Spring on Gabriola means swamp lanterns (skunk cabbage) will be blooming in shady streams and wetlands all over the island. Today we wandered into such a stream, more or less by accident, and had to wade though it to get out of the woods again. There were thousands and thousands of these plants, each a [...]
I was in the Elder Cedar Nature Reserve today, marvelling at the skunk cabbages now in bloom. Aren’t they stunning? The Tri-City news published a fascinating article about this plant the other day: Ode to the skunk cabbage. Early First Nations people knew that cooking skunk cabbage leaves and roots in many changes of water [...]
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Look! Gabriola’s skunk cabbages have emerged from swampy ground, and are starting to grow: a perfect west coast sign of spring. You know that bend in North Road as you go from the village and approach Horseshoe? Just before the road straightens out, look to the right and you’ll see skunk cabbages next to the [...]
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