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I met some frens while rock hunting today
>>2724570HOLY SHIT IS THAT A UFO
>>2724573No I’ve seen UFOs and Orbs innawoods, that’s a hawk.
>>2724574Yeah I bet you've seen some orbs lol
Met some sheep while looking for ramps a week ago, also went in a cool cold war bunker
>>2724604>cold war bunkerComfy. What country?
What's the longest you've been /out/ ? I was away solo 3 weeks last summer wild camping, planning a 6 week trip this summer.How do you cope with the fatigue and loneliness, I enjoy it but at the same time I find myself going a bit crazy, talking to myself etc.Thinking of food and showers usually keeps me going.What do you do to keep yourself sane?
Seven months with a buddie of mine.
>>2724104What zero pussy does to a mf
>>2724090>since puberty
>>2724063>longest you've been /out/trail crew 9 days on, 5 days off for 3 months>cope with fatiguehelps you sleep>cope with lonelylonely is wonderful
>>2724063124 days On the Northern SlopeMade a lot of money, wish I could do it again. >>2724071Yup
To keep it brief, I'm in my late 20s and my circle of friends have typically been indoor types that prefer to do things indoors, like watch movies, go out to eat, or play video games. Perhaps it's just my friend group, but I have this impression that people around my age can't be bothered to go /out/ beyond a mile or two long hike--and even then it's a struggle or just an excuse to smoke weed in a different setting. I can't imagine getting any of my friends to seriously gear up and go out on a camping trip where they have to carry their back to the campsite. Girls seem more into the idea, but in reality they'll just slow down my pace (well, a lot of guys would too). Why do you guys think this is? We're in the best shape of our lives, somewhat, and it feels wasteful to spend it all indoors.
>>2725294Too bad it's seen as gay. I wish I had a hiking buddy to go camping with. I don't like hanging out in groups larger than 3.
>>2722106Cause the nearest place that isn't privately owned or isn't crawling with people and bylaw police is 300km away and once you get there you're going to need a parking lot to store the car you came in on so that basically leaves some curated provincial campsite that also is governed by laws on what you can and can't do and anything fun or interesting falls in the cant do category.
>>2722106i have 2 fucking 27 foot cruising sailboats and I can't get my guy friends to go on it. they act like it'll be a choreits the result of the public education system
>>2725611Being out there is the fun and interesting part. What more do you need?
>>2725613I would love to go sailing with you :(
/out/ings with a PipeOld thread: >>2684982This is a thread for enjoying a pipe while doing outdoor activities. If you ask why this belongs on /out/, you've never spent an evening by the campfire with a pipe silently enjoying the nature around you, and you're missing out.>how to get startedPurchase a Missouri Meerschaum Legend and a pouch of Half and Half or Captain Black tobacco, available at most smoke shops. You will need a lighter or match, and something to tamp it with--a large nail works well if you don't have a pipe tool. Fill the pipe with tobacco, pack it down halfway, top it off, pack it down to 3/4, top it off again, pack gently and enjoy. Smoke slower than you think you need to, the tobacco tastes best when it is burning cool. Tamp and re-light as needed. If you still have trouble, try different methods on YouTube until you find one that works for you.>smoking a pipe will give you cancerWhile any tobacco consumption comes with some risk, the cancer risks from occasional pipe use are pretty minimal. Educate yourself and make your own informed health decisions. Some info here https://aacrjournals.org/cancerpreventionresearch/article/10/12/704/46541/Association-between-Cigar-or-Pipe-Smoking-and>muh weedNot the time or place. Start your own thread
>>2701176>2701176I also ordered internationally from smokingpipes and they did their job, but once the package arrived iun the UK I got a WHOPPING tax charge. Paid like $60 for a load of pipe tobacco, did all the research that I could (official website, etc.)to see how much my government would charge in tax -- £85/$105, fine -- and then BOOM they wanted £186 ($230ish) IN TAX just so that I could collect my baccy at the post office. Not only that, they lost the fucking parcel and I had to enquire about its location and wait for it to be sent all the way up the country.Anyway, needless to say, the fucking thing went back to sender. Smokingpipes swallowed my line about the package going missing in transit, which it technically did, and so I got a refund. I actually think they knew the situation but didn't want to burn me, so if that's the case I am grateful.TL;DR: The British government are tax-rapists now just as they were before you lot fucked off and made your own country.
>>2725356This is pretty much the case in the entire western world. We get raped in Canada as well and this past year has seen a major tightening of customs, i cant get anything through and i went 10 years of pipe smoking never getting hit. If they apply the duties and taxes properly it ends up being something like double the price, a bit more. For cigars its much much worse ive given up on ordering them for now. Even the sellers who used to play ball on the labeling to get around duties seem to have given up. 4n seems to have started labeling as required and stuff not being labeled properly is getting seized.
Sitting outside on a pleasant day, smoking some Mac Baren London Mixture in a cob, drinking black coffee, and listening to Appalachian gospel tunes. I’m not even religious, but this is relaxing as hell.
