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  1. Rats dug up 5 of my snow pea plants. Peanut butter baited traps are going back out in specific spots - tonight.
    I tied some remaining snow pea plants up. More snow peas will be transplanted in 2 weeks.
    My other plant seedlings are slowly growing in one small DIY greenhouse.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #EdibleGarden #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #botanical #FoodPlants #GrowFood

  2. Pink purple #DamesRockets are blooming, all around our gardens. Often mistaken with phlox. Phlox has 5 flower petals. Dames rockets have 4. It's an established invasive on Vancouver Island. I leave it as it's not choking out other plants & pollinators love them. I remove many other invasives.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #bloomscrolling #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #botanical #flowers #perennials #SelfSeeding

  3. Lacy #phacelia aka #purple #tansy is native to NW Mexico & SW USA - it's in the borage family. I've been using them as part of pollinators gardens & as a natural aphids #PestControl for food plants. This pretty flowering #plant attracts hoverflies & those insects love eating aphids. When it's done flowering - you can cut it down & use cuttings as #GreenManure.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #bloomscrolling #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #botanical #flowers

  4. Lacy #phacelia aka #purple #tansy is native to NW Mexico & SW USA - it's in the borage family. I've been using them as part of #pollinators #garden & as a natural aphids #PestControl for food plants. This pretty flowering #plant attracts hoverflies & those insects love eating aphids. When it's done flowering - you can cut it down & use cuttings as #GreenManure.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #bloomscrolling #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #botanical #flowers

  5. Lacy #phacelia aka #purple #tansy is native to NW Mexico & SW USA - it's in the borage family. I've been using them as part of #pollinators #garden & as a natural aphids #PestControl for food plants. This pretty flowering #plant attracts hoverflies & those insects love eating aphids. When it's done flowering - you can cut it down & use cuttings as #GreenManure.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #bloomscrolling #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #botanical #flowers

  6. Lacy #phacelia aka #purple #tansy is native to NW Mexico & SW USA - it's in the borage family. I've been using them as part of pollinators gardens & as a natural aphids #PestControl for food plants. This pretty flowering #plant attracts hoverflies & those insects love eating aphids. When it's done flowering - you can cut it down & use cuttings as #GreenManure.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #bloomscrolling #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #botanical #flowers

  7. Some of my #nightshade #starterPlants - #eggplants & #tomatoes.
    I was behind on seed sowing starts again this past Winter!
    I don't transplant any nightshade plants out into beds/pots until at least 2-3 flowers appear on starters. That helps the transplants to do much better - they're stronger if you wait a bit longer to transplant out.

    #Wsanec #Zone8 #Saanich #FrugalGardening #VictoriaBC #YYJgardeners #VancouverIsland #PNW #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #FoodPlants #GrowFood #botanical

  8. My #cantaloupe #seedlings.
    Hopefully I'll get more than 2 cantaloupes this year. Last year was my first time trying to grow cantaloupes. Most of them failed due to neglect. I was too stressed/overwhelmed after my Dad died from long covid cardiac arrest early last June - many of my plants didn't make it.

    #Saanich #YYJgardeners #GrowFood #FoodPlants #GrowingFruit #Zone8 #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #LekwungenTerritory #PacificNorthwest #Plants #FoodGardening #VanIsle #PNW #botanical