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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.
>>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.
>>2725639cool. looks like a lot of corn, how long does it last and do you need to shop for any additional vegetable stuff ?
i'm heading for the Fontainebleau forest (France), with a bottle of water, 2 pizza slices and a croissant in my bag. im going for a short hike, you anons got any advice?
>>2725757Bring some climbing shoes and a crash pad. Great place for bouldering
>>2725757>with a bottle of water, 2 pizza slices and a croissant in my bag.Didn't expect that from a frenchman.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imppl6z0h54&ab_channel=AlfredMolina
>>2725757I find it hard to believe that there exist fully grown adults who have never gone on a short walk through nature before. Don't panic. Just move one leg after the other, stay on the trail, and have a map ready on your phone so you can track your progress. Everything will be okay. You will enjoy yourself. Have fun anon, don't overthink it.
>>2725804>ind it hard to believe that there exist fully grown adults who have never gone on a short walk through nature beforeNever been to England then?
>>2725805No. I guess I take it for granted living in Canada. Even shitholes like Toronto and Vancouver are only a half-hour drive from some decent nature trails.
Dudes I went to high school with now have house, wife kids truck dirt bikes side x sides and fuckhuge camper trailersI'm fucking disgruntled
>>2720828Stay where you are.
>>2722865I'm originally from there retard>le fuck off we're full kneejerk reaction maymaylol epicstupid faggot
>>2723659You'll tell people that you're originally from there, but the locals will always be suspicious and won't truly accept you. You'll never really be able to hide your transplant mentality.
>>2723660I've spend most of my life in Kansas. You're probably some Lawrence college kid from Overland Park.
>>2720197lol
I have only ever hiked in Europe but I'm interested in experiences other places when I take a sabbatical next year. Pic rel is the type of environments I have hiked.Pictures please!
>>2725540Then you would be best suited to live on a mountain or in a desert. But if you love the woods, dont live on a mountain or desert. >>2725544I have spent more than a few hours... more than a few hundred hours probably piddling around looking for various oak seedlings to transplant kek. And I'll probably be in the dirt before they get mature but for me there is no better time spent in the woods. And the oaks are just the tip of the iceberg really. The real jackpot is finding trilliums and trout lilies maybe Bigleaf Magnolia or something. Green Ash too.
>>2725173Most states of the far western US far outstrip every single eastern US state in overall plant diversity, overall animal diversity (mammals, reptiles, birds, insect and fungi), and some western states do in fact outstrip half of the east coast in overall tree and shrub diversity. Let alone climate and topographic diversity. The Alaskan tundra and the Alaskan rainforests by themselves separately have more plant diversity than the entire great plains of North America. Mountains/hills = greater biological, topographic, and climate diversity. This is well documented. There's still 6 feet (1.8m) of snow on the ground right now in parts of Arizona and New Mexico while other parts of those states are in the 90s F degree temps.
>>2725677>There's still 6 feet (1.8m) of snow on the ground right now in parts of Arizona and New Mexico while other parts of those states are in the 90s F degree temps. This is why there is water in the desert. The joy of water towers
>>2725699That and subsurface water will be pumped up certain topographic features and will find the path of least resistance to exit the feature, naturally. Most of the spring waters are actually from underground aquifers that follow topography, and local snow and precipitation does not always indicate aquifer health, as the entire crust of the earth is essentially a giant sponge and has liquid water. For example, almost every single low desert wash has water flowing through it beneath the surface, even in the 120F temps and 4" of annual rainfall climates. The water flows back to the ocean both above and below ground, and gets pumped up and down topographic features. To see an example of people taking advantage of this in extreme climates (let alone in beautiful mountain forest regions with plenty of rainfall and snow and shade cover with water at the surface already) look up middle eastern qanats. Due to natural pumping action via pressure and topography, natural springs will emerge at both the tops of mountains, and at the bases of them in canyons. Central AZ alone has thousands of such springs which ultimately end up in the Salt, Verde, Gila or Colorado rivers. Beaver dams also historically raised the ground water levels across most of the west, in some areas where they've been reintroduced permanent flows returned in sections for the first time in 150 years (see San Pedro River, AZ).
