Here’s a ditch that the city scraped out last spring. It has grown back with watercress, as you can see, probably from contaminated equipment. But look at it! Growing away despite the […]
Wild Watercress for the Okanagan
And Then Comes the Hawk
So, you’re gushing over the watercress of springtime … … and who should come but some old friends you knew on the plateau years back … The Bohemian Waxwings Are Here! As […]
The Urban Planning Paradox
Without planning, there is chaos. Goose and Gull Chaos Oh, wait, maybe it’s with planning that there’s chaos. Okanagan Paradise A park bench, a valley view, and the grassland hill behind. Might it be […]
Mom is Poisonous But We Love Her Still
What do potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, petunias, jack o’lantern plants, ground cherries, tomatilos, and chilies have in common? Mom! Common Nightshade. BX District. Look at these variations in colour. Talk about a […]
You Want to Know What Cold Looks Like?
It looks like this! Brrrr! This is why heat-loving foreign plants like tomatoes can be supplemented in this landscape by ones that like the cold and think the heat is bad news, […]
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