>>2864355
I guess.

>>2864355
no. it lets you practice similar skills but sometimes focusing too much on the external has a detrimental effect on finding yourself. you may just need a very bland room with a comfortable chair.

>>2864355
Isolation in general made me realize who I am. Solitude in the wild made me realize my part of the world. Edgy but true in my case.

I'm a hateful degenerate with no self control and i disgust myself. Personally, being outside makes me feel human

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I reach the range of forest druid

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Bonus track agaricus campestris, also tasty

Mushrooms in march? Where on earth do you live?

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ID? Indiana.

>>2865523
ink caps

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>>2864075
Wales is a nice place
Been wandering around this old castle myself

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>trying to convince chronically unfit friends to do the 14k ashridge loop on Easter Monday
>They keep all getting ill

Please I just want to walk with friends.

Pic is of west bay with my film camera, looking forward to taking it on proper walks.

catching the train down to Lizard this coming wednesday, walking lizard point to cape wrath over probably 15 weeks. last year I did lejog over 13 weeks. campsites most nights, some hostels in big towns/cities for rest days. a real adventure

what an odd spring this is

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>>2864959
Ended up walking it with one other person and her dog. Had a great time, about 18km in total. It was sunny but not too warm, windy but not frustrating. I've really got to look at doing some more walks in the Chilterns.

>>2864771
>>2864792
I watched one while parked at a chick fil a once. Between lights he would pull out his phone and scroll.

Then his time was up, he walked off and was replaced by another. Original guy headed to the parking lot I was in, put his stuff in the trunk and went to the restaurants bathroom.

I think we have professional beggers in my state.

>>2864843
I think you're not wrong with your conclusion but you're also so retarded about it with your specific anecdote that you're probably wrong in that instance

next you're going to pretend you are working constantly at work

>>2864597
I know the feeling. I just got back from 'Nam and was hitchhiking through Oregon. A cop started harassing me, next thing I knew I had a whole army of cops chasing me through the woods. I had to take them all out, it was a blood bath.

>>2864598
There's "the homeless" and there's homeless. Normal homeless people don't live in tent cities stealing from each other and selling each other drugs

>>2865466
>ThEy ArNt ThE rEaL hOmElEsS!!!1111
stop excusing and romanticizing mentally ill vagrancy.

>>2865154
If they killed it i'll resurrect it. I'll resurrect the british kitchen at that too if need be.

>>2865174
Resurrect the british people first

>>2865175
inshallah, brother.

>>2865154
Yes. Funny how it was hated because germans did not depredate these plants.

I put some of these tubers in pots this spring, now I have a few leaves pointing out. Sweet potato works too.
Old and perennial vegetables are kind of trendy here. You cand find monstera like tubers that grow too in asian stores.

>>2865150
Jerusalem artichokes aka fart tubers....

>>2862239
What are you planning to cut down? Yggdrasil?

The best is a silky, but you pay a little extra

>>2862207
this is what I have, saws through shit like butter.

>>2863895
I'm gonna order this

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>>2862205
I'm not sure if it's the best one, but I bought this today. €7.50 and it survived the first cut.

Angelina Jolie was a great tomb raider and instill listen to basement Jax because of that movie. Tomb raider 2 did inspire.me to become an explorer of the wild. Hope she carries the.fire.

>>2860561
ouch, the wall hit hard, already got the wicked witch looking face. barely above jk rowling. decent body still. wrong direction for her to go in. should do something like a buddy cop movie. but she's a gassed up mid who rode 3rd wave feminism to fame so it'd still be dogshit since she's never laughed at a joke sincerely in her life

>>2860561
would raid her tomb, if you catch my drift

>>2860561
Tbh /out/ movies just never do that well in the box office. I guess people don't want to see /out/.

>>2864979
If her "tomb" was a tight wet pussy haha, get it?

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pro-tip: skip the entire section between roanoke and the nc border, the views suck, unless you are just a completist
the part between the start near charlottesville and roanoke actually is kinda nice

the section between the linville gorge and asheville is still closed and has some of the best views and hikes so wait until that's open, the online map isn't always 100% accurate and updated, call the blue ridge visitors center for best info

linville gorge has some great hikes but the roads are TRASH and I don't recommend it unless you have off-road-ish tires and strong legs

the best views are near linn cove (you do not park at the bridge itself, you park in the adjacent overlooks and walk on a path just off the road for the views) and I would say roughly between looking glass rock and cowee mountain is maybe the best of the overlooks

if you have time, check out the main road in the smokies for overlooks and the paved trail up kuowhi/clingman's dome as well as the cherohala skyway which runs nearby

I recommend white labs brewing for pizza and fancy fries in asheville

oh an its not ON the parkway, and it costs extra money, but blowing rock (parking lot, walk through gift shop, other side is a mini-park with a view) has a quite unique view that allows you to see all the way to mt mitchell (which you probably should also see, it's right off the parkway)

I saw SOOOOO many motorcycles when I was just there, oddly ATVs too which I wasn't expecting.