>>2725677Have you finally showed your face again Arizona Anon? If it's you I think you know where we left this last time- you wouldn't take me up on the offer. Also this is from the Alaska Dept. Of Fish and Game: >Compared to lush tropical and temperate forests, Alaska's boreal forest is an austere place: it supports a relatively low diversity of species, and a relatively low abundance of individual organisms. But the plants and animals that do live here are well-prepared for the bitter cold, short summers, and frequent fires of Earth's largest ecosystem.Those that remain have unique adaptations to help them thrive year-round.And anyone who knows anything about plants should understand, there is no way possible for a place with such a harsh winter to ever have as much plant activity as a place that is borderline tropical and humid kek. I mean you have one place that gets frigid for months of the year and another place that is a greenhouse that MIGHT get a hard frost every year kek. Do the math bozo.
So I inherited a weird bit of land.8000sqft(~740m2), a bit of the way outside the city (or any other community), pure sand and rock, non-commercial area.For legal reasons I won't get into... I can't ever sell it, only my kids can once they inherit it but I also don't have to pay property tax on it.Also, can't expand it. The land all around is in a similar legal limbo so until it's inherited I can't buy anything around it.What can I even with 0.18 acres of unarable land I can't sell in an unrentable area?
>>2723906Dump a fuck load of woodchips on it, let it sit for a bit to decompose, and then grow vegetables and flowers there. Ot you can seed some cover crop that fixes nitrogen like clover
>>2724952This is a better version of what I was going to post. Return it to a natural state in the sense of making it workable, plant some trees, nurture the soil. Then once it's a nice place to be you've got your own place to grow veggies and raise chickens!Reminds me of how I get $80 from my dad's pension every month for no reason (after he died). Just a strange contractual clause that somehow made its way into reality and now I am the beneficiary of, however insignificant it is.
>>2724974hey 80 dollars is like one internet/phone bill. sounds nice
>>2724952I don't think you get the sort of environment we've got here. I'm talking PURE desert. It's just sand and wind and dust as far as the eye can see.I've tried to use woodchip mulch in my own garden but it's far too dry and windy here.What also happens is you get a massive amount of rodents and insects taking refuge in the mulch unless you absolutely flood it in the irrigation, which obviously costs quite a bit. I see that a lot too around areas where arbotists dump their branches/chip too, it's just magnet for pests looking for shadeAlso any bit of mulch that isn't wetted -will- get blown away
>>2725777How long do you have a rainy season? Look up what sorts of forage/cover crops they use in Australia, Texas, California, etc. Just from some googling I found subterranean clover, but also some African stuff like sorghum and sudangrass
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
>>2725564
>>2725564i like this guy here. mine has an added rack type bed in the back to hold stuff better, and a winch
>>2725645Yes, it the 4x4? 2015. It funny I take my car more places them most jeep rubicon own take, them. I doubt most rubicon owner ever take them off pavement.
Always wanted a dirtbike but the thought of loading it onto my truck scares me. My mangina keeps me back from a lot of things.
>>2725748Get a minibike like OPs and just put it on a trailer hitch carrier platform. OPs bike weighs 150lbs and the carriers can handle like 400lbs
now that the dust has settled, what EXACTLY did he do that was so wrong?
>>2722233He left too little margin for error. He was alone, he didn't have any plans to check in with anyone, he didn't know the area well enough, he didn't ford the river, he didn't preserve the meat successfully, he relied on food that was unproven in those conditions. There are more, and correcting any one of them might have changed the outcome. That said I still envy him.
>>2723853You can if you obfuscate it behind flowery language like I'm doing now. I hope you respected it by applying a sage of your own!
