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SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN4226-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>twinflower</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN7360-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pearly everlasting</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN1438-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sword fern at Cowichan Lake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN7709-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kinnikinnick</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN3599-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild ginger</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_5265-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aster</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSCN3899-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>redwood sorrel</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-08T18:46:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/10/25/shaggy-mushroom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn6198.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coprinus comatus, shaggy mane 4 days later</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dscn6197.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coprinus comatus, shaggy mane 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SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-07T19:24:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/11/24/strawberry-tree-vs-urban-deer/</loc><lastmod>2024-11-07T19:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/07/30/july-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9029t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blacktail fawn deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9028t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blacktail fawn deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9008-1-e1563667432519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer scat</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9018-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping buttercup</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping buttercup</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping buttercup</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild clover</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>selfheal</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clover selfheal meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn9003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer grazing on clover buttercup selfheal meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-04T19:14:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/01/18/winter-jasmine-suspicions/</loc><lastmod>2024-11-04T19:10:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/12/27/winter-jasmine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dscn9652t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter jasmine,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dscn9651t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter jasmine,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dscn9650t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter jasmine,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dscn9649t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter jasmine,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dscn9646t-e1579300592823.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter jasmine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-04T19:08:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/08/03/verbascum-challenges/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pa200933t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum  in the Okanagan</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4594t-e1596479729909.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum thapsus, great mullein,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4580t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum thapsus, great mullein</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4387t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum thapsus, great mullein</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4386t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum thapsus, great mullein</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4138t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4137t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn4136t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/06-f-grand-moulein-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>verbascum thapsus, great mullein</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_7202t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>our verbascum in flower</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-04T19:05:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/08/13/creeping-bellflower-campanula-rapunculoides/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/p7260606t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping bellflower cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/p7260605t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping bellflower in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_7873t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping bellflower at camosun</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/img_7871t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>creeping bellflower in pavement crack behind fence</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-04T19:02:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2023/02/19/winter-wet/</loc><lastmod>2024-11-04T19:00:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2024/01/19/autumn-red-hots-for-months/</loc><lastmod>2024-11-04T18:59:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2024/01/23/snowdrops-survived-deep-shade/</loc><lastmod>2024-11-04T18:59:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/12/28/iris-foetidissima-through-four-seasons/</loc><lastmod>2024-11-04T18:51:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/11/01/forsythia-through-four-seasons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p1010886.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ws - Forsythia 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SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p4121324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ws - Forsythia in April</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p3310289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cu - forsythia in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-20T02:49:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/05/31/leopards-bane-through-the-seasons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn9562t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane emerges in October</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn8769t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn8660t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn8912t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard'sbane in summer dormancy under the cherry tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn0662t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn0661t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn0660t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn0658t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn0351t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dscn0348t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leopard's bane in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-04T18:31:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/08/22/gathering-seed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p8290559.jpg</image:loc><image:title>garry oak in leaf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn1444.jpg</image:loc><image:title>amaranth seed-head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn1443.jpg</image:loc><image:title>amaranth seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn1442.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1442</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dscn1441.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GB's stand of Amaranth</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-03T17:46:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/01/23/apple-blossom-camellia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/apple-blossom-camellia-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apple-blossom-camellia-3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/apple-blossom-camellia-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apple-blossom-camellia-1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-03T05:37:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/10/01/5-more-shades-of-pink/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa022506-e1468182378500.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japanese Anemone in drought, blooming in October</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pb100990-e1468183638586.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japanese Anemone blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/p9200774-e1468184949904.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japanese Anemone blooming in September</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9112399.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WS - Sedum, Autumn Joy</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-03T05:32:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/10/03/hooray-for-naked-ladies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pa010851.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nerine Lilies along a Victoria path</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-087.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Naked Ladies in a California ditch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-11-03T05:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/08/03/embracing-the-easy-japanese-anemone/</loc><lastmod>2024-09-11T17:40:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/06/01/chestnut-trees/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p5211739.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chestnut lined street (behind Hillside Mall)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p5211738.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chestnut bloom 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p5211737.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chestnut</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p5211736.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chestnut bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p5211740.jpg</image:loc><image:title>one of these chestnuts is not like the others</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-08-29T18:24:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/01/31/red-hot-pokers-in-winter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn6414tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red hot poker bloom in late January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn6416tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red hot poker bloom in late January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/dscn6373tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red hot pokers 1 day after snow melt</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-04-08T19:36:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/05/13/playfairs-camas-in-bloom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6993.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great camas</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6619.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shooting star bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6794.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pacific sanicle bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Western Buttercup bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6821.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seablush</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6837.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spring Gold</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn6859.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chocolate Lily</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn7014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yellow Montane Violet</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn7017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yellow Montane Violet</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dscn7011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Playfair Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-31T17:38:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2024/03/30/native-wild-flowers-in-march/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/img_4431-382429588-e1711475569598.jpg</image:loc><image:title>white fawn lily at Thetis Lake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-31T00:25:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/05/27/lithodora-drought-tolerance/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dscn0580-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lithodora in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2365.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lithodora in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dscn2425.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lithodora in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dscn0556.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lithodora in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/dscn0403.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lithodora in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lithodora</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-03-25T17:18:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2024/02/01/silk-tassel-bush-garrya-elliptica/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-29T17:36:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/02/16/snowdrops-january-gems/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2050991.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p1010979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops in grass</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T16:06:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/01/02/joy-in-the-new-year/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p4140037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the frosty fence line in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p4140018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the first cyclamen coum bloom  of the season  at the turn of the new year</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T16:04:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/01/24/snowdrop-variations/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9d-galanthus-mystery-49tp-e1548353717954.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9d galanthus mystery 49tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9d-galathus-mystery-tp-e1548353537952.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9d galathus mystery 48tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9c-galanthus-elwesii-poculiformis-69tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9c galanthus elwesii poculiformis 69tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9c-galanthus-elwesii-poculiformis-67tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9c galanthus elwesii poculiformis 67tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9a-galanthus-plicatus-wendys-gold-66tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9a galanthus plicatus wendy's gold 66tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9a-galanthus-plicatus-wendys-gold-062tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9a galanthus plicatus wendy's gold 062tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/8a-galanthus-nivalis-poculiformis-61tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8a galanthus nivalis poculiformis 61tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/7-g-nivalis-bagpuize-virginia-59tp-e1548293239417.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 galanthus nivalis bagpuize virginia 59tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/6b-galanthus-st-annes-57tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6b galanthus st annes 57tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/6a-galanthus-st-annes-56tp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6a galanthus st anne's 56tp</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T16:02:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/03/12/meadow-blooms-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3241295.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chionodoxa - Glory of Snow meadow behind Dunlop House</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3191262.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chionodoxa - Glory of Snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3241301.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chionodoxa - Glory of Snow in rock crevice</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3241296.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chionodoxa - Glory of Snow near Dunlop House</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T15:59:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2023/02/26/winter-aconite-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_0794.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter aconite &amp; snowdrops in early February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T20:50:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/02/29/summit-park-crocus-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn9846t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus bloom Summit Park t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn9852t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus bloom t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn9849t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus bloom Summit Park t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn9844t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus bloom Summit Park t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn9841t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus bloom t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T20:25:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/04/09/meadow-blooms-4-fawn-lily/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3 x fawn lily at Beacon Hill Park</image:title><image:caption>phot by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033771.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fawn Lily bloom &amp; leaf CU</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033769.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fawn Lily meadow at Beacon Hill Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T20:00:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/05/13/meadow-blooms-5-camas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0265.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camas at Mt. Tolmie Park 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0268.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camas  blooms cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camas at Mt. Tolmie Park 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4270053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camas bloom cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4270052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camas Meadow - Beacon Hill Park 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4270051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camas Meadow - Beacon Hill Park 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4270049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camas Meadow - Beacon Hill Park 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-26T01:34:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/01/13/snowdrop-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn2488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>an acre of snowdrops at the Fireside Grill</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeeking</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn2493.jpg</image:loc><image:title>an acre of snowdrops at the Fireside Grill</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dscn2490.jpg</image:loc><image:title>an acre of snowdrops at the Fireside Grill</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T19:46:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/04/25/meadow-blooms-7-wild-violets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6879.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violets in lawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6882.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violets</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6884.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violets</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violets</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dscn6623.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violets in lawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_2718.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violets in lawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T19:42:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/01/31/january-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn8043tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn8064-e1548965025980.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cyclamen coum, in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn8053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter aconite, cyclamen, snowdrops January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn8052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis, winter aconite, cyclamen, snowdrops January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dscn8051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis, winter aconite in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T19:35:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/03/17/daffodil-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p4033774t-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p3260499t-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p3260497t-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2520t-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils</image:title><image:caption>photo by BE Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dscn3180t-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T19:31:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/03/05/meadow-blooms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p2221173.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the crocus meadow in 2012</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pb022711.jpg</image:loc><image:title>12 mnths after dandelion digging</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p2133338.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crocus in lawn 2013 b</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSEekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p2133339.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crocus in lawn 2013</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-27T00:32:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/11/07/nature-improves-urban-life/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9072363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Atrium rain gardens</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9072371.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Atrium rain gardens - nature assisting urban life</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9072366.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Atrium rain garden - separating pedestrians from vehicle traffic</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9072365.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Atrium rain gardens - parking &amp; street drains into ditch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p9072372.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Atrium rain gardens - ditch grate</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-19T19:45:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/06/15/broad-leaved-stonecrop-sedum-spathulifolium/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn6489tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>broad leaved stonecrop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn6485tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>broad leaved stonecrop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sedum-spath-bloom-tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>broad leaved stonecrop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn6515tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>broad leaved stonecrop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-19T19:36:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/07/16/hens-and-chicks-roosters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pc042933.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hens &amp; chicks on the rocks</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pb022739.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cu hens &amp; chicks on rocks</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7200598.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hens &amp; chicks cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by svseekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p6290460.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hens and chicks and ????</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-19T19:31:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/05/19/landscape-a-driveway/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-27T17:26:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/05/14/changing-the-message-willows-beach-portal/</loc><lastmod>2022-10-01T22:58:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/05/10/spring-wildflower-walk-pacific-northwest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3374-e1462936065733.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salmonberry shrub coming into leaf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3373-e1462936104116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salmonberry flower</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3365.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mice tails inside douglas fir cone</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>western trillium bloom extreme cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3361-e1462936149672.jpg</image:loc><image:title>western trillium ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3360-e1462936447910.jpg</image:loc><image:title>western trillium patch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3357-e1462936516815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow violet</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3352.jpg</image:loc><image:title>calypso orchid</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3350-e1462936615525.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fawnn lily meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/dscn3346.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salal - with the pollen shaken off</image:title><image:caption>salal - with the pollen shaken off  -photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-11T17:39:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/04/30/pink-trillium/</loc><lastmod>2022-05-01T04:01:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/03/29/perennial-hanging-basket/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-30T04:10:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/02/02/dangerous-intersection/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-rhodo-downtown.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rhododendron in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/camelia-at-ld.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1283266.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snowdrops - January 31, 2013</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-01T07:37:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/12/31/early-snowdrops/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bm-narcissis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daffodil blooming mid December at Deep Cove Chalet</image:title><image:caption>photo by Bonnie Manning</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscn0194.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated camellia blooming in mid February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscn2179.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops blooming at Abkhazi Garden November 20, 2015</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-01T07:35:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/02/18/another-snowdrop-meadow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2403t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrop meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2402t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrop meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_2401t-e1582053192960.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrop meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-01T07:28:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/02/28/west-saanich-snowdrop-meadow/</loc><lastmod>2022-03-01T08:03:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/02/22/forsythia-forcing-indoors/</loc><lastmod>2022-02-23T00:33:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/01/29/witch-hazel/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-30T05:45:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/04/30/wild-violets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_6941t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild violet root system</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_6959t-e1588357039104.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dogwood Eddie's White Wonder tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-11T20:26:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/02/23/cardamine-hirsuta-hairy-bittercress-weed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hairy-bittercress-1-png1-e1518825300666.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hairy bittercrest, weed, Cardimine hirsuta</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bittercrest-dscn2811png.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hairy bittercrest, weed, Cardimine hirsuta</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bittercrest-dscn2809png.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hairy bittercrest, weed, Cardimine hirsuta</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bittercrest-dscn2808png.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hairy bittercrest, weed, Cardimine hirsuta</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-11T20:19:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/05/18/purple-salsify/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-11T20:17:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/05/29/digging-bluebells/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscn8832t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscn8637t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscn8629t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_4316t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_4320t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-11T20:13:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/08/01/wall-lettuce-mycelis-muralis/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-11T20:11:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2022/01/06/yellow-flowering-onion/</loc><lastmod>2022-01-11T19:51:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/07/17/welcoming-more-nodding-onion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn8982tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nodding onion</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn8980tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nodding onion</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dscn8979tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nodding onion</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-01-07T01:22:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/10/30/monkey-puzzle-envy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/p2183515-1-e1635614839547.jpg</image:loc><image:title>monkey puzzle tree 2014</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-10T23:42:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/11/30/common-snowberry/</loc><lastmod>2021-12-10T22:05:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/01/14/early-camelia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1130241.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia bloom, january</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1130240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia buds, january ms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p4301521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, courtyard, may cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p4301522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, courtyard, may ms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p5200003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, courtyard, may ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p3163550.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, march, near the YM-YWCA, , ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p3163549.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, march, near the YM-YWCA, , ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p2163453.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, february, at the legislature, ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p2163452.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia, february, at the legislature, cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/camelia-at-ld.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camellia in december,  at LD downtown</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-11-15T19:36:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/09/30/white-stonecrop-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dscn3278-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Licorice fern; Sedum album hanging basket</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-01T05:51:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/07/22/white-stonecrop-hanging-basket/</loc><lastmod>2021-09-21T14:25:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/08/06/wild-ginger/</loc><lastmod>2021-08-03T22:00:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/07/18/smile-of-the-day-4/</loc><lastmod>2021-07-18T17:22:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/04/22/canadas-dogwood-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dscn0291t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dogwood Eddie's White Wonder tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dscn0290t-e1588357197557.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dogwood Eddie's White Wonder tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dscn0289t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dogwood Eddie's White Wonder tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-30T22:40:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/06/27/kneeling-in-comfort/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0855t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tough shell hiking pants with full leg zippers,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0721t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Logger pants - viewed inside out</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/linda-c.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>garden weeding the hard way</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/svt.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>garden weeding the more comfortable way</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0705t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foam kneeling pad</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0706t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>folding kneeling bench</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0707t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gel knee pads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0709t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foam knee pads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0713t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foam knee pads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dscn0714t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gel knee pads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-30T22:17:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/03/31/street-library-parade/</loc><lastmod>2021-06-30T21:49:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/06/30/great-camas-in-bloom/</loc><lastmod>2021-06-30T19:44:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/04/30/swamp-lantern-lysichiton-americanus/</loc><lastmod>2021-05-02T16:40:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/04/23/street-library-in-grande-prairie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2080.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Book Barn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2079.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Book Barn -ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2078.jpg</image:loc><image:title>street library</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>street library</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2081</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2129.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2129</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2128.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2128</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2127.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2127</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2126.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2126</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn2125.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2125</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T19:56:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/12/06/nix-the-lawn-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1012878.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fence-line cupboard</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1012877.jpg</image:loc><image:title>book sharing cupboard 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1012881.jpg</image:loc><image:title>funky front yard</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1012882.jpg</image:loc><image:title>front yard book exchange</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T19:55:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/12/29/public-offerings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pb062817.jpg</image:loc><image:title>park side sharing closet</image:title><image:caption>photo by 
svseekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T19:53:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/02/09/street-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303115.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street - creative front yard A</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street - creative front yard B</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303129.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street pet crossing 5</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303128.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street pet crossing 4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303126.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street pet crossing 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303124.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street pet crossing 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303127.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street pet crossing 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303122.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street Library 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303119.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street Library 4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303118.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clare Street Library 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T19:52:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/01/25/dragon-alley-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3769.jpg</image:loc><image:title>private - here be dragons</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3768.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dragon alley library 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3767.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dragon alley library 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-31T19:51:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/03/01/building-a-privacy-trellis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2008-summer-09-15-170-e1614636681253.jpg</image:loc><image:title>privacy trellis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn0507.jpg</image:loc><image:title>privacy trellis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn0503.jpg</image:loc><image:title>privacy trellis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2008-summer-09-15-173-e1614638258745.jpg</image:loc><image:title>privacy trellis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2008-summer-09-15-168-e1614579580525.jpg</image:loc><image:title>privacy trellis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/p6040005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clematis montana in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/p9140297.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clematis Montana on fence</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-02T00:13:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/12/28/winter-winner-viburnum-bodnantense/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5625t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum pink dawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn5624t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum pink dawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn0181t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum bodnantense</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn0180t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum bodnantense</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dscn0178t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum bodnantense</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pa230950t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall color of Viburnum pink dawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pa022477t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall color of  Viburnum pink dawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p9240635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forsythia (far left), Viburnum Pink Dawn (center) in sept</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1010876.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum, spring dawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1010834.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viburnum bodnantense in December</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T19:03:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/01/17/winter-blooming-hepatica/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1639-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hepatica 3-lobed leaf in winter</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1638.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hepatica blooming mid</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hepatica bloom in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1636.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hepatica bloom in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn0866.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hepatica 3 lobed leaf in summer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T18:55:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/02/15/winter-iris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dscn2501.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris unguicularis, winter blooming allgerian iris,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-18T15:22:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2021/01/31/winters-fragrant-sweetbox-sarcococca/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_9028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweetbox blooming in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1617.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweetbox blooming in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1615.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweetbox blooming in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1612.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweetbox blooming in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dscn1611.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sweetbox blooming in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T18:44:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/11/30/orange-candleflower/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dscn0923.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arum Italicum, seedhead beefore maturaty</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dscn1082-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arum italicum seed head below mailbox</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dscn1455-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arum italicum seed head meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dscn2182.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arum italicum leaves at HCP</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dscn1455.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arum italicum seed head meadow at government house</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dscn1458.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arum italicum berries</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-18T04:49:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/12/31/jade-tree-blooming/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_7808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jade tree new growth</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_7807.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jade tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dscn1492.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jade tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dscn1477.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jade tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dscn1475.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jade tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dscn1469.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jade tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dscn1473-t2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1473-t2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dscn1466-t2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1466-t2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-01T00:21:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/10/28/smile-of-the-day-3/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-28T13:58:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/10/25/rutting-season/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/img_8664-1-e1603572275946.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ws Deer Antlers vs fencing 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-26T02:49:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/06/30/cyclamen-seedpods/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5299tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen seedpod</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pb160102tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen  seedlings</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pb160101tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen corm</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5193tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen seedpods</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dscn2515tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1640tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1639tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1638tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-13T17:00:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/04/24/mt-tolmies-camas-in-bloom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4140658.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early camas bloom Mt. Tolmie 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4140657-e1398372090168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early camas bloom Mt. Tolmie, 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4140656.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early camas bloom Mt. Tolmie 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4140655.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early camas bloom Mt. Tolmie 4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4140653.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early camas bloom Mt. Tolmie 5</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-18T04:43:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/06/03/camas-identification/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great camas after bloom</image:title><image:caption>Great Camas photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1019.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great Camas along Uplands Park path</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a white camas - not a death camas</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Death Camas in Uplands Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Uplands Park Camas meadow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>another camas meadow in Uplands Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blooming camas meadow in Uplands Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>common camas after bloom</image:title><image:caption>Common Camas 
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-18T04:40:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/04/18/april-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4100023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grape hyacinth (muscari)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3230486.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aubretia at Camosun College</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4221481.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Basket of Gold (aurinia)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3163582.jpg</image:loc><image:title>elephant ears (bergenia) in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4301522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Camellia in full bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3260498.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meadow of daffodils at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific 2, garden Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Pacific Northwest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3260496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>meadow of daffodils at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific, garden Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Pacific Northwest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3230488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils at Camosun College, garden Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Pacific Northwest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4030510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>euphorbia in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p3160469.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Japanese Garden on Mayne Island</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-01T06:45:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/03/31/hungry-deer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0227-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated yucca browsed by deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0226-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated yucca browsed by deer t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0192-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laurel browsed by deer t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0106-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>species tulips - browsed by deer t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0076-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>species tulips - browsed by deer t</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-01T17:05:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/03/22/happy-daffodil-campaign-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sv-by-af.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>SV by AF</image:title><image:caption>SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0072t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my left ear, stitches removed.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dscn0071t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my left ear, stitches removed.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-25T16:57:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/04/20/my-daffodil-campaign/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4161464.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils around Mt. Tolmie garden Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Pacific Northwest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4133799.jpg</image:loc><image:title>multi-blooming daffodils</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033775.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033762.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils in James Bay</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p3243600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daffodils 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc00010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my left ankle - after 1 day</image:title><image:caption>phot by DJ Seekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc00008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the mole on my left ankle</image:title><image:caption>photo by D J Seekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc00004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my RIGHT ankle - 5 years after</image:title><image:caption>photo by DJ Seekins

</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-22T06:18:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/01/04/the-dandelion-dilemma/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fl-003-crocus-02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>purple crocus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1010908.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dandelion Dilema</image:title><image:caption>phot by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-29T23:45:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/10/03/crinum-vs-amaryllis-belladonna/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dscn9241-e1569940012227.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amaryllis belladonna</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dscn9247.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amaryllis belladonna</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dscn9245.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amaryllis belladonna</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dscn9244.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amaryllis belladonna</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-23T22:51:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/09/22/pink-as-a-fall-color/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2014-08-26-16-12-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cu PS' colchicum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2014-08-26-16-11-50.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PS' row of colchicum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9222448.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WS - September colchicum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p7202030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ms- lavatera in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pa080709.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nerine bowdenii october</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p6031775.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ms - spring colchicum circling the birdbath</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9112385.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CU Colchicum grouping</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p8022122.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CU - Japanese Anemone bloom in August</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p9112398.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WS - Japanese Anemone blooming in September</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/p8022119.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MS - Hardy Fuchsia in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-23T22:41:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/11/16/novembers-pink-hesperantha/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn51391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pink Kaffir Lily blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn51401-e1479315539926.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pink Kaffir Lily blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn51381-e1479260250412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pink Kaffir Lily blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/p5200256-e1479257330376.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red Kaffir Lily blooming in spring</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn5139-e1479315231101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pink Kaffir Lily blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn5137-e1479256614445.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pink Kaffir Lily blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-23T20:57:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/06/28/california-poppy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6271930.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California poppy - seed pod</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6271928.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Poppy</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6271927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Poppy - many blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6191885.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Poppy at Snake Rock</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6151875.jpg</image:loc><image:title>single California Poppy bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6141867.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Poppy in gravel path</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T23:39:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/04/20/youthful-blush-of-spring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p40613121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p4121336.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grape hyacinth on hillside</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p4061311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p4061309.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/p4061312.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T21:23:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/11/21/extreme-mulching/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1010777.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Parks Department vacuuming leaves</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1010776.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hauling leaves</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1010773-e1417372555365.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leaf pile along Richmond Rd</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0774.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A shared task makes lighter work</image:title><image:caption>photo by Judy Atkinson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0771.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mulching the boulevard</image:title><image:caption>photo by Judy Atkinson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0767.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leaf mulch - from above</image:title><image:caption>photo by Judy Atkinson</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T21:16:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/06/16/out-for-a-walk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p4141446.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Public Yarn Art 4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p4141445.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Public Yarn Art 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p4141444.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Public Yarn Art 2</image:title><image:caption>photos by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p4141443.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Public Yarn Art 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T21:05:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/02/21/winter-yucca/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p62619121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated yucca w. flower buds</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2051048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated yucca in foreground</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2033275.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yucca in the winter garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pb0226521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yucca in the autumn garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p6031778.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yucca in the spring gardenA</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7312071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yucca in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7312068.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yucca bloom, close up</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7312067.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Yucca bloom, ms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p6261912.