Will You Be Sad?

[zipflip]

i am ready to kill,waited long enough already.couple more weeks and chop,chop.smoke

cant agree wit u any more andy...
for me, watering is a real endeavour as well as an adventure.
bout a 1/2 hour 45 minute drive on some old abandoned rut road out into the middle of no where then a walk bout 1/4 mile to the waterhole to scoop the water then another couple miles of trail to drive then bout a 1/3-1/2 mile hike wit 2 big arse water jugs. then the trip out and the 40 mile drive home every 3 days to a week has gotten a great deal of stress for me but it'll pay off i know it. but its been the greatest experience of my life til now i'd say.
come harvest they'll be gone but never forgotten is all i can say and they'll be a part of me for quite a while after i chop em down too

 

[clanchattan]

speakin of which i think i might have to invest in some protection for there have been a few mountain lions spotted and one killed round the area i'm gardening. i looked online how to react when u encounter one but i'll be damned if i'm just gonna stand there and wave my arms makin as much noise as possible man. when this thing wit 3 inch fangs is starrin me down waitin to take bite out my rump. lol. i usually carry a baseball bat for a just in case watever measure as well as a good lengthed knife. maybe i'll pick up a machete(sp?)
i'd do the gun thing but i hate guns and they give me chills just lookin at the things. besides, that'd look somethin awful gettin caught en route to or while mingling in my garden and yet gettin its another thing gettin caught in a grow wit a firearm at side. bad news there. too much for me to think bout.
anyone else ever encounter a mountain lion?
watc ur story on it?
how'd ya fend ya self gainst it or wat'd u do howd ya react? advice?
thanks

you usually don't get too much chance to stare them down. they like to jump on ya from the trees. your walkin along and all of a sudden your on the ground. the good news is in the appalachians and blue ridge mountains the big cats are just starting to re-populate and with as many deer as we have running around the chances of you getting attacked are pretty slim.

cats on the whole, and catamounts (what we call lions around here) are pretty damned smart animals, and bullies to boot. if an animal even nearly approaches the size of the cat they tend to think the better of it. wild pigs on the other hand..........

look around at camping stores for bear spray. its mace but it sprays like those hornet nest sprays 25' to 35'.

and when your slippin thru the woods scan with your eyes constantly, including up.

 

[sambooka02]

Mountain lion hu? Can't say that I have... One thing I was thinking though would be to get some bear repellent or pepper spray or whatever its called.. I mean if it works on bears right?? Geeze my concern wasn't the animals though.. More the stupid theives in my neighbourhood. My brothers plant was ripped right from the ground last night in out backyard. It certainly freaked me out (thank god I was worried about frost so mine was locked in the shead)... I harvested today. I was gunna wait till the first but im pretty happy with what I got. It was my first try, with only one little lady and she's lookin SWEET!!!

ps.. It was kinda sad to chop her down. If only you could just pick buds like apples all year long, lol....

 

[Dozingoffaroundthecorner]

I've never grown outdoors before but if I did I would be a little sad because it is a hobby and I would not have the excitement of watching the garden closely and feeding, you know, all that stuff. I guess the cool part would be that there is enough time to enjoy the harvest and get all the info + experience together to make the next much better.

 

[Dozingoffaroundthecorner]

speakin of which i think i might have to invest in some protection for there have been a few mountain lions spotted and one killed round the area i'm gardening. i looked online how to react when u encounter one but i'll be damned if i'm just gonna stand there and wave my arms makin as much noise as possible man. when this thing wit 3 inch fangs is starrin me down waitin to take bite out my rump. lol. i usually carry a baseball bat for a just in case watever measure as well as a good lengthed knife. maybe i'll pick up a machete(sp?)
i'd do the gun thing but i hate guns and they give me chills just lookin at the things. besides, that'd look somethin awful gettin caught en route to or while mingling in my garden and yet gettin its another thing gettin caught in a grow wit a firearm at side. bad news there. too much for me to think bout.
anyone else ever encounter a mountain lion?
watc ur story on it?
how'd ya fend ya self gainst it or wat'd u do howd ya react? advice?
thanks

I think if you just do your thing and let the lions do theirs that neither one of you will even know that you are there. Even if or when you do realize you are there you will both be too busy to care.

 

[HydroManiac]

speakin of which i think i might have to invest in some protection for there have been a few mountain lions spotted and one killed round the area i'm gardening. i looked online how to react when u encounter one but i'll be damned if i'm just gonna stand there and wave my arms makin as much noise as possible man. when this thing wit 3 inch fangs is starrin me down waitin to take bite out my rump. lol. i usually carry a baseball bat for a just in case watever measure as well as a good lengthed knife. maybe i'll pick up a machete(sp?)
i'd do the gun thing but i hate guns and they give me chills just lookin at the things. besides, that'd look somethin awful gettin caught en route to or while mingling in my garden and yet gettin its another thing gettin caught in a grow wit a firearm at side. bad news there. too much for me to think bout.
anyone else ever encounter a mountain lion?
watc ur story on it?
how'd ya fend ya self gainst it or wat'd u do howd ya react? advice?
thanks

Get some bear mase :hubba:

 

[HydroManiac]

:yeahthat: :hitchair:

you usually don't get too much chance to stare them down. they like to jump on ya from the trees. your walkin along and all of a sudden your on the ground. the good news is in the appalachians and blue ridge mountains the big cats are just starting to re-populate and with as many deer as we have running around the chances of you getting attacked are pretty slim.

cats on the whole, and catamounts (what we call lions around here) are pretty damned smart animals, and bullies to boot. if an animal even nearly approaches the size of the cat they tend to think the better of it. wild pigs on the other hand..........

look around at camping stores for bear spray. its mace but it sprays like those hornet nest sprays 25' to 35'.

and when your slippin thru the woods scan with your eyes constantly, including up.

:yeahthat: :hitchair:

 

[Dozingoffaroundthecorner]

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[GrowRebel]

:ciao:Well folks ... Saturday night will be the night to pull most of the ladies:cry::banana::confused2: ... three maybe four will remain for a time ... I'm having friends over Sunday for a manicure party ... plus cookout ... :hubba: I will post pictures of the girls before and after the pull ... in my outdoor thread:tokie:

:48:

 

[mistisrising]

I put a lot of work into my crops, so yeah, when I finally go to chop 'em down I definitely feel a little bit sad. But, at the same time, when it comes to outdoor, I feel an infinite sense of relief when I finally get to it. Never mind the relief in my fingers when the trimming is done. But, at the same time, I don't feel a wink of remorse when I chop down my tomato plants, or my peppers. Wonder why that is.

 

[GrowRebel]

Good question ... hummm ... perhaps a bond of some kind ... the fair maiden oppressed and sought after? ... Protecting while watching her grow? :confused2: