It snowed. Again. April. Wow. My back yard is white.

😒 #gardening #coldclimategarden #northerngardening

This is some kind of nonsense where I notice the first dandelions blooming in the morning and tonight it’s all covered in an inch of snow. #northerngardening #gardening

What!? Apparently one of the adaptations that queen bumblebees use to survive flooding during winter diapause is slowing their metabolisms so much they can respire UNDERWATER for up to a WEEK. They also accompany aquatic respiration with anaerobic metabolism. I'm stunned. What superstars! #虫 🧪🌎

I started keeping fish so that my plants would be healthier. I keep my fish healthier by using the plants to remove nitrates from the water… a good cycle!
#airplants #gardening #aquarium

View of the marshy lake in very early spring. No leaves or green grass yet but a beautiful blue sky.

It’s nice here.
#hike

Mule deer with only a single antler spike looks at me annoyed I disturbed his buffet.

If unicorns aren’t real then explain this! #deer #unicorn #wildlife #muledeer

Lovage is so great! Be warned that it’s a bit stronger flavour than celery so go lightly adding it to potato salad and whatnot! I love it though.

Oh ouch!

Replaced the shock absorbers on my very old but excellent Miele washing machine and feeling quite accomplished! Testing my handiwork now with a big load of towels. #diy #appliancerepair #makedo #zerowaste #lowwaste #repair

Lovely! I’m growing dragonfruit from seed too but it got infested with thrips… currently doing damage control but it’s looking pretty sad right now!

Guys I sort of forgot about this app - is it still fun here?

Ballerina on pointe wearing a sheet with sunglasses doing the “ghost trend”.

Happy #Halloween
#ballet

These days this is actually kind of a flex that you’ve never given money to JKR.

Same!

I completely missed out on Titanic, and also Sixth Sense, but have seen so many jokes and memes I feel like now I don’t need to.

A handful of colourful peppers and small tomatoes from the greenhouse.

If the #garden harvests have not been plentiful at least they’ve been consistent. Here’s my daily little handful from the struggling plants in the greenhouse. Each year I learn a little more about what works where. This year I really struggled keeping the greenhouse plants watered. #gardening

Pink plume celery! I need to know - who knows anything about saving seed from celery? Hit me up with your tips because I’d like to grow this one again without purchasing. #gardening #seedsaving #chinesecelery #garden

Can we share TikTok videos here? Anyone know? I’m not seeing an easy share button anywhere…

It is, isn’t it? A booth at one of our local Seedy Saturday events had a whole bunch of these handmade baskets and I had to take one home with me!

Little harvest basket. #gardening #potatoes #harvest

So perfect!

What a lovely problem to have!

2025 me is so grateful that 2022 me decided to start “mignonette” alpine strawberry seeds so that I can gather little handfuls of tiny red berries each day as a snack!
#gardening #strawberries

Thimbleberries beginning to ripen

Thimbleberries! These are plentiful in the general area but sadly not common at all near where I live! #foraging

Little pink and green sorrel seeds - they look sort of like little bits of confetti attached to the branch.

Sorrel seeds are so pretty! I added these as filler to a market bouquet I bought. 😍

Monotropa

Alpine blueberries.

Bunchberry flower.

Salal flowers.

Some little finds walking the trails around Squamish (but don’t worry - the only thing I “foraged” was one or two blueberries as a snack). #foraging

Ooo exciting!!

Nasturtiums are awesome!