>>2864608
Isnt the speed limit like 45mph? You could probably take a 49cc minibike on the blue ridge parkway lol

>>2865336
yeah, 35 for some
its just kinda crowded esp on weekends and early afternoons
and motorcycles and atvs are noisy, and llots of people were bringing jdm tuner cars to hoon them around when I was there
as well as the usual porsche and bmw sports car suspects

>>2864307
Get something that protects the Achilles. Beavers aim for that when they charge, see that Russian trench video.

>>2864686
no it wouldn't
and bison were far more impactful for changing/maintaining habitat until they got wiped out

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>>2864307
Neck yourself cunt. Beavers are based.

>>2864686
Beaver are the most destructive animal in north America.
>find nice trickling stream feeding 10,000 acres.
>build a dam
>submerge and kill every tree in the hollow.
>starve everything downstream from life sustaining water
>prevent fish from populating surrounding areas

Fuck beavers.
Neighbor has blown up the beaver lodge next door with dynamite multiple times.
New beavers just show up and rebuild it.
Now I have no creak u less I go and break thwir damn open. And they just repair it overnight.

>>2865221
that's just a polish person

>>2865296
Parking is not the issue there.

>>2865305
>>2865305
yeah dude we can never add any more trails and paths without completely ruining this place seriously we should ban everyone from even being within a 100 mile buffer zone of the forest roads that least to them because of the serious ecological damage that could be done if they made some more paths through this extremely fragile ecosystem that we HAVE to take care of, I mean seriously we need to be paid more money to maintain these few trails and paths otherwise mother nature would just take over the paths and the place would go back to being absolute wilderness within a few seasons do you even understand how fragile these places are?? but seriously the only solution is controlling people unless they pay enough

>>2865308
>maintain these few trails and paths otherwise mother nature would just take over the paths and the place would go back to being absolute wilderness within a few seasons

This is true though. Have you ever been to the North cascades? Have the roads out there get washed out every year. Everything gets covered in a bunch of down trees every year.

flatten the land and add more parking
this is silly

roads can be widened, trails can be maintained, shelters can be built, blazes can be added, parking can be expanded
the obstacle is PEOPLE, not the land

>>2865309
i've actually driven down some single lane ancient paved road that lead through the mountains somewhere near leavenworth until it was dead ended by overgrowth, I was being facetious because anon is pretending like these areas won't survive humans

>>2865540
what supermen? what nonsense are you talking about?

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Wool sweater. Would you just look at that.

>>2866229
Just in time for summer!
J/K it looks nice.

>>2866690
Its also from this century, believe it or not.

>>2844440
smartwool hasn’t made 100% wool socks for a long time

>>2864288
Seeds don't need light. Best way is fold some kitchen rolling half, wet it. Put seeds in the fold and place into a plastic container in the airing cupboard. Seeds germinate underground

>>2864292
>>2864290
Don't put them in the fridge. The fridge is too cold. Think about nature and how seeds work. Ffs it can't be so hard can it?

>>2865245
Kitchen roll in half*

>>2865246
On top of, not in....lrn 2 reed

>>2865249
Yea, that would work. Not sure why i thought it said in the top of your fridge

Look at all of these RV fags coming out of the woodwork... RVs are gay.

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>>2863086
>>2863087

>>2855384
I wanna drive boats
>>2863078
this

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Full time boat living for 8 years.
Versus a land apartment I save over 1k a month.
Maintenence costs are significantly less than that.
Literally everything is mildly inconvenient, laundry, groceries, water, getting to work and back, but the way I get to live more than makes up for those small hurdles.

I know a lot about boats. I fix all my own shit. I also work on boats, I fix all of their shit.

If you pay someone to fix your shit (in my area) it's gonna run you 150$/hr per guy minimum. Electrical, fiberglass, plumbing, engine, rig.

The internet is your friend. You can learn how to fix it.

Don't be a retard. If you're a retard you'll end up in a world of hurt.
Otherwise you'll be fine.

I'll check back if you have questions.

