#FlashbackFriday.
2021.

Digging for #clams near #UnionBay on #VancouverIsland.

#clamdigging #seafood #shellfish #WildFood #ClamHarvesting #BeachFun #SefoodHarvesting #VanIsle #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Westcoast #FoodSecurity #FoodForagers

#PacificSilverweed is abundant throughout #PNW into Alaska & Arctic. Longtime important #FoodSource for #PacificNorthwest #Indigenous peoples. In BC, patches of them were protected under #potlatch #FirstNations family law.

You can note patch locations when flowers appear & then dig up roots in late Fall & Winter. The roots taste like bitter sweet potatoes.

#nature #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #GetOutside #CoastalPlants #YYJ #Cascadia #WildFoods #FoodForagers #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification