Pacific Treefrog tadpoles swimming in Devil's Hole

tree frogs had been singing to each other all spring and now tadpoles are swimming around!

Drosera Rotundifolia, or sundew,are back in the bog!

What do you call an animal that only eats plants? And what do you call a plant that will only eat animals?
Drosera Rotundifolia is emerging now in the bog.  It's getting ready to devour mosquitos and other small insects.

Bunchberry, Labrador Tea and Arctic Starflower are blooming in the bog

bunchberry

labrador tea, traditional medicine for the Musqueam people

rare arctic starflower prefers the low nutrient environments of  bogs at this latitude.

Bin day!! June 7

Come one come all!  We are having yet another Bin day on June 7.  We need an army of volunteers to move branches, stumps, bushes from the invasive species pile into the big bin.  Come and join us.  Bring a tea mug and garden gloves! Click here for a map to get to Camosun bog

Slaying stumps and moving monster roots!

Hope to see as many as possible this Saturday even though it is a long weekend. We are almost finished removing all the big roots from the South East corner of the bog. We will concentrate on removing the nutrient rich top soil,exposing the peat and getting the area ready for planting. The attached pictures show the crews who finally removed the "monster root". Great job.

Regards.

Gerry

Birdsong at the edge of the bog

Birds in the hemlock forest at the bog's edge. The sounds are lovely during our work party

Tree frogs in the bog!!!

Tree frogs sang a chorus during our work party while we cleared salal, stumps and polytrichum.  We could hear them sing loudly, but they remained hidden from view.

Blossoming vacciniums

Blueberry flowers

Huckleberry buds are under these leaves

More blueberries. Each of these pink flowers will become a blueberry for summer snacking during work parties!