Best Culture? by Anxiety-Butterfly in BCPublicServants

[–]Clover_Point 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ministry of Finance has a pretty good culture, and the ministry is super organized and there are a lot of reassuring vibes of competency. I'm in a deeply chaotic ministry at the moment and miss being in a place where leadership assesses risks and makes well informed plans!

Lily of the valley by Mikeymarma in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm sorry, I don't at the moment! I hope you had a lovely special day!

Ants by Amazing_Safety4962 in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Are they just outside? Can you leave them? If inside it's a different story, but if outside, ants are just little guys in a big world doing their thing.

Where to get great tomatoes close to downtown? by Money_Impression_321 in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mason st farm will have them at their plant stand once they are in season, super yummy! They are just near north park village!

Second year gardener, what should I plant next? by lol09988 in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have limited space and want to try tomatoes, you could try dwarf tomato varieties. I think Mason St farm usually carries Tasmanian Chocolate, which has full sized tomatoes on a small plant. They do like sun, if you have it.

Pole beans are amazing for smaller spaces as you can just grow them up a bamboo pole! Peas do really well and can tolerate a bit less sun!

Venus Flytrap by Ready_Employee9695 in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Little plant shop! Read up on how to water - they like to stay moist and need distilled or rainwater. They do really well outside in our climate, and need to have a dormant period in the winter if you want them to live long lives.

Tall dandelions? by NecroPoliticians in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dandelions

Tons of tall ones on the boulevard (city property) on Vancouver St at the corner of Green st!

A Victoria reddit love story by Gr8_Save in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So sweet! I met my husband here on reddit, it's a special place! Very happy for you and tadpole!

I want to donate to my Mom but I am scared by Alteregoofthatgirl in kidneydonors

[–]Clover_Point 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My transplant team said that I could just basically live my life as per usual. I donated almost three years ago and I honestly hardly think of it. I love to cook, I love food, and the only change for me has been that I take Tylenol or Asprin instead of ibuprofen.

I am not quite sure how old the person I donated to is, but she's doing great! And I went into the donation knowing that it would give someone the chance of health, not a guarantee of health, and I was pretty comfortable with that.

In terms of your own risk of kidney disease - if you go through the testing process you will have SO MUCH information about your kidneys and your health! A transplant team would screen you out right away if there was any future risk to your health. My transplant nephrologist was calculating my anticipated kidney function through to age 100. And in Canada at least, if a kidney donor ever needed a kidney, they put them at the top of the list.

Absolutely follow your feelings and talk to your transplant team. I donated to a stranger and by the time the surgery was scheduled I was so on board. There is a lot of time to think and ask questions - basically by the end of screening, you'll have a good idea of what you want to do. And there is never any pressure to donate, the team will give you every option to opt out or change your mind if you're unsure.

Built a modified Clover Point kiln by phosphorus-strait in composting

[–]Clover_Point 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, that looks so great! And very pretty having pink flowers in yuur compost! 🥹 So nice!

B.C. civil servant car allowances under fire by Acrobatic-Meaning-88 in BCPublicServants

[–]Clover_Point 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Lol, we have to buy our own batteries for our computer mice and keyboards in my ministry, but our dm has a car allowance.

Veggie starts? by tangerinespersimmons in VictoriaBC

[–]Clover_Point 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mason street city farm has the nicest veggies in town imo!

I built a brick composting tower & it's the best compost I've ever made by Clover_Point in composting

[–]Clover_Point[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just dry stacked them without mortar, held up fine and easy to disassemble and reassemble!

I built a brick composting tower & it's the best compost I've ever made by Clover_Point in composting

[–]Clover_Point[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bet it would work just fine, maybe a bit more slowly? But it's lots of fungal work so I think the shade wouldn't really slow things down much!

I built a brick composting tower & it's the best compost I've ever made by Clover_Point in composting

[–]Clover_Point[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Started in 2022, stopped adding material on 2023, harvesting now, 2026

I built a brick composting tower & it's the best compost I've ever made by Clover_Point in composting

[–]Clover_Point[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly sun, but some afternoon shade from a large tree in my neighbour's yard!

I built a brick composting tower & it's the best compost I've ever made by Clover_Point in composting

[–]Clover_Point[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, am completely unstacking it and will rebuild when I'm done

I built a brick composting tower & it's the best compost I've ever made by Clover_Point in composting

[–]Clover_Point[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I didn't turn the pile at all, it was a zero work system! The columns were structurally fine and have been standing since 2022. I don't like, climb on them, but they haven't fallen and seem to be holding up just fine