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Variegated Yucca  bud stem unfurling</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-11-02T17:35:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/02/24/ideas-from-the-northwest-flower-and-garden-show/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2121101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - goodbye Seattle</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - garden lights</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111099.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - glass ball  planter</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111097.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - bird feeder</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111096.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - bird bath</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111095.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - cold frame</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - jean bird house</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111092.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - brass fountain</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFG - moss purse</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p2111090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NWFGS - moss purse filled</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T19:55:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/01/07/while-we-slept/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1031308.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p3131633.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T19:32:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/06/13/living-wall-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/library-wall-closer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>outdoor plant wall at the Surrey Library 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2011-04-barb-visit-224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vertical Wall Garden inside the Atrium building in Victoria</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6010289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green living wall garden- Edmonton International Airport 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6010287.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green living wall garden- Edmonton International Airport 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-23T04:55:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/05/20/grape-trellis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p7300091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grape vine survives the garage build (grape far right)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p5080068.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the car port (grape far right)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p4121319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>re-positioning the grapevine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p4091316.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the trellis develops</image:title><image:caption>phot by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p4091315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the short cross beams</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p4091314.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the 2nd beam</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p3290060.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dormant grape vine on old garage</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p3241303.jpg</image:loc><image:title>placing the first beam</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/p1010102.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomato bed spring 2007</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2010-09-autumn-073.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomato bed summer 2008</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T18:59:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/01/17/human-sundial/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/clock-p9092375.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sundial at BC's Government House</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2452.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Interactive Sundial 1/4</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303144.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Interactive Sundial 3/4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303143.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Interactive Sundial 2/4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T18:55:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/07/21/deer-repellent/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/deer-potholes-c2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer above the Galloping Goose trail</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p7150011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daylily</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pa100712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer family in our yard 10/11</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p7172016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>home made deer repellent</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p7011959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>just outside the kitchen window....</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6301952.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer pruned the bottom 1/2 of shrub</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6281933.jpg</image:loc><image:title>... and now you don't</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6281932.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daylily Hemerocallis buds - now you see them...</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/deer-home.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer - on the top of our rock</image:title><image:caption>Photo by Maggie Paltridge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p7202024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crocosmia at C and A's</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T18:22:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/05/25/ted-bakers-iris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ted Baker's iris bed</image:title><image:caption>photo by SvSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/a02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ted Baker's iris bed 02</image:title><image:caption>Ted Baker's iris bed</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/a01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ted Baker's iris bed 01</image:title><image:caption>Ted Baker's iris bed </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - Roy Davidson</image:title><image:caption>iris - Roy Davidson
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - dreaming yellow</image:title><image:caption>iris - dreaming yellow
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - sunny and warm</image:title><image:caption>iris - sunny and warm
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - solar fire</image:title><image:caption>iris - solar fire
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - Edith Wolford</image:title><image:caption>iris - Edith Wolford
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - easy</image:title><image:caption>iris - easy
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris - seakrill</image:title><image:caption>iris - seakrill
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T18:15:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/06/28/roadside-veggies-cow-parsnip-indian-celery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn1090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roadside cow parsnip</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn1091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roadside cow parsnip bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roadside cow parsnip</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4092.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roadside cow parsnip</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4094.jpg</image:loc><image:title>roadside cow parsnip bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dscn4095.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cow parsnip leaf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T16:21:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/10/31/alice-in-wonderland-mushrooms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1958</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T16:08:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/08/09/summers-shasta-daisy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p8022075.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shasta Daisy - row along south wall</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p8022072.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shasta Daisy - happy blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p7190038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shasta daisy - flower grouping</image:title><image:caption>photos by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T15:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2006-craig-and-susie-victoria-gothic-e1354386211958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Victoria Gothic</image:title><image:caption>photo by Laurie Grandberg</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-19T00:23:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/12/29/for-the-birds-suet-logs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1010918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suet bird feed ingredients</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1010919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suet bird feed in jars</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1010925.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suet log bird feeder</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T21:46:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2020/01/06/suet-bird-feed-recipe/</loc><lastmod>2020-01-18T21:39:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/02/20/winter-blooming-evergreen-clematis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p4033758t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter blooming evergreen clematis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p4033757t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter blooming evergreen clematis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p4033756t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter blooming evergreen clematis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/p4033754t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter blooming evergreen clematis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn2714t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter blooming evergreen clematis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T17:52:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/02/28/princes-pine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4300t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4296t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4295t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4294t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4268t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn4267t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dscn1130t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prince's pine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T17:47:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/03/29/garden-fence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4278t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4280t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4281t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p5011523t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4150t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salmon wooden fence</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_4151t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>salmon wooden fence</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T17:37:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/04/12/wild-yellow-violets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn3542t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn0746-wa-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, in a  campground in Washington State</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn0745-wa-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, in a  campground in Washington State</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn0744-wa-t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, in a  campground in Washington State</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8340t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, along a trail in Goldstream Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8339t-e1555004556331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, along a trail in Goldstream Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8338t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, along a trail in Goldstream Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8337t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow wood violet, viola glabella, along a trail in Goldstream Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T17:36:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/04/30/horse-chestnut/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1894t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>chestnut conker</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8582t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horse-chestnut</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8580t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horse-chestnut</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dscn8578t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>horse-chestnut</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T17:30:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/05/27/smile-of-the-day-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_4479t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Accessibility Symbol</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_4476t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Accessibility Symbol</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dscn8346t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Strathcona Park, BC, Ralph River Campground</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-18T17:26:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2019/06/24/pondering-public-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/seattle-img_5007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>seattle popsicle public art</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_4763.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saltspring Island field art</image:title><image:caption>photo by 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SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p4221480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>candy tuft ms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p4221479.jpg</image:loc><image:title>candy tuft cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p4221476.jpg</image:loc><image:title>basket of gold (aurinia) ms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2010-04-081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>basket of gold ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-27T23:35:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/02/26/10-february-faves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2143391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jasmine in February</image:title><image:caption>jasmine in February</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2210044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris reticulata</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2223520.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primula</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2223519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primrose</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2223517.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cyclamen Coum, February 2013</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2223518.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cyclamen coum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-27T22:20:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/02/08/february-garden-activities/</loc><lastmod>2019-12-27T22:09:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/12/11/top-5-deer-resistant-early-spring-bulbs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn3128.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cyclamen coum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-27T22:03:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/03/25/meadow-blooms-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4141368.jpg</image:loc><image:title>English Daisy meadow WSOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4141369.jpg</image:loc><image:title>English Daisy meadow CU</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4141370.jpg</image:loc><image:title>English Daisy meadow MS</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-03T18:20:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/03/08/top-5-deer-resistant-mid-spring-bulbs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn3658-e1510623055510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fritillaria meleagris</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p4221483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grape hyacinth, muscari</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn3625.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tulipa saxatilis at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-17T23:58:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/05/27/may-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5211741-e1401210947223.jpg</image:loc><image:title>laburnum tree in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5151636.jpg</image:loc><image:title>saxifraga in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5310283.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5160248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lilac, red hot pokers, 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SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-24T00:12:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/11/30/a-place-for-fireweed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn7441-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fireweed in seed cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn4242-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fireweed in bloom cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/dscn7460-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fireweed in seed ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hand-tiny-e1543601448993.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hand tiny</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_0534-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fireweed along coast</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/p7202025-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fireweed in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-12-01T14:52:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/10/31/red-osier-dogwood/</loc><lastmod>2024-08-19T16:54:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/12/31/tomatoes-in-december/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p3270010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomatoes ripening under full spectrum lights mid December</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:30:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/06/24/devils-club/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1100.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1098.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1097.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1096.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:28:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/07/28/surviving-drought-with-rock-rose/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:27:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/08/01/hardy-fuchsia-a-delight-in-july/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:26:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/11/14/geum-macrophyllum-large-leaved-avens/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn4007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum seedhead</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn6094.jpg</image:loc><image:title>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum bloom and seedhead</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn6093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum bloom and seedhead</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn4026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum leaves and seedhead</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn4011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn4008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum seedhead</image:title><image:caption>large-leaved avens, Geum macrophyllum seedhead</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:23:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/04/16/top-5-deer-resistant-late-spring-bulbs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p4133798.