Dennis Barrow

I guess you could say raspberries can be an invasive plant.  But a tasty one.

Five years ago I planted a couple dozen plants in a 6 inch raised bed, 2 foot wide and 16 feet long.  They have now spread over 12 feet from that.  New shoots come up in my 24 inch deep raised 4 x 4 foot beds a few feet away.  

I just clip them off as I am not going to try to dig up that much raised bed to get at the roots.  And I think it would be a temporary fix.

I also took a couple dozen of the "extra" plants a transplanted them to a different garden.  Most have lived but not thrived like the first location, but this past year they seemed to gotten used to the new location and I saw a few new shoots.

What's worse than a box full of snakes???

A box that was supposed to be full of snakes!!

You definately scored big with that oven.
My Mother had one like that in the late 60's early 70's when she had her back packing business in the Bob Marshall Wilderness area.  
Nothing like fresh baked bread, pies and brownies while in the back country.

Sign at beginning of road:

Rough Road
Remove Dentures
Tighten bra straps

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:I'm wondering what the maximum distance might be from your garden to the point of origin. Any archers who can shed some light?

I know my son's all archery hunt and won't take a shot over 60 yds.  

A few years ago one of them shot an arrow across my property to see how far it would go.  This was with a compound bow.
It made it 325 yards.  That's a long, long ways.  I have seen youtube shorts where people were shooting arrows 500 yards, not hitting their targets, but still.......

Some idiot could have shot an arrow into the air........  Arrows and broadheads are not cheap.

AI is interesting!

I asked for discounted flights for seniors over 65.   Came back and said discounts ONLY if you were 55 years old.   Got a good chuckle over that.

Overall the AI answers have been good, but I don't fully trust it.

M Ljin wrote:Thank you for sharing! What were your materials? Waxed canvas? Skins?

I think it was a 12 oz duck canvas.  It was in 1971 so memory of weight is foggy.
I ordered a couple rolls of the canvas and it arrived via freight train to Whitefish, MT, that's where I lived at the time.
My dad was the local Singer Sewing Machine dealer and repairman for same.
He got me set up with a Singer adjusted to handle the heavier weight material.
I made them in the parents back yard, the only place that was large enough.
Also went out and collected poles to sell.

M Ljin wrote:One option would be a tipi. That could be rather useful for being able to move around the valley based on which foods are available when—moving up to the hills when the acorns are dropping, back down to dig parsnips, etc.

I made tipi's when I got out of high school.  Around 25 of them.  Sold them locally in Montana.

My mother was the first female licensed outfitter in the state and had a backpacking business into the Bob Marshall Wilderness.  Base camp was a 21 foot diameter tipi I made her.

After she quit that business, (insurance go to high, they found out grizzly bears frequented her camps) we used the tipi for hunting camps and just camping for almost 30 years.  It finally fell apart.

Last year I put about a foot depth of pine needles in a section of my garden and planted potatoes in them.  They grew well but not as well as right next to them where I grew potatoes in about a foot of straw.  I will grow potatoes in pine needles again this year as they are free to me.
I am planning on using pine needles in the walkways in my gardens this year.  My property has about 5 acres of ponderosa pines.  Lots of needles, many places several inches deep.

$200  ...  I would buy good organic soil for my gardens.   It takes a long time to build it up myself and I like "instant gratification".

$1000     ...  I would buy a couple truck loads of good organic soil for my gardens.   ;-)