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Jana McLaughlin

@janamclaughlin

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Notes from the Forest

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W̱SÁNEĆ Territory, Victoria BC

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https://janamclaughlin.wordpress.com/

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2017-06-27 00:16

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stortebeker

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Chinampas - Traditional Farms in the Valley of Mexico

Chinampas - Traditional Farms in the Valley of Mexico

Agriculture in Mexico City Today I had the great pleasure to visit my friend Santiago on the chinampa. Or rather, visit the chinampa with him, who also lives in the city but has a number of plants he's

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janamclaughlin

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First Time Motorcycle Camping! Cowican River, BC

First Time Motorcycle Camping! Cowican River, BC

I can finally check "motorcycle camping" off my to-do list! Last weekend I camped with my bike for the first time. I've been on overnights but never had to carry all my camping gear. I was pretty

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ackza

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My cat killed a mouse & left 2 orphaned baby mice, When I heard them squeak I couldn't let them die, so I saved them & brought them to Project Wildlife: rehabilitates orphaned/injured mammals & birds. Named them"Kilo" and "Microgram" new Steemit Mascots!

My cat killed a mouse & left 2 orphaned baby mice, When I heard them squeak I couldn't let them die, so I saved them & brought them to Project Wildlife: rehabilitates orphaned/injured mammals & birds. Named them"Kilo" and "Microgram" new Steemit Mascots!

My cat was being a good cat, and doing its job that humans have needed from cats for thousands of years, the eating of pests that eat our food crops and grain stores throughout human history. But it was

janamclaughlin

9y

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

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

This plant is amazing! I wanted to write about Perovskia, or Russian Sage, just because it is so stunningly beautiful, but once I started looking into its other properties I was blown away. As you can

treeplanter

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Great news! 14 STEEMIANS have planted over 7 trees in past 56 hours! USE ME and plant trees with us! My goal is 1,000,000 trees planted in Cameroon.

Great news! 14 STEEMIANS have planted over 7 trees in past 56 hours! USE ME and plant trees with us! My goal is 1,000,000 trees planted in Cameroon.

Please, help me to spread the World. RESTEEM! OR, just plant more trees with me! Manual how to plan trees with me. You, good lady or man, transfer between 0.1 and 0.5 STEEM/SBD to my wallet, with the link

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What is it like living in Venezuela! (Food)

What is it like living in Venezuela! (Food)

I have to be very careful what I write here. I could get in trouble with the Venezuelan Government for posting this. I will stick to simple FACTS of living here. In this post I will talk about FOOD. 5

janamclaughlin

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Kehena Nights - poem

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 settlement

ecoknowme

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The EcoKnowme Pays YOU 2 STEEM to write about Solutions.

The EcoKnowme Pays YOU 2 STEEM to write about Solutions.

So here is the deal. I have 2 Steem in my wallet. I will publicly pay someone on here for the best Solutions to Major world problems Could be garbage, pollution, soil loss, plastics in the

reville

9y

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A Hub for Farmers and Visitors : Tanjung Ringgit demplot

A Hub for Farmers and Visitors : Tanjung Ringgit demplot

This is some background about the EcoSolutions Lombok Demonstration plot at Tanjung Ringgit, East Lombok. (Please excuse any errors, ill tidy this up tomorrow and incorporate your questions) We are located

janamclaughlin

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Crop Real Estate - time, space, value

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.

janamclaughlin

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Give Thanks

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 from a Facebook convo with friends about climate change doom and

thehomesteadlife

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Join a community on Steemit

Join a community on Steemit

Well I won't bore you with a long intro so I will get straight to it. You're GUARANTEED to get FAST upvotes by doing one simple thing, its that easy. Join a community on Steemit. By joining a community,

ecoknowme

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Stop Treating Your Revolution like it's a Blog. Ecoknowme advice to the Steemit Community.

Stop Treating Your Revolution like it's a Blog. Ecoknowme advice to the Steemit Community.

So I''ve had a very interesting day and I owe it to Steemit and how it has empowered, inspired and fueled my passions, all at once. I've only been on here a short while, but the overall feeling I

hannahlicious

9y

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To Auto-Vote or Not To Auto-Vote, That Is The Question?

To Auto-Vote or Not To Auto-Vote, That Is The Question?

The controversial question on Steemit. Should you be using a bot to vote for you? Or does that defeat the purpose of the social network? Isn't the whole point of Steemit to read content and then manually

balkep

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The Planting Legacy

The Planting Legacy

Perhaps a motivational force behind the creation of a forest garden may be attributed to the egotistical tendencies of Homo sapiens. It could be that the act of creating perennial, self generating ecosystems

ackza

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The Primitive Night - A prehistoric site in the dreamy region of Ardèche, France Under the MilkWay Galaxy

The Primitive Night - A prehistoric site in the dreamy region of Ardèche, France Under the MilkWay Galaxy

by Reddit User @Silaenoz "Silaenoz[S] 5 points 8 hours ago Technical description : - The foreground was heavily light-painted and retouched to help the transition with those bright-stormy clouds coming

lukigrl

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Update Christina Lake Property.

Update Christina Lake Property.

I had 8 people in the first 24 hours of posting on STEEMIT and FB, the Grand Idea to sell off interests of a large holding in Christina Lake BC. 6 out of the 8 people, I already know! Who'd a thunk it!

janamclaughlin

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

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

Looking across to the Malahat & Hwy 1. Yesterday my husband and I hiked Holmes Peak and Jocelyn Hill, part of the Gowland-Tod Park just outside Victoria, BC. We'd never been up there before and I really

janamclaughlin

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Permaculture Plants: Self Heal, Prunella vulgaris

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 into

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A Story About The Truely Beautiful "Lentil As Anything" Community and Family.

A Story About The Truely Beautiful "Lentil As Anything" Community and Family.

Hey guys! So I said I wanted to create a post specifically about the magical space that is called “Lentil As Anything.” Im not sure if any of you would have heard of anything quite like this place…so read