#wsanec — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wsanec, aggregated by home.social.
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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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I met Harold Joe, a #Cowichan based #Indigenous knowledge keeper/teacher, actor & film producer, in 2015. He had come to Victoria to audition for a lead role in the Telus Optik webseries that I worked on for a few years. We casted him.
He's now co-owner & producer at Orca Cove Media with my old film production executive producer, Leslie Bland.There's two #IndigenousFilm screenings at #UVIC in March with 2 films from Ocra Cove.
https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/106012-film-screening-the-great-salish-heist
https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/106018-film-screening-sweet-summer-pow-wow
Check out these public #FilmScreenings if you're interested in watching more #NativeFilms & you can meet the producers at the screenings too.
#YYJFilm #IndigenousBC #IndigenousCanada #FirstNations #FilmDiversity #InclusionInFilm #VictoriaBC #Saanich #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish #IndigenousActors #IndigenousMovies
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Found a #deer #skull with #antlers & other #skeletal decomposing remains in the #forest.
#Nature #Death #CycleOfLife #AnimalBones #skeleton #bones #ForestFinds #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #macabre #TexturesTuesday
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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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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
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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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Telling my friend about DOC #surfactant in creek. He was worried at first sight but it's not pollution. It is a #natural occurrence. It's an essential part of a healthy & functioning #forest #ecosystem.
Naturally occurring stream foam can be off-white, light tan, or brown. Formed by dissolved organic matter/dissolved #organic carbon (DOC). DOC results from the breakdown of organic debris, tannins & #watershed soils rich in organic materials.
#creek #water #nature #Educational #Wsanec #HighlandsBC #Saanich #YYJ #NatureVideo #NatureNerd #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #Cascadia #NiftyNature #ecological #environment
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#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
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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
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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
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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
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#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
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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
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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
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#BlackMedick aka #HopClover.
It grows on almost every continent. Very cold & drought resistant. Known as an excellent pioneer plant to rewild disturbed grounds. #PioneerPlants are plants that are often used to start many #rewilding efforts in areas where the soil isn't great & has suffered damages. It doesn't do too well in full shade. Very #ColdResistant & #DroughtResistant, once established - it's been found in mountain elevations to desert environments.
A good choice for a #ClimateActionGarden.
In the alfalfa family of plants.The seeds are edible & can be ground up into flour but they're too small for the effort. It's mainly used as animal #fodder & it attracts lots of #pollinators 👍
#MedicagoLupulina #VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #EdiblePlants #FlowersIdentification #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #PlantPhotos #GardeningMastodon #GardeningForClimateChange #AlternativeCoverCrops #groundcover
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Patch of #nasturtiums attracts many beneficial insects & pollinators.
Fab companion plant for your #EdibleGarden or ornamental garden. Leaves & flowers are #edible.
Grown from mixed, tapped 2022 seeds.#FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #GrowFood #bloomscrolling #plants #Gardening #GrownFromSeed #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #perennials #VictoriaBC #PollinatorGarden #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #EdibleGardening #PlantsYouCanEat #blooms #flowers #gardens #florespondence #FrugalGardening
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Our old peach tree looks scraggly but looks can be deceiving. It's a heavy fruit producer. Picked more yummy peaches!
#peaches #FruitTree #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #GrowFood #FoodSecurity #SuburbanFoodForest #permaculture #GrowItEatIt #zone8 #GrowYourOwnFood #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #FoodGarden #GMOfree #NoPesticides #EatWhatYouGrow
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#Lone #crow on #lamppost in grocery store parking lot.
#Corvid #birds #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Lekwungen #nature #BlackAndWhite #monochrome #MyPhotography #MyPhotography #Samsung8 #CellphonePhotos
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Neighbourhood birds drama. #BaldEagle flew over our house & #perched atop our neighbour's fir tree, across the road. A #raven flies in after about 5 minutes & starts harassing the #eagle 🦅 After about 8 minutes of no peaceful perching - both #birds fly off in separate directions.
Shot w/my #Samsung8 😊
#MonochromeMonday #corvid #nature #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #MyNaturePhotos #MyPhotography
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#Willow #Trees are one of my fave tree species. I especially enjoy seeing them 'dance' on windy days. There's several huge ones in #ColquitzRiver park in #Wsanec / #Saanich to admire & rest underneath.
#Nature #TreeLover #treehugger #iLoveTrees #TreesAreFriends #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #WalkInThePark #WorldInMyEyes #MyNaturePhotos #MyNaturePhotos #Samsung8 #CellphonePhotos