>>2716147I actually have some right now. I'm still a newfag to smoking so I couldn't tell you how good it is, only that it's not as harsh as some of the cheaper stuff I've smoked
>>2725559Since you are a newfag you should start with time tested blends from Dunhill (now peterson) and send my this untested new contenter for proper evaluation.Seriously though try the blends that have been around forever, because they have for a reason. Dont be a dingus like me and overlook Early Morning Pipe for 15 years because it sounds boring. Also they provide a good frame of reference.
Magic mushrooms + hikes in natureBest time ever
>>2725594Ancient hunters would microdose to help them pick up movement against the flowing swirling living world around them, as revealed by taking shrooms. Not too much of course but you can learn a fine balance with practice. Try microdosing and looking at trees, grasslands, bushes. They'll dance for you and you'll easily spot an out of place animal moving through. Look at good camo patterns like the Vietnam tiger stripes and they'll dance for you too.Hiking also just gets the blood moving and will ensure you burn through a good dose and get the best out of it.
>>2725601This is all hypothetical/guess work. There's no evidence of this actually being true. From personal experience, mushrooms make EVERYTHING move. Even at doses as low as half a gram. Micro dosing doesn't enhance your vision either. If you take too much and start to get some effect, colors are brighter, but I wouldn't say things were sharper.
>>2725641>EVERYTHING movesIf it has a grain, it flows. The whole world breathes. It's a wonderful experience, but I don't see it helping me hunt.
I wish I could
Do they make bird traps that kill a bird like a mouse trap would?This stupid bird comes knocking on my windows at 6am every day for at least 3 hours a day for 10 days now with no signs it'll stop and it needs to die.I need something I can put on the window sill
>>2724338God damn you fucking killed him.
>>2724319Maybe you should be in employment, education, or training at those hours instead of at home bitching about birds.
>>2724338*featherless
>>2724319>6am is earlyIf you say so Deshwan.
>>2724319I caught a thrasher in a rat trap once.
Every girl has hiking in their tinder bio. How do you know if she's really into it or not?
>>2725442lolbut if everyone fucks her how come getting dates on tinder is so low probability and hard to do? the 2 things counter each other, if everyone fucks her then it should be easy to fugg on tinder
>>2725554It's literally the top men getting all the women. I can't remember the numbers but it was even worse than the Pareto distribution. Something like 8% of the men get almost all the women.
>>2723252>why women will blindly follow a man into sus situations but treat harmless men like they are Ted BundyBecause what they fear isn't rape, it's being raped by an unattractive guy. A woman always assumes that she is so attractive that any man will want to rape her if she gives the wrong signals, hence getting anywhere near an unattractive man is the equivalent of mortal danger.
>>2725554Sorry you're not attractive bro.
>>2725500L>>2725561Just post a strategic picture of your cock. I'm only above average but I've managed to get a few girls from that alone. I had one girl straight up admit it to me.
Do you have an /out/ vehicle? I recently picked up a Coleman b200rsv and have found more trails and fishing spots and cool shit than I ever imagined was within driving distance of my house
>>2725564I have a jeep compass it get me were I wont to go.
>>2725588Neat, is it 4x4?
>>2725564
You guys do mushroom and plant foraging/identifying? You ever find anything cool or rare? I found these Datura plants recently and dug them up. Anyone ever found one of those plants that eat insects?
>>2725625That's good stuff.
>>2725618Candyroot
>>2725618Narrow leaf paw paw
>>2725632I've heard paw paws were amazing tasting, but I've never lived close enough to anywhere that they grew, and they don't transport for shit(they say) Doesn't stop them from stocking rotting Mangosteens, but I've never seen them stock paw paws.
>>2725640I've got one in a planter that's getting about big enough to plant. The slim leaf pawpaws do make a fruit but not like the regular Pawpaw. The slim leaf Pawpaw is more of an upland shrub.
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>>2725535Look if you want to eat smallmouth bass, that’s your decision. Not gonna argue with a man who has bad taste.
>>2725546Every living thing so far...
>>2725546My boy Tucker told me evolution is just a theory and cannot be proven with current fossil records.
>>2725535I get dirty looks whenever I keep a bass lmao
My fly rod is stuck tight in the middle and nothing seems to get it loose, is my only hope maybe casting it until it loosens after a session?
pastebin:https://pastebin.com/Mvfh8b87New USDA zone map has been released: https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/Koppen Climate Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/K%C3%B6ppen_World_Map_High_Resolution.pngSearch terms:Agrarian, Agriculture, Agrology, Agronomy, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Berkeley Method Hot Composting, Cold Frames, Companion Planting, Composting, Container Gardening, Core Gardening Method, Cultivation, Deep Water Culture (DWC), Dry Farming, Espalier, Farmer's Market, Forest Gardening, Forestry, Fungiculture, Geoponics, Greenhouses, Homesteading, Horticulture, Hot Boxes, Hügelkultur, Humanure, Hydroponic Dutch Bucket System, Hydroponics, Keyhole Garden, Korean Natural Farming, Kratky Method, Landscaping, Lasagna Gardening, Ley Farming, Market Garden, Mulching, No-till Method, Ollas Irrigation, Orchard, Permaculture, Polyculture, Polytunnels, Propagation, Rain Gutter Garden, Raised Beds, Ranch, Rooftop Gardening, Ruth Stout Garden, Sharecropping, City Slicker Composting, Shifting Cultivation, Soil-bag Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, Stale Seed Bed, Sugar Bush, Truck Farming, Vermiculture, Vertical Gardening, Window Frame Garden, Windrow Composting, Alpaca, Snail, Toad, Trumpeter, Turkey, Wormprevious: >>2718306Fruit thinning allows your plant to allocate its resources more efficiently. Each leaf is a source, and each fruit is a sink. If you have too many sinks, the sources will not be able to provide.
>>2725634and beans, taters, melons, okra, squash, turnip, etc in side plot
>>2725635plowed furrows with 1944 Farmall A tractor, then dropped seeds by hand and used under-body plow to cover seeds back up. Biggest garden ive done yet
is that all to feed yourself or do you sell it?
>>2725637just me and my family
The new gazebo is assembled, it was a solid day and a half project with over 300 bolts. Every metal piece was individually wrapped in plastic, and the bags for identical pieces were taped together which needed to be cut. It came in a single box weighing 350 lbs. The size is 10x12 which is the same listed size as the old one, but those clever bean counters changed that from an interior measurement to exterior.It fit together surprisingly well. A few of the bolts required me to stand on the last step of a 6 ft step ladder to reach, less fun with the wind we had today. There are 3 more bolts I need to borrow a larger ladder to reach since they are on the railing side so the ladder needs to be on the ground. It only came with bug netting, but since it had 2 curtain rails I reused the old side curtains.I'm going to use the bug netting from the old gazebo to try and keep bugs from eating my peas and lettuce when then come up.
post your photos
>>2724984If there are large waves going BACK INTO the fall it could probably trap a swimmer
Hedge trimmer, propane weed torch, or both?Before anyone says "use a brush hog", it's on a steep slope. I don't think I can get a brush hog up there.
>>2723365My main problem weed is fucking Canadian Wood Nettle. I swear you could nuke my place and 3 days later the whole thing would be covered with wood nettle again.My long term goal is to create a more or less self sustaining, native food forest. Planted quite a few PawPaws which are coming along, but that's going to take years before I see much fruit.Got a lot of nice pre-existing Mayapple patches that start very strong in spring but before they fruit most of them get choked out by the damn wood nettle.A few tiny canes of wild brambleberry here and there but it never seems to grow much. And my attempts to plant various cultivars of blackberry see little success. Must be something about the soil.I did try a few raspberries last year that actually look like they're taking off this spring. I might end up going that route.
>>2723459Where I live, during about now to about fall is basically already a food forest. I mean it goes in this order- dewberry, mayhaw, blackberry, passion fruit, various blueberries (deer berry farkleberry etc.), mulberries, wild plum, crabapple, sugarberry, then maybe wild grape, then pecan, hickory, Chestnut acorn, then persimmon last. Some of these though don't make enough to actually harvest. Like Red Mulberry and sugarberry are always sparse. The brambles, pecans, hickory, and wild grapes though are always loaded down more than you can ever pick/pickup though depending on the year. There are a ton of persimmons but good luck beating the deer and racoons once they hit the ground. But I've never actually found Mayapple. I've been looking for it for a long time, I do find gopher apple here and there though. I have a few paw paw trees but the only wild ones I ever find are the narrow leaf shrub paw paw. Asimina angustifolia I think. Here is a pic from last year.
>>2723468Also here is a pic from this evening of the wild blackberries coming in.
>>2719972If anyone around has some you might be able to make an arrangement. Weirder things have been done by Craigslist
>>2720474Herbicides need to be used within a system of weed management. If you don't have a plan specific to the plant you are trying to eradicate they don't work very effectively. Identifying the plant and searching your local agricultural extension branch for control methods works much better and can minimize the use of herbicides.
salut, romanon herethe fuck is this?can any other romanon explain what is happening? is the media exaggerating this? is this real?? https://www.capital.ro/codul-silvic-interzicere-acces-turisti-paduri.html
>>2724798You could say you're getting logged by the zog.
>>2724373He told you once, and then had to tell you the exact same thing again dumbass.
>>2724839You're the dumbass if you think I read the entirety of this boring ass thread to figure out why the mafia cares about the trees. I got my answer so fuck off.
>>2724843Noi you failed to accept fault (not reading the reply you actually quoted) and because of it you'll be just as much of a dumb cunt in future. Your father never ironed that quirk out.
God I hate the EU. This is the end result of any "rewilding"
