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@PhoenixSerenity. This garden space is looking good. Mint has a lot of blossoms for the critters.

@Pollinators They have 3 different pollinator gardens in their backyard too. 2 are all mixed native plants. The third is mixed native & cultivated plants.

@PhoenixSerenity. Your growing zone and rain zone are great for gardening.

@Pollinators Yes, Victoria is known as, City of Gardens. We struggled with rain this Summer - we still need more rain. Climate change acceleration has affected gardening here. I'm trying to adapt, best as possible with frugality because I'm working poor.

@PhoenixSerenity. I’m off reading about Victoria.

@Pollinators I'm in the South Saanich area of the city. It has more parks & greenspaces than other municipalities - currently. Saanich area is known for its parks & farms.

@PhoenixSerenity. Are you in the shadow of a mountain? I didn’t imagine us with more annual precipitation.

@Pollinators Our property was actually built over old wetlands & farming properties. In several areas of Saanich, just not in our specific area, sinkholes have occurred.

@Pollinators We have mountains nearby & ocean too but haven't had enough rains.

@Pollinators Trying to keep it that way. Our current council does too much greenwashing though. There's massive big developments happening & tons of trees were cut down in past 2 years for that.

@colo_lee @Pollinators My parents bought our property here in the early 90s. We'd never be able to afford to buy same place now as our property value has gone to over 1 million now. The value is mostly for the land because our house is not worth very much by itself.

@PhoenixSerenity @colo_lee. And another thank you to your parents.

@Pollinators @colo_lee My parents are awesome. They bought this property that had been neglected for awhile. Once we moved in, my parents spent a lot of time, effort & monies to put much needed TLC into improving it. We cleared out so many overgrown invasives in first 3 years alone. There used to be nasty English ivy choking out trees in backyard. We ripped them out & I injected their roots with mixture of salt & vinegar to kill them off & stop their spread.

@colo_lee @Pollinators Mom & I would likely be homeless if we hadn't bought this property a long time ago.

@PhoenixSerenity @colo_lee. True.

@PhoenixSerenity @colo_lee

@Pollinators This garden is at one of our fruit trees stewards' homes

@kellyromanych I loved their pollinator gardens so much. I was also very grateful that this local fruit tree steward homeowner was very good about telling us she was likely sick with covid & stayed indoors to talk to us, while we stayed outside.

@PhoenixSerenity it's always good to hear respect and care for people and planet.