoil, compost, woody debris, crushed seashells, seaweed, grass cuttings, leaf mulch are all breaking down together nicely.#BackyardHarvest #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGardening #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #GrownFromSeed #iGrewThis #food #FoodSecurity #homegrown #cukes #LawnRemediation #gardening #SoilRemediation
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I had an excellent morning meeting at Burnside Gorge Community Assn. I got a small tour of their community event spaces inside the building. I'll be covering their Halloween event on October 24th. We will also be discussing accessibility in near future as well. I'll also be documenting their popular community Christmas hampers for local families program & their annual family friendly, free community Christmas event.
#Lekwungen #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityCentre #CommunityBuilders #CommunityPartners #NonProfit #ContributeToCommunity #CommunityCollaboration
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I'll be with the LifeCycles crew at #CommunitySharing day at #WellandCommunityOrchard today 🍏🍎🍐🍑🍇
Our annual Community Sharing Day is our way to celebrate the urban orchard, as well as distribute extra fruit at the peak of the season! We will have activities including tasting heritage apple varieties, a scavenger hunt, orchard tours, cider pressing, asking a fruit tree expert and of course there will be fruit to take home.
#LifecyclesProject #ViewRoyal #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Grassroots #NonProfit #CommunityOrchard #FreeEvents #CommunityFood #LegacyPark #VictoriaBC #CommunityBased #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #fruits #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodTrees #FoodSecurity #FruitHarvest #CommunityWork #Harvest #YYJ #CiderPressing
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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
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Residents living next to the former #RoyalOak golf course in #Saanich fear that #IllegalHunting has caused a “significant drop" in the local population of #CaliforniaQuail.
“Since early July, several people have witnessed and reported frequent trapping of quail to the Capital Regional District #CRD and other authorities,” said a resident, who wished to remain anonymous. “We believe the trappers have almost decimated the quail population on and around the property.”
#BritishColumbia regulations only allow for California #quail to be hunted during October and November, by someone with a #hunting license. However, as the 10.94 hectare piece of land, adjacent to #ElkBeaverLake Regional Park, is owned and managed by the CRD, any hunting of wildlife, including quail, is a violation of a #CRDparks bylaw.
The COS and the CRD have asked that anyone with information should contact the Report All #Poachers and Polluters hotline at 1-877-952-7277.
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Magical trees clothed in lichen.
#VancouverIsland #nature #hiking #Forest #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #NatureLovers #PNW #VanIsle #woodlands #GetOutside #Trees #NaturePhotos #TakeAHike #GreatOutdoors #ProtectOurForests #LeaveOnlyFootprints #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #usnea #lichen #trees #LichenSubscribe #ecological #TreeLovers #ForestMedicine
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Today's small #harvest.
Tiny golden cherry #tomatoes - ate them all.
Oregon #snowpeas.
Romaine & butter crunch #lettuce.#GardenHarvest #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #GrownFromSeed
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You cannot tame a wild forest, unless you destroy it. Wild forests should be protected & not destroyed. They are not meant to be tamed. They exist for ecological balance & they are large lungs of Mother Earth. They are to be respected & appreciated, for their wildness.
#VancouverIsland #nature #hiking #Forest #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #NatureLovers #trees #PNW #VanIsle #woodlands #GetOutside #Trees #NaturePhotos #TakeAHike #GreatOutdoors #ProtectOurForests #LeaveOnlyFootprints #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #monochrome #BWphoto #WorldInMyEyes #FootpathFriday #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #mosstodon
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#ForestFriday
Taken last Fall, when the creek was very full of water.#VancouverIsland #nature #hiking #Forest #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #NatureLovers #trees #PNW #VanIsle #woodlands #GetOutside #Trees #NaturePhotos #TakeAHike #GreatOutdoors #ProtectOurForests #LeaveOnlyFootprints #Mosstodon #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #IntoTheWoods #WorldInMyEyes #TodCreek #Mossy #TreeLovers #TemperateRainforest #creek #ecosystem #ecology
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This was the easier section of a rather steep & gnarly #hiking #NatureTrail through the forest towards the ocean.
#VancouverIsland #nature #Forest #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #NatureLovers #trees #PNW #VanIsle #woodlands #GetOutside #Trees #NaturePhotos #TakeAHike #GreatOutdoors #ProtectOurForests #LeaveOnlyFootprints #stairsteps #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #monochrome #BWphoto #WorldInMyEyes #footpath #TreeLovers
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The #ClamGardens #RestorationProject has reclaimed #W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, improved #ecosystems and provided the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation with additional funding.
From 2014 to 2019, #ParksCanada, the #W̱SÁNEĆNation and the #Hulquminum #FirstNations participated in the Clam Garden Restoration project.
Clam gardens are #AncientSites along shorelines in W̱SÁNEĆ territory that #Indigenous people tended for thousands of years to enhance the production of #clams and related sea creatures. Clams were an important source of protein for W̱SÁNEĆ people. The Clam Restoration project spent 5 years working to restore clam gardens in W̱SÁNEĆ territory. In addition to improving the #ecology of two clam gardens, the project also aimed to reclaim W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, practices and culture related to clam gardens.
Learn more & sign up to help out:
https://wsanec.com/the-clam-garden-restoration-project/#LandBack #NativeKnowledge #Nature #Shellfish #Seafood #Saanich #IndigenousKnowledge #NativeWisdom #BritishColumbia #Canada #Cascadia #conservation #sustainability #VancouverIsland #decolonization #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #photography #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #Naturalist #environmental #IndigenousLedProject #reclamation #decolonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodSource #Restoration #YYJ #VictoriaBC
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My greenhouse #squashes, sugarbaby #watermelons & 2 different hot #peppers are growing larger inside my small DIY greenhouse, built from scrap wood.
#WhatsInMyGreenhouse #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl
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Some of our #cucumbers are finally growing!
Some cherry #tomatoes have fruited too.
Oregon #Snowpeas are still providing food.
My #eggplants are all flowering 🍆#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #SimpleJoys #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #FoodSecurity
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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
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#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