I have this strip in the back, 30" deep and 15' wide
>Tons of leaf litter
>Top soil seems to be amended, but a little dry
>Even saw mushrooms growing last month
>Mix of sun and shade throughout the day
>Clay soil underneath
>Colorado
I want to try Alaskan lupine, four o'clocks (which I know can survive here with watering), amaranth, and a ground cover. I have low-but-not-no-knowledge on this stuff, I mostly just know leaf litter mulch and wood chips can help retain moisture and amend the soil over time.

Any recommendations?

is it worth / how hard would it be to resole these? these are these boots:
https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/austrian-combat-boots-full-leather-lightweight-model-surplus/68454

i was out in mud and the sole just disconnected. if i tug on it, it'll totally just peel away from the rest of the shoe. i've got clamps and E6000, and also shoe goo. i could probably peel this whole sole off, clean up both sides and stick it back on. or buy a new set of vibram soles on amazon and put new ones on.
or say "fuck it" and throw them away and buy another pair for 60$.

it feels kinda bad to just toss them because all the rest of the shoe is fine, but financially it seems the smartest thing to do.

and made some blackberry jam with them on my rocket stove. what did you guys do /out/side today? do any of you do stuff like this?

back when i was 14-13 i lived in a town in the middle of nowhere.
the nearest city was araund 290 km.
one of those days i went on a trip by foot with two of my dogs it was foggy that day so i couldn´t see nothing.
out of nowere i sawed a weid looking pink blob of what i pressumed was flesh.
it had a horrible smell and it had a weird texture that i couldn´t describe.
i was scared shitles and so i ran back to my home and told my grandparent´s about what happend.
it was probably a dead shne of he´s sheep escaped while he was eating.

/out/ humor thread

anyone have any recommendations for trails (10+ mile loops, lakes,) and campgrounds as well as campsites in and around Shasta?

Is catch&release fishing actually a morally acceptable hobby? both from humanitarian and enviromental perspective. Isn't it cruel to plunge a sharp hook into the mouth of a living creature just to play with it for a while, and then release it back into the water a few minutes later? Every minute out of the water is a huge stress for the fish and a chance to suffocate it to death, the hooks penetrate directly into the tissues, often piercing completely through the mouth. Someone might say that in a sense it is a form of torture/animal abuse and that if fish could scream, people would abhor fishing

Isn't ending their suffering and killing them on sight just better? At least morally acceptable?

it's over...

is there any way to put one of these on/take one off, with a rucksack underneath, in moderate wind and rain, that isn't fucking cancer?
i swear to god im missing something

Anyone else here watching those silly straight line missions? Because I sure do