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells taking over</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p5151616.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells taking over</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p5011524.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bluebells</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn5196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zantedeschia aethioica,  calla or arum lily</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn5195.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zantedeschia aethioica,  calla or arum lily</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/p6031781.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allium Moly Luteum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn3690-e1510857774288.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dutch Iris, Iris hollandica</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn3159-e1510859437144.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leucojum, summer snowflake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:21:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/06/04/vancouver-groundcone-boschniakia-hookeri/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7151tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vancouver Groundcone</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7115tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vancouver Groundcone</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7113tpng.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vancouver Groundcone</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7109tpng-e1528132318809.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vancouver Groundcone</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-10-23T15:20:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/10/23/devils-club-in-berry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7485.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7484-e1540305086269.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7487-e1540233487181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7452.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn7453.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn4289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dscn4252.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devil"s Club Oplopanax horridus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-02T17:03:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/06/27/bunchberry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1088.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1087.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry blooms aka Cornus canadensis and dwarf dogwood</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dscn1086.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberrygrowing on a stump,  aka Cornus canadensis and dwarf dogwood</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-24T15:21:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/11/03/bunchberry-cornus-canadensis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn4079b-e1478192143795.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn1402b1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry berries beside a log, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn1086-b-e1478190205222.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry blooming on a stump, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn5016b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry in berry, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn5015b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry in berry, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn4276b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry in bloom, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn1404b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry in berry, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dscn1402b-e1478189497312.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry berries beside a log, Cornus canadensis,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-09-24T15:19:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/09/24/burgundy-bunchberry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7684.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry  in autumn color</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dscn7685.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bunchberry  in autumn color</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-10T17:58:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/08/29/deer-proof/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8022112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goldenrod and; shasta daisy</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p5310283.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower - erriophyllum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p4133797.jpg</image:loc><image:title>full sun garden in early april</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p6031782.jpg</image:loc><image:title>full sun garden in early June</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/deer-potholes-c2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer near hiking trail in Sooke</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8200721.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer crossing lawn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8200720.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer in the full sun border</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8200718.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer climbing sparten apple tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8200717.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer under sparten apple tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8200714.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer under gravenstein apple tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-27T17:47:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/06/28/wooly-sunflower-has-staying-power/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7186tiny-e1530115666776.jpg</image:loc><image:title>May blooms in our garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7079tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn7197tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pa120851tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/p5220819tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4256tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn4255tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dscn3843tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wooly sunflower, Eriophyllum lanatum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-27T17:42:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/03/15/satin-flower/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/satin-flower-1-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>satin flower 1- tiny</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/satin-flower-2-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>satin flower 2- tiny</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/satin-flower-3-tiny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>satin flower 3- tiny</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-15T16:45:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/02/14/winter-magic/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5409bt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops galanthus after the big snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5403bt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cyclamen coum in early February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5407bt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter aconite, eranthis in early February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5410bt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops and primula after the big snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5412bt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus after the big snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-16T19:31:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/02/16/indianplum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn2820.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian plum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn2823.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian plum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn2822.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian plum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dscn2826.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian plum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/p4141377.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian plum</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-24T19:09:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/07/29/red-hot-pokers-kniphofia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn1176.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy fuchsia</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn3838.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blooming red hot pokers, kniphofia in May</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn3711.jpg</image:loc><image:title>day lilies blooming through the hardy fuchsia blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4317.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cistus, sunset rock rose</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4318.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cistus, sunset rock rose</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p6281943.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cistus, sunset rock rose</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4348.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yarrow achillea millefolium pomegranate</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn4346.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yarrow achillea millefolium pomegranate</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn1331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yarrow achillea millefolium</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dscn1330.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yarrow achillea millefolium</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-31T15:57:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2018/01/27/gardening-shows-on-youtube/</loc><lastmod>2018-01-29T17:33:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/11/07/sign-of-autumn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn6176-e1510082493382.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tofino Botanical Gardens</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn6107.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tofino Botanical Gardens</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/dscn6194.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tofino potholes</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-07T23:53:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/08/21/solar-eclipse-in-the-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_6116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar eclipse through the leaves</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_6115.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar eclipse through the leaves</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_6114.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar eclipse through the leaves</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-22T19:54:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/11/01/garden-visits-sharing-the-yard-with-urban-deer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/deer-home.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer silhouette</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/deer-kim-stump-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer in forest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/deer-potholes-c2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer on rock cliff  in forest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pa260719.jpg</image:loc><image:title>male deer in front yard at dusk</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pa1007112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer eating russian laurel</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pa1007121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Momma Deer &amp; Bambi</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-19T16:01:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/08/28/bachelor-party-for-urban-deer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1555.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1553.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1550.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1549.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1547.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1545.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1543.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn1556.jpg</image:loc><image:title>black tail deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-07T02:27:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/08/06/deer-take-over-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn5828-e1502070624494.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_5865.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_5862.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn5930.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn5929.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn5928.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dscn5927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer move in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-03-14T14:19:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/07/31/bottlebrush/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p1020005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>recovering bottlebrush</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p71004701.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush blooms cu 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7162012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush blooms cu 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7262047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush blooms cu 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7210514.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush seed head 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7210513.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush seed head 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7100466.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p5110072.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bottlebrush to the right of the pink rhodo</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2010-04-049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>protected bottlebrush</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-21T21:21:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/07/30/a-place-for-crocosmia/</loc><lastmod>2017-02-11T05:05:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2017/02/10/heavy-snow-load/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5402t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer feasting on shrub</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5401t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer feasting on shrub</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5400t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn5400t</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5399t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn5399t</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5398t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn5398t</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5396t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowy scene</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5395t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Yew recovering from the weight of snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5394t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Yew bending under the weight of snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5392t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arbutus unedo recovering from the weight of snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by sVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn5391t.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arbutus unedo bending under the weight of snow</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-11T17:52:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/10/22/october-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pb022712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese lantern</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1012872.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Beauty Berry, Calacarpa</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p8102233.jpg</image:loc><image:title>calendula</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1261417.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy cyclamen</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1261406-e1414002238861.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japanese anemone just keeps going and going into the fall</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p1261376.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberry tree in October</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-13T23:41:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/08/31/august-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pc051118.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oregon Grape berries in august</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pc051081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japanese Anemone in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-01-10-14-25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goji berries at Haultain Common</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pa022562.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tomatoes ripening</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p7150016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hydrangea in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p7260609.jpg</image:loc><image:title>golden rod in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pa060705.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dahlia in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p7272048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crocosmia in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-13T23:36:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/09/22/september-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pc111187.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kaffir Lily &amp; Chrysanthemums </image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pc261263.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connie's Dahlias near Nanoose Bay</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pc231199.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chestnut in seed pods, conkers</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2010-09-autumn-056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>autumn color</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2010-09-autumn-051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lords and Ladies seedheads in September</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9240630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>autumn aster</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9202446.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wine grapes</image:title><image:caption>photos by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9192443.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rudbeckia, black-eyed susan</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9200820.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall cyclamen</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-13T23:33:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/12/27/december-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1010843.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hellebore, crocrosmia &amp; goldenrod seedheads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1010817.jpg</image:loc><image:title>berberis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pc042926.