<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:19:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@janamclaughlin/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[First Time Motorcycle Camping! Cowican River, BC]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can finally check "motorcycle camping" off my to-do list! Last weekend I camped with my bike for the first time. I've been on overnights but never had to carry all my camping gear. I was pretty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motorcycles/@janamclaughlin/first-time-motorcycle-camping-cowican-river-bc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motorcycles/@janamclaughlin/first-time-motorcycle-camping-cowican-river-bc</guid><category><![CDATA[motorcycles]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChaAaRBEHPGh8XaixFoerh9wnrz77LVSv9J1HUKEQdqyuZxuA573nEqiFspmBC3HXggJmwS5gSLNwwDVG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permaculture Plants: Perovskia, Russian Sage! Food, Medicine, Beauty and more....]]></title><description><![CDATA[This plant is amazing! I wanted to write about Perovskia, or Russian Sage, just because it is so stunningly beautiful, but once I started looking into its other properties I was blown away. As you can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/permaculture-plants-perovskia-russian-sage-food-medicine-beauty-and-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/permaculture-plants-perovskia-russian-sage-food-medicine-beauty-and-more</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1fSsTsWVXiSiZ5RCMMXYn5jxiJbuyRA8TAmiEqFzAETYmURHQoVsYg8jW9m5GzUJnRfdbnuNdoCPhjATpz2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kehena Nights - poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kehena Nights I pray to become content in boring routine let days fly past while my life turns to stone let the world’s troubles wash over me Drown out all sorrows with TV I dreamt I got the real settlement]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@janamclaughlin/kehena-nights-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@janamclaughlin/kehena-nights-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:21:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCoV9UZngWfdYzBuU3nMLBNtN8xgcfppxfYLL19SBdDmnGjc5kCdjroXSoQjYuJQMKLTGujoUWmi2FuLMhGPj3LbQ37CL3HabE9TybPSeWpN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crop Real Estate - time, space, value]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just want to speak a moment about crop "real estate." By that I mean how much space and time a crop takes up. See this cabbage? (Cat for scale.) I just cut it and it's not even headed up yet.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@janamclaughlin/crop-real-estate-time-space-value</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@janamclaughlin/crop-real-estate-time-space-value</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 15:52:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgGXrYfxa2ToBmb5iBpatPB7CWZ15xYdYjRJWQPJ8jaYVWENLJ1n6MRS1ptyhkQFWtiQtyFdAExDG3RJqWnFUjKFbNvWmuyR5bN9QkYwedsbojvzrL5mqg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give Thanks]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've just come in from the garden. It's getting dark. I needed a little time there after a long day of racing, stressful thoughts stemming from a Facebook convo with friends about climate change doom and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/give-thanks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/give-thanks</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:43:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaAfMXbAeu9xkHbaCvMxgdZj4MygxmkmRoTHbn3tT9ZJkSg6yq6wf1CdL8S6ekd1QnJFjUZmCSZ6n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Day Hike in Victoria, BC!  Saanich Inlet, Jocelyn Hill, Gowland Tod]]></title><description><![CDATA[Looking across to the Malahat & Hwy 1. Yesterday my husband and I hiked Holmes Peak and Jocelyn Hill, part of the Gowland-Tod Park just outside Victoria, BC. We'd never been up there before and I really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@janamclaughlin/great-day-hike-in-victoria-bc-saanich-inlet-jocelyn-hill-gowland-tod</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@janamclaughlin/great-day-hike-in-victoria-bc-saanich-inlet-jocelyn-hill-gowland-tod</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 16:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnog7PztYscaAKCsspDwxt6zsUpiUDUFdEjN82UXn9PYxwEQCVNqZwyPrSqNa9YGBdPvCb7ZdNjY5ZLYrVKuV4btXvv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permaculture Plants: Self Heal, Prunella vulgaris]]></title><description><![CDATA[I treasure the blooming of beautiful Prunella vulgaris - Self Heal. It's a wild, non-native around here, that shows up along roads and paths and in garden beds. This is one of those plants that puts into]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/permaculture-plants-self-heal-prunella-vulgaris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/permaculture-plants-self-heal-prunella-vulgaris</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDC2cS9atB7FJyEZpmEMcKNkUJBMixqmYmoJURMHVMUmQ6VQqNPAeNWzjvS1MejRjjgdXGS3rvrxymUzWnqc26HPcr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Kingsnorth: "why can't we imagine how the land feels?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just wanted to share this article from Paul Kingsnorth from last year. It really spoke to me; I think this disconnection from place and nature is one of our biggest sources of pain today. This is what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@janamclaughlin/paul-kingsnorth-why-can-t-we-imagine-how-the-land-feels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@janamclaughlin/paul-kingsnorth-why-can-t-we-imagine-how-the-land-feels</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 01:25:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permaculture Plants: Thimbleberries - My Favorite Berry!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find my first thimbleberries of the year! Rubus parviflorus is my favourite berry, a little like a wild raspberry, and a bit tart. They are only available during]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/permaculture-plants-thimbleberries-my-favorite-berry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/permaculture/@janamclaughlin/permaculture-plants-thimbleberries-my-favorite-berry</guid><category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:19:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1fSsTsWVXiSiZ5RCMMXYn5jxiJbuyRA8TAmiEqFzAETYmURHQoVsYg8jW9m5GzTKzoHKHVVYZDmGd9CQWCE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common Gardening Mistakes - Landscape Fabric!]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is one thing that makes me shudder when a new client shows me their garden: landscape fabric. Gardens that use fabric often have predictable and avoidable problems and as a first step I usually recommend]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@janamclaughlin/common-gardening-mistakes-landscape-fabric</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gardening/@janamclaughlin/common-gardening-mistakes-landscape-fabric</guid><category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 16:17:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgMNZ6nH3oB6Xa1BXLi9TDvzwsMzDF37dtaPFKmtqMMq41y8qvis98gyYYMg6HV9eNoRrjau3Z4jpia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farmers' Market Bounty - easy vegetarian dinner]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went to a new farmers' market in town this morning. 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You fill the spaces we don’t see mingle with sea blush and look to your neighbors Perhaps the bees will visit you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@janamclaughlin/to-the-sky-from-the-bluffs-a-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@janamclaughlin/to-the-sky-from-the-bluffs-a-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[janamclaughlin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:21:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W71zzwkiHXDN4nKWWyU8Rx5nJ1temEg94vHAnMpF1cLb3D45g3fxfE133xtJGDbSLrRcgBMevFSwrK7VtCS4VQ5FYHZJwVpoedWC9RgcCSymTCkCFuuTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes from the Forest - poetry and writings on gardening, nature and permaculture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings! My name is Jana McLaughlin. I'm a writer and gardener living in the forests of WSÁNEĆ territory (Victoria, BC). 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