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Jana McLaughlin

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Notes from the Forest

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Aug 2, 2017, 3:46 AM UTC

First Time Motorcycle Camping! Cowican River, BC

https://steemitimages.com/DQmcSaaVruZasfGhD9DT4DE98iAUCotXmPZcqoPywqxrgjy/photo 1.JPG I can finally check "motorcycle camping" off my to-do list! Last weekend I camped with my bike for the first time…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 21, 2017, 12:45 AM UTC

Permaculture Plants: Perovskia, Russian Sage! Food, Medicine, Beauty and more....

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/rawk_1976/photo 2_3.jpg This plant is amazing! I wanted to write about Perovskia, or Russian Sage, just because it is so stunningly beautiful, but once I starte…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 17, 2017, 3:21 PM UTC

Kehena Nights - poem

Kehena Nights I pray to become content in boring routine let days fly past while my life turns to stone let the world’s troubles wash over me Drown out all sorrows with TV I dreamt I got the real set…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 16, 2017, 3:52 PM UTC

Crop Real Estate - time, space, value

I just want to speak a moment about crop "real estate." By that I mean how much space and time a crop takes up. See this cabbage? (Cat for scale.) I just cut it and it's not even headed up yet. (I do…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 13, 2017, 4:43 AM UTC

Give Thanks

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/rawk_1976/photo7.jpg I've just come in from the garden. It's getting dark. I needed a little time there after a long day of racing, stressful thoughts stemming…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 9, 2017, 4:40 PM UTC

Great Day Hike in Victoria, BC! Saanich Inlet, Jocelyn Hill, Gowland Tod

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/rawk_1976/Misc/photo 1_2.jpg Looking across to the Malahat & Hwy 1. Yesterday my husband and I hiked Holmes Peak and Jocelyn Hill, part of the Gowland-Tod P…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 7, 2017, 3:18 PM UTC

Permaculture Plants: Self Heal, Prunella vulgaris

I treasure the blooming of beautiful Prunella vulgaris - Self Heal. It's a wild, non-native around here, that shows up along roads and paths and in garden beds. This is one of those plants that puts…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 6, 2017, 1:25 AM UTC

Paul Kingsnorth: "why can't we imagine how the land feels?"

Just wanted to share this article from Paul Kingsnorth from last year. It really spoke to me; I think this disconnection from place and nature is one of our biggest sources of pain today. This is wha…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 4, 2017, 3:19 PM UTC

Permaculture Plants: Thimbleberries - My Favorite Berry!

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find my first thimbleberries of the year! http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c143/rawk_1976/Misc/photo6.jpg Rubus parviflorus is my favourite berry, a little li…

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Jana McLaughlin
@janamclaughlin Jul 3, 2017, 4:17 PM UTC

Common Gardening Mistakes - Landscape Fabric!

There is one thing that makes me shudder when a new client shows me their garden: landscape fabric. Gardens that use fabric often have predictable and avoidable problems and as a first step I usually…

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