janamclaughlin (36)in #motorcycles • 7 years agoFirst Time Motorcycle Camping! Cowican River, BCI can finally check "motorcycle camping" off my to-do list! Last weekend I camped with my bike for the first time.…janamclaughlin (36)in #permaculture • 7 years agoPermaculture 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…janamclaughlin (36)in #poetry • 7 years agoKehena Nights - poemKehena Nights I pray to become content in boring routine let days fly past while my life turns to stone let the…janamclaughlin (36)in #gardening • 7 years agoCrop Real Estate - time, space, valueI just want to speak a moment about crop "real estate." By that I mean how much space and time a crop takes up. See…janamclaughlin (36)in #permaculture • 7 years agoGive ThanksI've just come in from the garden. It's getting dark. I needed a little time there after a long day of racing…janamclaughlin (36)in #travel • 7 years agoGreat Day Hike in Victoria, BC! Saanich Inlet, Jocelyn Hill, Gowland TodLooking across to the Malahat & Hwy 1. Yesterday my husband and I hiked Holmes Peak and Jocelyn Hill, part of the…janamclaughlin (36)in #permaculture • 7 years agoPermaculture Plants: Self Heal, Prunella vulgarisI treasure the blooming of beautiful Prunella vulgaris - Self Heal. It's a wild, non-native around here, that…janamclaughlin (36)in #writing • 7 years agoPaul 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…janamclaughlin (36)in #permaculture • 7 years agoPermaculture Plants: Thimbleberries - My Favorite Berry!I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find my first thimbleberries of the year! Rubus parviflorus is my…janamclaughlin (36)in #gardening • 7 years agoCommon 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…janamclaughlin (36)in #food • 7 years agoFarmers' Market Bounty - easy vegetarian dinnerI went to a new farmers' market in town this morning. I went initially just to support a farmer friend and watch her…janamclaughlin (36)in #poetry • 7 years agoTo the Sky From the Bluffs... a poemBlue petaled flower named for a brown eyed woman have you no use sitting upon the hill? You fill the spaces…janamclaughlin (36)in #introduceyourself • 7 years agoNotes from the Forest - poetry and writings on gardening, nature and permacultureGreetings! My name is Jana McLaughlin. I'm a writer and gardener living in the forests of WSÁNEĆ territory…