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🌱 Fall is a terrific time to put plants in the ground! 🌱
Whether it's by seed, plug, or transplant, now is an opportune time. Between the plants entering into a phase of dormancy—which helps cope with the disturbance of being planted—and the winter rains watering them in for months, plants that go in the ground now will be that much more prepared for the summer heat next year.
Do you plan on putting any plants in the ground this autumn, or have you already? We'd love to hear about it!
It's an enriching activity that helps warm up the body during this otherwise wet and cold season, and it can provide inspiration throughout the winter that something will be sprouting up in the spring thanks to you.
And who knows how much your efforts will enrich the landscape for generations to come!
What a warming thought to have to hold onto as we go further into the Big Dark.
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🔥 This video was recorded on the ferry last fall, and we've been thinking about fire on the landscape since then. 🔥
Between bonfires to get rid of brush, prescribed burns that do their best to mimic historic cultural burns, and even some wildfires that have occurred in the islands, what do you think of when you see smoke coming out of a forested landscape?
What thoughts or effects come up in your life?
Are you worried or inspired? Do you feel prepared for or knowledgeable about fire behavior?
We'd love to hear your thoughts, experiences, and dreams about what fire in the islands means to you.
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I reflexively worry when I see smoke rising up out of forests Imagine the worst till it’s obviously ok Personal experience = burn barrel in January on side of Mt Ben SJI The barrel turned out to be in bad shape with little flames coming out the bottom and some ground blackberry caught. I had totally panicked visions of flames massively spreading down the mountain as I put the fire out. I was a lone late middle aged woman and I never burned by myself again
Someone is burning wet wood in their fireplace
These slugs are bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Okay, they aren’t actual bananas, but they have a certain appeal! These gastropods have an intersection of cuteness and curiosity that can bring out childlike wonder in the best of us. So much so that Pacific Banana Slugs are the most observed species of terrestrial slugs on iNaturalist, the community science app.
Pacific Banana Slugs are the largest terrestrial slug in North America, with lengths up to 10 inches, and are the only Banana Slug to live outside of California. These creatures inch along the moist, cool, coastal forest floors by secreting mucus from a pedal gland and then contracting their muscular “foot” to move over it, leaving a shiny trail of past explorations. Even if you don’t see the Banana Slug itself, you can still see its story!
What fun Banana Slug story do you have to share?
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A huge one I found out trail running a few years ago. Wish I could have seen it stretched out. Probably the largest I’ve seen in over 50 years on the Salish Sea trails.
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