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese lantern in December</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pb022741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>licorice fern</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p2051048.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated yucca</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1010757.jpg</image:loc><image:title>variegated yucca</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p2143391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter jasmine</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-13T23:24:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/01/19/conquering-daphne/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p11502512-e1389813645880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tap root of a young daphne ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1150250.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daphne pulled in about 10 minutes</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1150251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>single tap root on young dahne</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1150247.jpg</image:loc><image:title>developed root of an older daphne</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1150246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>daphne beside trail</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-13T23:04:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/10/15/potato-challenge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_29761-e1476474676978.jpg</image:loc><image:title>potato challenge</image:title><image:caption>photo by JWSturmey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2977.jpg</image:loc><image:title>potato challenge - ugliest potato</image:title><image:caption>photo by JWSturmey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2983.jpg</image:loc><image:title>potato challenge - highest yield</image:title><image:caption>photo by JWSturmey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_2984-e1476459321353.jpg</image:loc><image:title>potato challenge</image:title><image:caption>photo by JWSturmey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn4927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my pot of potato</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn4928.jpg</image:loc><image:title>potato harvest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn4929.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the 'seed potato' top right</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/dscn4930-e1476474588374.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the harvest from my 2 potato plants</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-03T08:01:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/12/31/cookie-press-magic-with-danish-butter-cookies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5326.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cookie forming disc selection for the cookie press</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5325.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Danish Butter Cookies</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5324-e1483207208531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filling the cookie press</image:title><image:caption>Christmas Elf Barbara Hansen, photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5322.jpg</image:loc><image:title>using the cookie press</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5321.jpg</image:loc><image:title>using the cookie press</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5320.jpg</image:loc><image:title>filling the cookie press</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5317.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cookie dough mixed, firm &amp; not too soft</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blending the butter &amp; sugar well</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5314.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mixing the butter &amp; sugar</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dscn5311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ingredients for Danish Butter Cookies</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-03T07:59:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/09/26/hardy-fuchsia-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4969.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4968.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4967-e1474676489504.jpg</image:loc><image:title>4 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4966.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4965.jpg</image:loc><image:title>6 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4964.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4963.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4962.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4960.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn4959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11 - hardy fuchsia at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-11-07T15:32:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/08/02/changing-attitudes-about-yarrow/</loc><lastmod>2016-07-10T22:37:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/07/31/lychnis-seed-saving/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p8192255.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lychnis, rose campion seed collecting</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dscn4321.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lychnis coronaria bloom close up</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-10T22:35:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/12/27/christmas-mystery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc042934.jpg</image:loc><image:title>December snapdragon</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-10T14:29:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/11/16/hello-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p5151584.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy fuchsia in May</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p3310296.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hardy Fuchsia in March</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010754.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Strawberry Tree - no protection</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010756.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Strawberry trees blooming &amp;  protected with stucco wire</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010760.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberry tree fruit in fall</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010761.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberry tree bloom thru fall</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010767.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forsythia &amp; viburnum pink dawn w. Nov. color</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010773.jpg</image:loc><image:title>garry oak Leaf pile</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010777.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Garry Oak fall  Leaf pick up</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1010775.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Garry Oak fall leafs</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-10T06:20:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/06/09/spring-wildflower-walk-2-pacific-northwest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3830.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foamflower bloom close up</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3819.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maidenhair fern</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3818.jpg</image:loc><image:title>maidenhair fern</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3759.jpg</image:loc><image:title>western red columbine, cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3763-e1464355764760.jpg</image:loc><image:title>western red columbine -  ms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3835.jpg</image:loc><image:title>foamflower bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fringecup bloom close up</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3805-e1463462905695.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fringecup in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3804.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Goldstream Park campground waterfall</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dscn3734.jpg</image:loc><image:title>baldhip rose in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-28T21:53:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/03/22/hellebore-bowl/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p3253603.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - Mardi Gras double late February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3924.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hellebore floating blooms arrangement</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3921.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hellebore floating blooms arrangement</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_3920-e1458002166240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hellebore floating blooms arrangement</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-10T06:50:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/05/20/some-flowers-are-worth-the-effort/</loc><lastmod>2016-05-10T16:52:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/03/30/fawn-lily-at-easter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0793.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fawn lily leaf under deciduous canopy at Mount Doug Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0792.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fawn lily leaf under deciduous canopy at Mount Doug Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/p4141344.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fawn lily meadow at forest edge  at Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-03T18:41:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/02/15/happiness-is-a-pink-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3818.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink blooming tree in mid February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3817.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 Pink blooming tree in mid February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-01T06:23:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/02/29/pink-rhododendron-blooms-in-february/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2844.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 13</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2835-e1456777261327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 12</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2834.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 11</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2833.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 10</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2831.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 9</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2830.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2817-e1456801552902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie -  ?</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3861-e1456124828802.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 8</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3859-e1456124920591.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 7</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3856-e1456125051161.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pink Rhododendron in February around Mt. Tolmie - 6</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-01T06:18:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/11/30/november-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb052777-e1417372370727.jpg</image:loc><image:title>leaf blower</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb022751.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sedum on a moss slope</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb022713.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese Lantern in autumn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb022698.jpg</image:loc><image:title>raindrops on crocrosmia in autumn</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb022644.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall garden color</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1012869.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lawn free front yard in Oaklands Victoria</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p1012862.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lawn free front yard in James Bay Victoria</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb160053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>autumn garden colors &amp; seed heads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb160052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fall color &amp; seed heads in the garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pb160028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hardy fuchsia still blooming in November</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-24T17:36:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/27/flower-count-day-7-hellebore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p3060265-e1458001622445.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - Mardi Gras double &amp; hand</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p3060266.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - Mardi Gras double dangling</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p3310286.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - pink flower &amp; bud</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p3161240.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore Pink Frost -- full bloom in march</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2251208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore Pink Frost - and crocus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2251207.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore Pink Frost - late February flowers after pruning</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2251206.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore Pink Frost - late February flowers &amp; old growth</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221187.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - creamy buds in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221186.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - Mardi Gras double late February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2131117.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hellebore - Blackthorn strain - bud in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-24T17:12:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/02/15/identify-sea-blush-in-leaf/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p5151632.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush going to seed mid may</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p4221485.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush blooming mid april</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/p4163851.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sea blush blooming mid april</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/pc3030191-e1455500966310.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cyclamen leaf  bud in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2700-e1455511837997.jpg</image:loc><image:title>young sea blush in leaf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dscn2699-e1455511948108.jpg</image:loc><image:title>young sea blush in flower</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-15T07:49:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2016/01/28/nix-the-lawn-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3695.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oak Bay front yard maze 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_3694.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oak Bay front yard maze</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-27T19:51:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/11/16/rake-wrangling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pc042931.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravel screenings add traction on our south mountain path</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1012860.jpg</image:loc><image:title>composting leaves in stucco-wire enclosures</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p1010041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravel screenings on our garden path</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb082833.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bamboo rake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb072830.jpg</image:loc><image:title>landscapers rake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb072829.jpg</image:loc><image:title>standard rake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb072828.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adjustable metal rake - at wide setting</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb072827.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adjustable metal rake - at narrow setting</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb072826.jpg</image:loc><image:title>metal rake</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pb072825.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sturdy rake details</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-13T19:46:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/07/03/the-promise-of-apples-in-5-steps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p5141573.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tent caterpillars in a Russian Laurel</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/picture-024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apple blossoms in May</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p2143414.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spraying the Sparten apple tree in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p9290674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A full crop of apples</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p5060065.jpg</image:loc><image:title>McIntosh and; Gravenstein apple bloom overlapping is rare</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p6260455.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravenstein apple in spring - mcu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p6260454.jpg</image:loc><image:title>after the Gravenstein leaf feast</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-13T19:37:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/10/28/blackberry-invasion/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pa010855.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackberry growing in a garry  oak</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pa010853.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blackberry growing up in a garry oak tree</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-13T19:34:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/10/28/haultain-common-sharing-common-ground-with-common-folk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102225.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Another Haultain front yard</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102220.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Another Haultain front yard</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102222.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Another Haultain front yard</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haultain Common veggie patch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haultain Common, Asquith at Haultain</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102233.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haultain Common calendula</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102234-e1413251990914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haultain Common borage</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102241.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haultain Common</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102235.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haultain Common</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p8102227.jpg</image:loc><image:title>native plantings along Asquith sidewalk</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-01T16:10:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/12/30/rainbow-staircase/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dscn2436.