Wild Edible Plants

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jgk3 replied

07-05-2012, 05:02 PM
Re: Wild Edible Plants

sorry to hear that... I don't know how to express it because I haven't experienced it. The reason I just wrote "sorry to hear that..." at first was simply because I did not want to pretend I knew your pain, but I realized that it was too cold on its own and doesn't reflect that I felt for you regardless.

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Artashes replied

07-03-2012, 07:24 PM
Re: Wild Edible Plants

Originally posted by jgk3 View Post

Thanks for the tip, and I find it cool that you used to carve... I would totally do that too if I weren't so busy myself. If I may ask, how come you came out of retirement?

Hate to say I was stupid but...
14 years ago(approx.) lived on Kodiak Island. Several old WW2 front loader boats were being used to deliver supplies to outlying villages. Pull up to the beach, drop the front ramp and drive a truck off or simply offload supplies. A couple of buddies were running one of these between villages and ran one aground. The idiots were drinking. I financed everything and put in several hundred hours to boot. To cut a long story short the boat pays the main fiberglasser and he goes from pay house straight to airport. By the time I catch on and get to airport plane is gone. Dispite the fact I was honest in all my actions I find great fault with me.
I made my money by sitting in a small well lite room not financing others. That cost me 15 years.
As Arnold once said: xxxx happens.
Artashes
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jgk3 replied

07-03-2012, 04:50 PM
Re: Wild Edible Plants

Thanks for the tip, and I find it cool that you used to carve... I would totally do that too if I weren't so busy myself. If I may ask, how come you came out of retirement?
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Artashes replied

07-03-2012, 04:05 PM
Re: Wild Edible Plants

Also you mention interest in starting fire. As a child was mesmerized by the word "tinderbox". Before I had to come out of retirement I was carving most every day. One of my favorite things to carve we're tinderboxes. Of the many shapes I've made one was the main stalk of a naturally shed Elk antler. Cut one side of round and make lid of cut piece. Hollow the main part and make compartments for various useful fire starting stuff then inlay stones and ivory and metals.
How I miss being retired. Sigh
Also used to always carry finely flaked magnesium(plenty) for tough fire starting times.
Artashes
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Artashes replied

07-03-2012, 02:29 PM
Re: Wild Edible Plants

Originally posted by jgk3 View Post

That is sad about your friend and the wolverine... If I had his mentality, I would've shot my dog dozens of times already for stealing my food

Your discussion about all these gems and pretty rocks has gotten me interested in collecting them. I've also been reading about fire-starting using rocks. Apparently you don't need flint, you can do just fine with quartz, found in old river beds or mining sites, by striking a sharp edge of the crystal against high carbon steel vigorously, causing the steel to become molten... this if it lands on a tinder bundle can start a fire. I've also been interested in finding rocks to knap with, to make stone blades. I seem to find the same old clay type rocks everywhere though. Maybe if I go to the mountain, I'll find more interesting formations.

Yes I too was extremely displeased with friends action and attitude. A real shame.
New Era Gems -- Grass Valley, California on a road named Rattlesnake road is owned by Steve Ulitowski(sp?) puts out nice catalog and is straight shooter.Also Snyder and sons(sp?) out of San Diego,Ca. Puts out nice catalog. Both are helpful souls for inquisitive questions concerning stones.
Mountains are generally good place for rock hounding. Also streams/rivers. However lowland needs to be looked at with imagination. Think of what the land shape looked like 1000, 10,000, 1,000,000 etc years ago and then look.
Upper Michigan peninsula has much copper and excellent pipestone. Canada is rich -- have to go--2
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jgk3 replied

07-03-2012, 01:20 PM
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That is sad about your friend and the wolverine... If I had his mentality, I would've shot my dog dozens of times already for stealing my food

Your discussion about all these gems and pretty rocks has gotten me interested in collecting them. I've also been reading about fire-starting using rocks. Apparently you don't need flint, you can do just fine with quartz, found in old river beds or mining sites, by striking a sharp edge of the crystal against high carbon steel vigorously, causing the steel to become molten... this if it lands on a tinder bundle can start a fire. I've also been interested in finding rocks to knap with, to make stone blades. I seem to find the same old clay type rocks everywhere though. Maybe if I go to the mountain, I'll find more interesting formations.
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Artashes replied

06-29-2012, 06:20 PM
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Originally posted by jgk3 View Post

np, you can call me Jeff btw. I'd love to see Alaska someday, all the wolverines known to be friendly?