>>2723885>muh magic downdootlol
>>2722233Inhumanely murdered and wasted a moose that had infinitely more right to live in alaska than he did
>>2722233operated under the belief of >if I don't know something is stupid and dangerous, then it's perfectly safe because it wont be my fault>reality.exe>overweight teenage edgelords and other assorted retards worship him as some kind of hero for the next thirty years
Hello, I currently live for rent in Germany.I lost my job last year and don't know if I should look for a new one right away.I'm thinking about quitting my apartment and traveling for a few years. I can realistically generate 500-1000 US dollars per month with stocks.Is that enough to travel full-time?I don't have high standards and can settle for little.I plan to travel mainly by bus and train.I would theoretically be homeless and I am afraid of whether I will be able to find my way back into society after a few years of travelling. What are good countries for my project?My plan is to camp a lot and find small rooms every now and then that I can rent for maybe $200 a month. Do you have any suggestions that might help me?Are there communities or places where homeless backpackers can meet?Thanks for any reply or suggestion
>last year>right away
>>2725772I love government gibs :D
>>2725689>Are there communities or places where homeless backpackers can meet?Crackheads can be found at train stations all around the world
How well are you prepared for zombie apocalypse and what are you going to do about them pesky perky drones?
>>2725771*ducks under a tree*psh, nothing personnel droneman
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.
>>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 :(
>>2725619>What more do you need?LARP as a primitive survivalist. Cut down trees and shit to make a shelter, burn dead wood, chuck rocks at animals, carry a rifle and pretend to be evading an enemy force.If standing among a bunch of trees and rocks is the fun part I can do that in front of my house.
>>2725656You have to be 18+ to post on 4chan bud (3x laughing while crying emoji)
how hardcore are you?
>>2724291what a worthless endeavor. its a tree, you dumb cunt. theres millions of them
>>2721321youre a fucking retard if you think a limp-wristed tree faggot has the resilience to do anything except complain on twitter
Like clockwork, this board's quality is taking a nosedive when spring is in the air. See you all in November!
>>2725742Lmao she did it and none of your seething will ever change that.
>go on /out/, the outdoors board>people are complaining and whining about a woman saving a tree
For all things fire lookout / fire tower!Previous: >>2694387
>>2725196Bro that shit ain't spotting no fires
Isle Royale, Michigan. They all mar the scenary.
>>2725180Theres specific things about applying to federal jobs. Learn those. Helps to volunteer or work for the agency or one that works with them
is there a good way to find towers that aren't used anymore? I've been wanting to stay in one but the ones with reservations are always booked
>>2725180Fire watch is a very easy job and guys will do it for decadesThat said it requires the least amount of qualifications, trail builder tier. Anons are interested because it's a low hanging fruit job they don't want a real /out/ job
#503- “Not A ManAss” EditionPrevious Thread:>>2721788janny pls…Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here! http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NNew Bong Fishin Guidehttps://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTqFirst for best telescopic rod is the one you exchanged for a 3pc.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2725668Well, animals aren't my target. More like a self defense mechanism in case I wander off into the woods and i find a zodiac killer wannabe.
>>2725671Then you're in the wrong thread
>>2725644I use this technique. it works great. https://youtu.be/aTXQCYSScJM?si=avy6IahY5ekJ_0Eh:D
>>2725501Gar are some strange fish. Watching them snap at topwaters is a trip. They seem kinda dumb though, they will hit a hard bait like 5x before it hooks their thin little mouth.
>>2725665I carry a glock 17Go to /k/
Do you guys bring any instruments with you when you go /out/? Im considering picking up a naf, harmonica, or small travel guitar to maybe jam a bit when im camping overnight.
I want to buy a kalimba
>>2725242kalimbas are so comƒy. such a nice sound, tines to pluck right in the palm of your hand you feel the whole block vibrating when you play it. it's nice.https://youtu.be/7WHmCIjFBNs?si=20fSkbluJ2W8D1a9
>>2724913thanks anondefinitely our jam session would be legendary and inconsequential. thats part of the beauty of trail music in my opinion - its not filmed or recorded and only matters in the moment to those singing it.
>>2715709Shaker is good for walks. Relaxing sound that reminds me of waves crashing.You can put it in your cargo pocket to sync with your gait.