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rainbow staircase near Fort &amp; Moss in Victoria BC</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-30T15:48:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/11/23/beyond-stone-mulch/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn2028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>overgrown stone mulch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn2193.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops blooming at Abkhazi Garden November 20, 2015</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn2191.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rockery with snowdrops blooming at Abkhazi Garden November 20, 2015</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn2165.jpg</image:loc><image:title>faux stone mulch at Denny's bus stop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn2164-e1448346799346.jpg</image:loc><image:title>faux stone mulch at Denny's bus stop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscn2163.jpg</image:loc><image:title>faux stone mulch at Denny's bus stop</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pb102859.jpg</image:loc><image:title>faux stone mulch near University Heights</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pb102858.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stone mulch in Gordonhead</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pb102857.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stone mulch in Gordonhead,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pb102856.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stone mulch in Gordonhead,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-30T06:54:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/01/31/mulching/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1160061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops hidden in leaves</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1160059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops</image:title><image:caption>snowdrops</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p3253621.jpg</image:loc><image:title>march growth</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc310211.jpg</image:loc><image:title>after mulch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc310210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>before mulch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc300209.jpg</image:loc><image:title>protecting the perennials with buckets</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc300208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mulch pile on the driveway</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc300203.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1040213.jpg</image:loc><image:title>5-gallon buckets</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-01T20:30:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/10/22/crosswalk-craze/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1922.jpg</image:loc><image:title>orange mushroom with yellow spots</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1921.jpg</image:loc><image:title>orange mushrooms with yellow spots</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>orange mushroom with yellow spots shot to show proportions</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>orange mushrooms with yellow spots</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cap of orange mushroom with yellow spots</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn2018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rainbow crosswalk, University of Victoria, Victoria BC</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/iphone-2015-10-21-170.jpg</image:loc><image:title>decorative crosswalk, Blancshard &amp; Fort Street, Victoria BC</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/iphone-2015-10-21-169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>decorative crosswalk, Blancshard &amp; Fort Street, Victoria BC</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_3205.jpg</image:loc><image:title>street art, Dallas Road, Victoria BC</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1982.jpg</image:loc><image:title>decorative crosswalk waves 1 Tofino BC</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-22T18:10:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/10/04/great-grapes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1653.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green grapes September 2015</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1645.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green grapes September 2015orthwest</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1650.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green grapes September 2015 weight</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p9160732.jpg</image:loc><image:title>green grapes September 2012</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins 2012</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dscn1656.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN1656</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T15:56:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/09/13/decorative-utility-box/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3157.jpg</image:loc><image:title>utility box wrapped with birdhouse photo</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_3156.jpg</image:loc><image:title>utility box wrapped with birdhouse photo</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-04T21:12:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/08/09/amaranth/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-09T18:14:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/07/17/hardhack/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-06-14-14-05-27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>non-native spirea</image:title><image:caption> non-native spirea
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p7202031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p5110089.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lupin in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p8022153.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fever few in bloom &amp; green seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p5110180.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great camas in flower</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p6120331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>great camas seed head</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p8102233.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Calendula blooms &amp; green seed heads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p5200022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clematis montana in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p8192253.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/p8192255.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-25T00:10:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/07/11/oceanspray/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2014-06-29-11-08-46.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ocean spray</image:title><image:caption>ocean spray
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2014-06-29-11-07-53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ocean spray</image:title><image:caption>ocean spray
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2014-06-28-12-56-26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ocean spray</image:title><image:caption>ocean spray
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2014-06-28-12-55-47.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ocean spray</image:title><image:caption>ocean spray
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2014-06-28-12-47-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oceanspray</image:title><image:caption>ocean spray
photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-02T18:53:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2015/01/30/january-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p3131623.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5130149.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis (winter aconite)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5140151.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis, winter aconite row</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5130147.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unusually early crocus in January,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5130146.jpg</image:loc><image:title>primula Wanda in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5080083.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops, winter aconite, eranthis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5080120.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unusually early cyclamen coum in January</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5080103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sarcococa, fragrant sweet box,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p5080094.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bus stop snowdrops in January,</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-05T13:28:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/11/30/tomatoes-through-november/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-13T23:34:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/10/30/tomatoes-through-october/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p2111485.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tomato vines in late October (below grape trellis)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p2111486.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The end of season tomatoes</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/p2111487.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tomato flower in October</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-01T04:30:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/12/31/winters-joy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc300207.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops blooming 2013 12 27</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc300206.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snowdrops blooming 2013 12 27 b</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc300204.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-28T02:53:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/06/28/june-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p5200016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fringecup in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p7202028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>climbing rose in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p7150003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clematis in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p6141859.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blooming alium lutea, ceanothus and red hot pokers in june garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-28T02:40:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/07/29/july-garden-activities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/p6180385.jpg</image:loc><image:title>yellow loosestrife, dianthus, lychnis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pa200945.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hosta in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pa200943.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lady's mantle</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-07-13-15-08-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>July blueberry picking</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-28T02:39:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/11/13/cotoneaster-great-color-in-october/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1010733.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cotoneaster in October</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-28T01:35:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/10/31/garden-of-the-day/</loc><lastmod>2014-12-28T01:34:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/12/10/garden-maintenance-for-the-birds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pb1600531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ernest fenceline in november</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins`</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p7202031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lychnis in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p9200817.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goldenrod gone to seed</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p8022112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goldenrod &amp; Shasta daisy blooming in august</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-28T01:29:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/10/13/smile-of-the-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-04-iphone-184.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Halloween  at Haultain Common</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-04-iphone-238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scooter with sidecar back</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-04-iphone-237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scooter with sidecar front</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-24T17:11:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/07/10/happy-valley-lavender-cake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pa200940.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy Valley Lavender Farm field 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pa200935.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy Valley Lavender Farm field in July</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pa200941.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Happy Valley Lavender Farm field 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-10T19:59:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/06/18/happy-commuting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/street-graffiti-or-public-art-victoria-bc.jpg</image:loc><image:title>street graffiti or public art victoria bc</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-18T17:56:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/06/12/super-hero-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-06-05-12-13-02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cycling Icon on Henderson Rd.  bike lane</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T18:41:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/05/15/apple-hanky-panky/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p9112434.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravenstein apple</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p5151577.jpg</image:loc><image:title>apple trees of different varieties</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4301517.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravenstein apple blooms in april</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4100634.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gravenstein apple blooms in april</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-17T02:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/05/11/tree-peony-blooms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5010665.jpg</image:loc><image:title>young tree peony bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5010667.jpg</image:loc><image:title>young tree peony in bloom cu</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-11T17:56:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/03/21/climbing-heather/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3160476.jpg</image:loc><image:title>climbing heather in  Saanichton</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3160475.jpg</image:loc><image:title>climbing heather in Central Saanich</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-24T17:11:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/02/28/rain-gardens-first-birthday/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110871.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf Park 2013-1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110875.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2013 MS1</image:title><image:caption>AFTER 
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pb062786.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2012 MS1</image:title><image:caption>BEFORE
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110873.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2013 beach</image:title><image:caption>AFTER 
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa302635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2012 beach</image:title><image:caption>BEFORE 
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110868.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden, autumn 2013 WS</image:title><image:caption>AFTER 
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa302630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden, autumn 2012 WS</image:title><image:caption>BEFORE  
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110869.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2013 WS1</image:title><image:caption>AFTER
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa302629.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2012 WS1</image:title><image:caption>BEFORE 
photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa302628.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fisherman's Wharf rain garden fall 2013 WS2</image:title><image:caption>BEFORE
(photo by SVSeekins)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-28T23:01:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2014/01/31/the-new-look/</loc><lastmod>2014-02-02T06:29:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/contact-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pc072953-e1383430525655.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SVSeekins</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p4070118.jpg</image:loc><image:title>waiting for mail</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-31T19:29:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/12/20/party-nerves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc050133.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas Tins &amp; sprinkles</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc140200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Danish Butter Cookies</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc072948.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AB wearing 'something special'</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc062947.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gathering ingredients</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc062945.jpg</image:loc><image:title>holiday music</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-13T23:27:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/home/</loc><lastmod>2013-12-23T19:31:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/11/27/ogden-point-revisited/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110887.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point public art 6</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110886.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point public art 5</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110885.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point public art 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110884.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point public art 4</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110882.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden point public art 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110881.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden point public art 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden lower steps</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110879.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden entry to lower steps</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110878.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point handrails</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa110877.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden walkway After</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-02T15:52:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/01/11/ogden-point-breakwater/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303157.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point  looking back from the Lighthouse</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303156.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point Lighthouse</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303155.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point lower steps</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303153.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point mural</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point Pilot Boats</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303148.