Notices by Ms. Que Banh (phoenixserenity@beige.party)

More orange & yellow cherry tomatoes.

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One of my 6 bush cucumber plants, growing out of old car tires. Tires are lined with rocks & wood chips & filled with homemade soil mix. All of the plants have cucumbers growing on them. This one has 6 cukes growing from it. You can see 3 of them in this photo.

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I'd like to do a song of great social and political gardening import
It goes a little something like this.

Oh Lord, won't you buy me(or find me a free) baby tram
My friends all have raised beds, I must make a different plan
Worked hard all my lifetime, with some help from some friends
So, Lord, won't you buy me(or find me a free) baby tram.

Thanks, Janis Joplin. I fucked up the lyrics on purpose for gardening passion.

#lyrics #Rewritten

Daydreamed about converting an old fashioned baby buggy into a raised bed planter for baby bok choy.
I haven't found a free, broken, old fashioned baby buggy yet to realize this gardening daydream.

*photo is from the internet*

You're probably addicted to gardening if:

- you look at almost everything that can hold any soil as a possible planter.
- you choose hanging out with your plants over going to a people party
- seeing healthy roots gives you great joy
- you feel mildly upset when people call soil, dirt
- talk to your plants like they're friends & play music for them
- hold small funerals for beloved plants that die
- apologize to seedlings that are sacrificed to compost during thinning out

Just some signs that you are really, really into #gardening 💚👩🌾

I received just under $19 from last donation (anything donated via PayPal or Kofi takes fees from funds donated).
I am still far from first goal of $600 CAD for Mom's advanced cataract lenses. Please see my pinned post.

Earlier today. Getting excited busting open compressed straw bale.

😀

Please support #RebuildOurHealthcare campaign.
https://www.rebuildourhealthcare.ca/

#CDNpoli #ABpoli #Medicare #PublicHealth #Canadian #healthcare #SayNo

My first year trying to grow #corn.

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My Thai peppers are finally producing flowerbuds. They'd have flowered & fruited by now, if I had kept them in greenhouse longer. I wanted to see how they would do, outdoors - moved out early. Next year, I'm not moving them out of greenhouse until mid July.

#peppers #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

Two of my Chinese jade #cucumbers.

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Been busy juggling work/client appointments, Mom's medical appointments, community volunteering tasks & maintaining our gardens. Mom's arthritis has been bad the past week so she's been out of commission. Mom's getting more blood work done tomorrow morning; liver enzymes test. August 4th, we meet with her liver specialist again to go over recent abdominal MRI/discuss her liver disease & possible treatments.
The ophthalmologist office just called about her first cataract surgery. We agreed to use their test evaluation advanced lenses for reduced cost of $600. The hospital fees are covered by Pharmacare but the advanced lens costs aren't. BC Pharmacare only covers basic cataract lenses & Mom needs advanced ones. She will need her 2nd eye done, 3-4 weeks after getting the first - it is same cost of $600.
Dr. Pedago will be doing Mom's cataract surgeries. He's diligent with masking up.

I need some help with public donations to cover the costs of her cataract lenses. I'm taking a week off work, after each of her eye surgeries, to ensure she's safe/recovers well.

If you're able to assist with a donation to help us pay for Mom's cataract lenses, please use my PayPal link in bio or QR code or if you're in Canada, please etransfer donation instead :
quebanhincedar@gmail.com

Total donations needed by August 10th: $600.
Total donations needed by August 31st, an additional $600.

Please boost to help us, if you're unable to donate any funds.
#medical #cataracts #fundraiser #EyeSurgery #mutualaid

@mayintoronto @kaosk @marcia

Day 1 of group fun adventures that I've organized during May's visit to the island.

11am -> Harbour ferries tour (45 minutes)
12:30pm -> Walking tour & fruits sampling at Welland (30 minutes)
1:30pm -> Sea Cider farm visit (30 minutes - 1 hr)
2:30 -> Picnic eats/drinks at Island View beach. Driftwood hut building fun, rock skipping competition, art on beach stuff. (2-3 hours)
Back to my backyard gardens for early evening group BBQ before ending the day.

@mayintoronto @kaosk @marcia
Day 2:

Head out to Muir Creek beach at 10am.
Stop at Big Dog Brewery to grab some drinks/snacks.
Berrypicking, marine fossils finding, beachcombing, possible fire making on beach & picnic lunch. Seafood beach harvesting, depending on tides. Sandcastle building fun.
I may teach some basic bark weaving on the beach. I'll bring some fun outdoors/art stuff too. We will drop crab & prawn traps in Sooke on the way out & hopefully find some fresh seafood to share, on way back. If we luck out, we will cook & eat in my backyard before wrapping up day 2.

I'm seeking recommendations for wearable medical alert device that has remote trackable GPS. Mom likes going on solo long walks. I want to get her a better medical alert device, just in case of emergencies, when she's out on her long walks alone. Due to her age & multiple chronic health issues, I'd feel more assured if Mom had a trackable medical alert device.

*We are anti-Apple & Google products.
*We are an anti-GenAI household. We are seeking only remote alerts for emergency purposes only.

*Do not advise any contact with cops for this.

Have a great Thursday 💐
I'm heading off to work for the next 7 hours✌️
Enjoy some photos from our gardens 😊

#Summer #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #FlowersIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #WhatsBlooming #lilies #poppies

Poppies are budding & blooming out, daily, in July 🥰

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Top photo taken yesterday, early evening.
Same poppy, about 12 hours later, has bloomed 😊

#Summer #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #flowers #botanical #plants #garden #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGardens #WhatsInMyGarden #WhatsBlooming #poppy

Proudly hated by cowardly dipshits.
Another shirt I need made 😃