Falling wedges. What's good, what's not, and why?

[slowp]

There may be WEDGES of blueberry pie. I'm covering my bases this year and will run down the road and BUY some domestically grown blueberries. The huckleberries, as I've said, will be quite late this year. We had so much snow, and such a cool Spring.

Blueberries just aint the same thing.

 

[Greystoke]

It's not for everyone, but Lang Creek Brewery in Marion makes a Huckleberry beer. It's pretty dang good, and has a finish similar to a good IPA.

Oh, and "WEDGES". Coverin' mah bases.

Huckleberry beer....blech! Now huckleberry whiskey.....:smile2:

 

[8433jeff]

MMMMMMM, pie.

Any of the above.

I'd try the beer, had a six pack of pumpkin pie beer from an outfit in Wisconsin once. Around Thanksgiving, they always brew a batch up. There's better beer, but they were OK with a leftover turkey sammich.

I don't advocate violence, but you all be careful out there and hit what you aim at, if it comes to that. Which it shouldn't, over pie?

MMMMMMM, pie.

 

[Mastermind]

There may be WEDGES of blueberry pie. I'm covering my bases this year and will run down the road and BUY some domestically grown blueberries. The huckleberries, as I've said, will be quite late this year. We had so much snow, and such a cool Spring.

Blueberries just aint the same thing.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before. But I like me some pie. Wedges of pie are fine, just fine.

It ain't important what's in the pie so long as the crust is flakey.

I likes me a flakey crust.

 

[madhatte]

Same here. . . We get the foreigner pickers for shrooms and H. Berries. They usually speak no Engrish, are rude, and a lot of local folks have been threatened with knives. They are like locusts, often damaging the plants they "pick", I use the term pick lightly. . . It's more like rape.

Oh, man, do I ever have some tales about that stuff.

Only time I've ever been threatened in the woods was by a white guy dressed like the Gorton's Fisherman... protecting his 'shroom patch against imaginary Asians. Dude came at me with a knife, shouting "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" while I'm looking up a clino at the top of a tree, out at the end of my Spencer, in cruiser's vest and hard-hat. Evidently there'd been some kind of war the season before (this would be 1995-6, Gifford Pinchot, slowp surely remembers) and everybody was on edge. Once he cooled down, he went to great pains to show me how to properly harvest Chanterelles without disturbing the mycelium, a technique which I use to this day.

'Nother time I was rollin' outta the woods only to find my way blocked by a "POLICE BARRIER DO NOT ENTER" tape across a main-line. Yeah, right, not on my watch; I have lights on my roof, too. I follow my snoot to the flavors of fruit and find that 3 (!) law enforcement agencies have a half-dozen Mexicans handcuffed face-down on the ground next to a van recently filled to the gills with fresh-cut salal. Three years later, those sprigs have not quite completely decomposed where they were dumped out.

I may or may not have written of my adventures with Mexican planting crews; they have been uniformly excellent experiences. Those guys bust ass and get it done.

So I ask the obvious "elephant in the room" question: who's really the "foreigner" in the woods?

 

[slowp]

The answer is easy. Scotch Broom.:msp_biggrin:

 

[056kid]

All I can say is #### you Randy.

 

[2dogs]

There are times when pulling a tree over is the best way. My responce was to HBRN's as usual bad advice regarding his wedge technique.

Forestry is a great career! (I'm not a forester.) Do your best!

Edited for clarity. I hope.

Kinda funny, this post earned me red rep. I think that is a first.

Scotty your advice was not valid and can be very dangerous. Please rethink your wedging technique before you get hurt.

 

[dave k]

That seems to be HBRN's latest way of dealing with any comment on his waffle, I too got neg rep from him as did someone else, I'm so upset about it !
In all the rambling and waffle there is some very good info and advice in this thread it's good that it wasn't totaly ruined by one man's foolishness.

 

[RandyMac]

Interlopers come in various shades, some have nefarious operations in progress. The most dangerous brand are the dope growers. One of my younger relatives was flyfishing with a friend, minding their own business, hunting trout in a small stream. A cammo'ed creature with a plastic rifle popped up and threatened them. They left, of course. However being "Family" they stewed some and went back. Short version, things got, well, burnt. That form of activity appealed to the younger set, recons were done, more things were torched. Ah, but all fun must end. While wandering around in a patch, spraying diesel on plants, a large hand attached to a cammo'ed creature snatched this young lad off his feet and left him staring at, a Cop. The Cammo'ed Cop told the lad to finish what he was doing and never do it again. Not known for his wits, the kid did stay out of trouble.
Having encountered bullets myself, they are best avoided. I have on occasion returned fire, that generally allows the other guy time to reflect and quit shooting.
Such was life in Humboldt.

 

[Gologit]

Interlopers come in various shades, some have nefarious operations in progress. The most dangerous brand are the dope growers. One of my younger relatives was flyfishing with a friend, minding their own business, hunting trout in a small stream. A cammo'ed creature with a plastic rifle popped up and threatened them. They left, of course. However being "Family" they stewed some and went back. Short version, things got, well, burnt. That form of activity appealed to the younger set, recons were done, more things were torched. Ah, but all fun must end. While wandering around in a patch, spraying diesel on plants, a large hand attached to a cammo'ed creature snatched this young lad off his feet and left him staring at, a Cop. The Cammo'ed Cop told the lad to finish what he was doing and never do it again. Not known for his wits, the kid did stay out of trouble.
Having encountered bullets myself, they are best avoided. I have on occasion returned fire, that generally allows the other guy time to reflect and quit shooting.
Such was life in Humboldt.

Was?

 

[RandyMac]

Hey Bob!
Yeah, you are probably right, although I think things have calmed down a bit, I could be wrong.
There are places I would think twice before venturing into, memories are long. Rio Dell is high on the list, so is 'Thorne, Briceland, Harris, Alderpoint.....ok, ok, most everywhere south of Fortuna. Dammit!

 

[Gologit]

I think I could go back to Humboldt with no problem. Not Klamath Falls, though. Elk Creek probably wouldn't be good idea. Or Hayampom either. We stopped at Pollard Flats a month ago and they watched us like hawks. Long memories there.
Kyburz is still off limits...one of our guys threw the jukebox out through the front window of the Kyburz Lodge. We bet him he couldn't do it. He did. He was big. The jukebox was offensive... too many Wayne Newton records on it.
Oh...and the Denny's in Marysville. If you even look like a logger they call the cops. Quick.

 

[promac850]

I think I could go back to Humboldt with no problem. Not Klamath Falls, though. Elk Creek probably wouldn't be good idea. Or Hayampom either. We stopped at Pollard Flats a month ago and they watched us like hawks. Long memories there.
Kyburz is still off limits...one of our guys threw the jukebox out through the front window of the Kyburz Lodge. We bet him he couldn't do it. He did. He was big. The jukebox was offensive... too many Wayne Newton records on it.
Oh...and the Denny's in Marysville. If you even look like a logger they call the cops. Quick.

Lol, jukebox through the window... that's awesome!! Was it a Rowe or AMI? My aunt worked for them for a long, long time.

 

[madhatte]

The answer is easy. Scotch Broom.:msp_biggrin:

Zing! Right you are. We've burned I think close to a thousand acres of the stuff already this year in the two weeks we've had the weather for it. Another 200 down today alone! Stuff is nasty; the seeds stay viable for up to 60 years, so you have to burn, spray, mow, rip, or whatever other means of destruction over and over again until the seed-bed is completely exhausted... and the next time anything walks or drives through the cycle begins anew. Nothing eats it, it out-competes nearly everything, and it burns hot and fast. Explosive dehiscence throws seeds everywhere. This time of year you can hear the pods snapping everywhere; sounds like popcorn. Thickets get over ten feet tall and are impossible to walk through. The woody stalks at the base can be four inches or more in diameter. I shudder to think how much this state spends each year trying to control Scots' Broom, or giant knotweed, for that matter.

 

[2dogs]

Zing! Right you are. We've burned I think close to a thousand acres of the stuff already this year in the two weeks we've had the weather for it. Another 200 down today alone! Stuff is nasty; the seeds stay viable for up to 60 years, so you have to burn, spray, mow, rip, or whatever other means of destruction over and over again until the seed-bed is completely exhausted... and the next time anything walks or drives through the cycle begins anew. Nothing eats it, it out-competes nearly everything, and it burns hot and fast. Explosive dehiscence throws seeds everywhere. This time of year you can hear the pods snapping everywhere; sounds like popcorn. Thickets get over ten feet tall and are impossible to walk through. The woody stalks at the base can be four inches or more in diameter. I shudder to think how much this state spends each year trying to control Scots' Broom, or giant knotweed, for that matter.

We have been dealing with brooms down here too. Some roads the have a dirt shoulder now have a tunnel of broom. View scapes have been lost and turning out of some driveways can be a challenge. The County has banned roadside spraying so now they just ignore the problem. It certainly is job security for some of us.

 

[Joe46]

Yup, and it's one of the worst for allergy sufferers also. Thankfully I'm not in that category.

 

[Cedarkerf]

I HATE scotch broom it stinks so bad and looks like krap

 

[madhatte]

I HATE scotch broom it stinks so bad and looks like krap

Did you guys see any of our smoke the last couple of days?

 

[slowp]

Did you guys see any of our smoke the last couple of days?

Nope. My neighbors burn stuff a lot.