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

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

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

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'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

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

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

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 what

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find my first thimbleberries of the year! Rubus parviflorus is my favourite berry, a little like a wild raspberry, and a bit tart. They are only available during

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 recommend

I went to a new farmers' market in town this morning. I went initially just to support a farmer friend and watch her table so she could have a break but ended up spending all my cash on some excellent

Blue petaled flower named for a brown eyed woman have you no use sitting upon the hill? You fill the spaces we don’t see mingle with sea blush and look to your neighbors Perhaps the bees will visit you

Greetings! My name is Jana McLaughlin. I'm a writer and gardener living in the forests of WSÁNEĆ territory (Victoria, BC). I started a WordPress page to share my writing a few months ago, but like the