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point walking the edge</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303146.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point entrance gate</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc303145.jpg</image:loc><image:title>looking out at Ogden Point</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2456.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point  looking back from the Lighthouse</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2454.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ogden Point Lighthouse</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-28T00:40:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/11/15/coffee-grounds-make-good-compost/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pb130006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coffee, grounds &amp; paper filter</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-16T02:47:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/11/08/duct-tape-is-my-friend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa260001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tool in the garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa260002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tools marked with pink tape &amp; ribbon</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-09T18:27:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/10/18/big-in-california/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-118.jpg</image:loc><image:title>another big beach in California</image:title><image:caption>photo by CDMiller</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-128.jpg</image:loc><image:title>echium invasion of a bluff</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunset in Gualala, California </image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-130.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a closer look at the spike</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coastal trail in Gualala, California</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-127.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unusual plant along trail in Gualala, California</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-114.jpg</image:loc><image:title>succulents beside a driveway in Gualala, California</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-108.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Iron Dog art in Gualala, California</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Redwoods along the Avenue of the Giants</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2012-09-mbike-trip-075.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Planter box in Mendocino California</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-30T18:29:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/10/23/oh-deer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pa170913.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Buck at kitchen porch</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-25T18:23:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/08/18/landscaping-with-wild-strawberries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pb062809.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Trent Street garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8130697.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild strawberries 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8130696.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wild strawberries 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8130693.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberry patch at Camosun's Lansdowne campus</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8130691.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberry patch at Camosun'</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-19T02:39:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/10/25/fall-fun-with-friends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212599.jpg</image:loc><image:title>muffin / tea break before heading home</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212597.jpg</image:loc><image:title>after</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212596.jpg</image:loc><image:title>all in a day's work...</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212594.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the spot for the future kitchen garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212592.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the crew gets busy weeding &amp; digging transplant holes</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212591.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the weedy slope along the sidewalk at Jeneece Place</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSEekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pa212590.jpg</image:loc><image:title>entrance to Jeneece Place</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-11T19:54:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/07/18/roosters-on-the-chopping-block/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7170510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hens and chicks - sans rooster heads</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p71705061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nibbled hens and chicks in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-23T03:40:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/07/22/blooming-roosters/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rooster-bloom-by-ecjewsbury.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hens and chicks and roosters in bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by E C Jewsbury</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-23T03:34:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/07/11/the-art-of-arrangement/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1086.jpg</image:loc><image:title>titled brandy snifter</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1083.jpg</image:loc><image:title>candy dish display</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a leaf twits back &amp; thru itself</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1074.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Calla Lilies with Funky Poppy</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tall / narrow triangle</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mossy branch curls around triangle</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hollowed log with glass vase inside</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>classic triangle design</image:title><image:caption>photo by Joyce Sturney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1033.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KC &amp; JJ</image:title><image:caption>KC &amp; JJ</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-11T19:27:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/06/18/let-there-be-day-lilies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p5161673.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lupin blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p5161674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the fresh tasty top of the lupin is harvested</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p7081983.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring blooming Daylily</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p7150011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>summer blooming Daylily</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6170363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sharing our garden with deer</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6281933.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the Daylily bud has been harvested</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p5250278.jpg</image:loc><image:title>spring blooming Daylilies ws</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-19T17:55:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/04/25/family-bike-ride/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-022.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 022</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 030</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-029.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 029</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 028</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 027</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 026</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 024</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 021</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 016</image:title><image:caption>photo by C.Fowler</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/earth-day-bike-ride-008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Earth day bike ride 008</image:title><image:caption>photo by C Fowler</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-26T00:51:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/04/04/cherry-blossom-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033763.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cherry blooms in James Bay</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033768.jpg</image:loc><image:title>beneath a blossoming cherry tree in James Bay</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p3173593.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cherry blossoms at St.Micheal's</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p3163543.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cherry blossoms finishing up on View street</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p3163542.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a drift of cherry blossoms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4033780.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cherry blooms in Beacon Hill Park</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-05T02:54:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/07/flower-count-day-6-euphorbia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2143399.jpg</image:loc><image:title>euphorbia - gift from SK</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>euphorbia - gift from SK</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2051045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter Hens &amp; Chicks</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221171.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Donkey Tail Spurge</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221178.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Purple Wood Spurge</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T21:02:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/01/march-flower-count-day-1-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2171154.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis - winter aconite - between pots</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2131113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis - winter aconite</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221197.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eranthis - winter aconite</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T20:40:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/06/flower-count-day-5-crocus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p3061236.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus lined up</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p3061235.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus cluster</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221194.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus naturalized in rockery</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p22211841.jpg</image:loc><image:title>snow crocus in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p22211761.jpg</image:loc><image:title>early crocus in peony bed</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221173.jpg</image:loc><image:title>crocus sharing space with moss &amp; grass</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2050995.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dandelions out - crocus bulbs in</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T19:43:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/04/flower-count-day-4-iris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221199.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dwarf iris - iris reticulata</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221198.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris reticulata</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2221196.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris reticulata &amp; eranthis</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2171159.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iris reticulata - dwarf iris</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T19:03:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/03/flower-count-day-3-mahonia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2050990.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mahonia - tall Oregon grape in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p20509841.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mahonia in February</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2050986.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mahonia bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2050985.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mahonia</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p1010855.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oregon grape with berries</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T18:53:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/03/02/march-flower-count-day-2-berginia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p1010819.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bergenia - pig squeak</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/p2171165.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bergenia - elephant ears</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins   </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-22T18:22:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/01/22/is-it-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2438.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar powered compactor 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2437.jpg</image:loc><image:title>solar powered compactor 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-23T06:24:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/01/29/james-bay-rain-garden/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pa302629.jpg</image:loc><image:title>make over for the park at Fisherman's Wharf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pa302628.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rolling hills &amp; wandering trails circle the rain garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pa302632.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new life for the park at Fisherman's Wharf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pa302635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>in homage to the shoreline &amp; sandy beach of years ago</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pa302637.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the playground near Fisherman's Wharf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pb062784.jpg</image:loc><image:title>local run off is directed into the rain garden</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pb062786.jpg</image:loc><image:title>excess water will flood into the storm drain (far left)</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pb062787.jpg</image:loc><image:title>An open grassy areaa looks out at Fishernan's Wharf</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-09T22:24:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/01/03/songhees-stroll/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc293001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 5</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc293000.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 3</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc292999.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc292997.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 1</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2444.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 8</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2442.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 10</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2441.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 4</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2439.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 9</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2431.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 6</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2429.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Songhees Walkway 7</image:title><image:caption>photo by Barbara Hansen</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-17T21:04:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2013/01/01/boulevard-garden-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pb062797.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oak Bay Gardenworks boulevard in fall 2</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pb062796.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Oak Bay Gardenworks boulevard in fall</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-01T15:43:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/12/26/looking-forward-to-sunshine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc042898.jpg</image:loc><image:title>grape hyacinth leaves starts up in December</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-27T17:22:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/08/25/another-vote-for-peony/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1208111716000.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tree Peony -cu- summer seed pod</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p7021962.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony -cu- summer seed pod</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p6261916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony - ms2- fading blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p6261914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony -ms- blooms fading fast</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p6211907.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony - ws - blooming in spring</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p6211906.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony -ms- fresh blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p6211905.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony -cu- new blooms</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p6141849.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony -ms- red petals on ground</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/p5291759.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peony - ms - red bloom</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-28T17:22:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/07/08/junes-berries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6201900.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a bucket of strawberries</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6201899.jpg</image:loc><image:title>June picking strawberries</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6201898.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberries in hand</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6201897.jpg</image:loc><image:title>a strawberry bonanza</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6201896.jpg</image:loc><image:title>strawberry field</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/p6201901.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dan's Farm has a U-Pick strawberry field</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-07-21T17:58:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2012/07/03/nix-the-lawn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/p6191884.jpg</image:loc><image:title>checkerboard yard</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-28T17:45:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/11/14/toad-lily-a-delicate-flower-in-chilly-october/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1010742.jpg</image:loc><image:title>toad lily in october</image:title><image:caption>photo by SVSeekins</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-25T17:01:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca/2011/11/16/the-peony-kicks-the-bucket-in-november/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-22T21:34:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://gardenvarietylife.ca</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-03-31T23:33:02+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