Wild blueberries, yum... Last summer I had these for the first time in the East coast actually, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. My dad was complaining that I was obsessing over them instead of enjoying an amazing view from the mountaintop of the ocean and the scenic cliffs and forests surrounding us :P

Unfortunately, we don't find wild blueberries much in the city, not even in our green areas. I think you really have to go out in the countryside. And instead of growing on bushes, they grew close to the ground when I found them, but they were growing everywhere I walked! And they were delicious, something about nature's authenticity in growing these fruits surpasses the ones bought in stores, even if the latter are sweet and juicy. I also think picking them yourself gets you the freshest, most alive tasting fruit you can get.

Your fathers obsession remark reminds me of ken and I trying to get blueberrys in the bag to take back with us. Initially the blueberrys kept finding their way into our mouths instead of the bag. Same problem with picking cherrys in Utah.
Nova Scotia--- mmmm --- close to Nova Scotia is Labrador(Canada). If your ever in Labrador look to the streams and rivers on a sunny day. Labradorite(a rock) occurs naturally in these streams and is spectacular in its natural setting. A plain grey rock but has a " Schiller" effect somewhat similar to tigers eye. If oriented to the light properly it glows a beautiful electric blue. One can go to these streams and they look - magical - .
My friend brought me back a box of these stones-- lucky me --
Artashes
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Artashes replied

06-29-2012, 04:58 PM
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Originally posted by Artashes View Post

Don't think I would use the word timid to describe wolverines though. What the wolverine showed my friend and I that day was a complete lack of interest or concern.
However feel this next story is important to convey.
A friend was up in the Cascade mountains. He went fishing one day and caught some fish. Was Harding back to camp when a wolverine appeared out of nowhere(that's how they always show up). The wolverine came straight toward my friend. Both my opinion and my friends was the wolverine was not interested in the man but wanted the fish. My friend only had a fishing pole but otherwise--- have to go again
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He had no weapon so he dropped the fish and left. I was not there or surly would have tried to prevent what happened next. Friend went back to camp and got a shot gun then went back to find wolverine having lunch. Knew the wolverine would come straight for him --- a sad story. The point being -- if you have something a wolverine wants they will show no temerity when expressing what they want.
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Artashes replied

06-29-2012, 04:49 PM
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Originally posted by Artashes View Post

Am enjoying comments, conversation, pictures and info on this thread. Great idea and thanks to all for participating.
Maybe I was misunderstood about friendliness of Wolverine. I thought he(wolverine) was friendly because he didn't try to jump my friend and I and neither did he show hostility or aggression.
Have to go
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Don't think I would use the word timid to describe wolverines though. What the wolverine showed my friend and I that day was a complete lack of interest or concern.
However feel this next story is important to convey.
A friend was up in the Cascade mountains. He went fishing one day and caught some fish. Was Harding back to camp when a wolverine appeared out of nowhere(that's how they always show up). The wolverine came straight toward my friend. Both my opinion and my friends was the wolverine was not interested in the man but wanted the fish. My friend only had a fishing pole but otherwise--- have to go again
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Artashes replied

06-29-2012, 03:29 PM
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Am enjoying comments, conversation, pictures and info on this thread. Great idea and thanks to all for participating.
Maybe I was misunderstood about friendliness of Wolverine. I thought he(wolverine) was friendly because he didn't try to jump my friend and I and neither did he show hostility or aggression.
Have to go
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