>>2864926
>gardening
pests are my biggest issue. deer, possums, raccoons, squirels, plus all the insects. potatoes are a great crop to break out new ground because animals dont eat them and bugs are controlled with sals suds and neem oil 2tbsp each per gallon. also you can ammend your soil with tons of leaves. tree leaves are acidic and potatoes like acid soil. you will have to add some nitrogen to your soil because the leaves decomposing will use up notrogen, piss is a good free source of nitrogen. hotwire fence is great to keep the animals out of other crops.
>orchard
try to find out varieties that grow well in your area. i bought 15 trees 6 yrs ago and only two have produced fruit, i suspect i bought the wrong varieties or something. tyty nursery sells cheap bare root trees that have grown great for me. plant fruit trees asap, they are a longterm investment. they need FULL sun.
>pond
you can put pigs in it and let them root aound in the mud, this is supposed to seal your pond off.

are you in the US? what zone?

#1)
Destroy the English Ivy.
Mow it.
Burn it.
Poison it.
Eradicate at all cost.

#2)
Research trees for your zone.
Just because they sell Species X at the local home depot doesnt mean it does well there.
Citrus will die from winter freeze.
Apple wont produce without cold winters.

Buy the largest you feel comfortable spending money on. The difference between a 2 foot sapling and a 5 foot sapling might be fruit 3 years earlier. And youll never make up those lost years of increased production.


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And just for the record-
Any named cultivar (Honey Crisp apple, Fuji apple, Stewart Pecan, Meyer lemon, any rose with a name) are all clones. Planting seeds from any of those will create a new cultivar with random traits (fruit size, taste, disease and pesticides reaistance). Parents do not breed true.
They are all clones/cuttings from the original named plant.
Either a cutting was rooted or it was grafted onto rootstock.of a common variety. Care must be taken to insure the rootstock does not grow new branches because it will overtake the graft. This is generally just an issue during the first couple years for trees but can be an issue with winter die-back on plants like roses and blueberries for eternity.

>>2864937
>>2865096
I live in the US in zone 6. Luckily I don't have to rely on Home Depo, I know a local nursery business that sells trees for my state. I would hope they could give me good options for what works best here. For the weather, it gets cold enough for good snow most years, so apples should be do-able. I'll make sure to double check with the nursery to make sure they'll pollinate well.
For the garden, I'll have to get that fence since I do have a lot of wild animals here. I'll probably spend more time on the trees for now just so not to overwhelm my time or budget.

>>2865160
Id get trees in the ground as soon as possible, youll be that much farther ahead.
Deer will still nibble on fresh leaves and bucks love to scrape the felt off their antlers on young, soft trees. Ive lost a few saplings when bucks start fighting and crash through anything in their way. So be advised on that. I have 5 foot tall, 2 foot diameter wire cages I use on saplings that matter. Most survive just fine without them though.
Also see what are cash crops in your area. Pecans are common here and ive bagged 2,000 pounds in a good year and sold them for a buck a pound to local packers.
Walnuts are a pita. Packers want them husked and thats too much work for me.
Almonds take a lot of water and probably wont do zone 6. Same with pistachio.
But once again id focus on fruits & nuts that you enjoy, not what could potentially bring a few extra bucks.

Ive done raised beds and planted specific crops year after year in them.
Ive also just decided to til a random place in the yard and plant 500 sq/ft of green beans for just 1 season.
Canning is great but very time consuming. I do about 500 quarts of green beans every couple years and at peak harvest ive spent 14 hours in a day picking, snapping and canning just what was ready to pick that day and repeated it again the next day.

>>2865063
i am not payong $300 for a pad that will develop a slow leak after 3 uses when pads that will develop a slow leake after 3 uses are available for $50

>>2865165
Good pads come with a repair kit. You should also not sleep on ground without a groundsheet and clear the ground meaning removing all potential pokeys. I have never had a problem with a pad leaking when using a ground sheet under my tent. I also live in a area with tons of rocks and constant twigs and sticks. Are you semi or fully retarded to not do any of this?

>>2865166
this is a minimalist thread. if i need to carry extra stuff for it to not break its not minimalist

>>2865180
Even then why compromise on quality sleep?
In all honesty if you are really looking for true minimalist just go camping with a sleeping bag, and foam cell pad. Not like the pad can puncture. You technically don't need a tent or a bivy if its warm enough, and if its really warm just take a pad meaning 70s-80s at night.
40 degree bag is about 50 bucks and one of those foam cells is around 20, if you are attempting temps around 50-60. You are more or less bound by the weekly forecasts and their accuracy.
Even thru-hikers don't compromise heavily on sleep. A inflatable pad is also able to compact further down than a foam pad. Also a groundsheet is 7-8 ounces for a 2p so a 1p would be 4-5 ounces.

Buy a nice $20 bottle of wine and use it to chat up someone to share their sleep system. Or for an ultralight option, hyperventilate into a bread bag for 60 seconds and then smash your head into a tree. You should fall asleep pretty quickly.