Quote from: Solar on May 18, 2011, 11:39:01 AM
When I first bought my land, I had to battle that crap for years, I finally have it isolated to one area about 1/4 acre, and was about to finish them off, when ST said, "Noooo, I want them".

I can see it in a few years, another three acres out of control.

Just keep tilling around it every year.   ;D   You do like her pies and jams right!   ;D

To have that many,,,, oh man I would love that... I have to go berry stompin in the woods to get that,lol.

Quote from: walkstall on May 18, 2011, 12:08:03 PM

Just keep tilling around it every year.   ;D   You do like her pies and jams right!   ;D

I can't, its on the mountain side, which is one of the reasons it took so many years to get them under control.
The berries are one of the reasons I got the property so cheap.
The confluence of my two creeks were over run with berries, at least a full acre, so anyone looking at the land would have no idea there were creeks down there, let alone a beautiful campsite.
I worked on that part the first year and was gifted for all my hard work, a beautiful park setting only accessible through my property, cliffs on three sides, and water falls.

So the berry bushes actually kept a little jewel hidden from the lazy, or those that lacked vision.

 :o   Now water falls I don't have.  8)   

But I can live with that.  :))   

Next door neighbors has a small spring coming out the side of the clif area.  So down below he has made a big pond and a small pond area before it runs into the river.  The water run off is about 40 gal a min. in all.  The has put grass all around it.  The dear and wild critters like it. He is talking this year of putting some fish in the small pond for all the small grandkids around. 

Quote from: walkstall on May 20, 2011, 08:20:50 AM
:o   Now water falls I don't have.  8)   

But I can live with that.  :))   

Next door neighbors has a small spring coming out the side of the clif area.  So down below he has made a big pond and a small pond area before it runs into the river.  The water run off is about 40 gal a min. in all.  The has put grass all around it.  The dear and wild critters like it. He is talking this year of putting some fish in the small pond for all the small grandkids around. 

True story:
A guy here in Ca built a small pond for his cattle, he thought it would be a good idea to stock it with fish to help the water quality and attract more wildlife.
One day he was bored and through his line in to catch fish, this worked out well enough to pass the time, then one day....

Fish and game showed up, cited him for illegal fishing.

On his own property, on a private pond he built and stocked with fish on his own dime.

Now how is that for Gov interference?
He eventually won in court, but at great expense on his behalf.

Quote from: Solar on May 20, 2011, 08:59:50 AM
True story:
A guy here in Ca built a small pond for his cattle, he thought it would be a good idea to stock it with fish to help the water quality and attract more wildlife.
One day he was bored and through his line in to catch fish, this worked out well enough to pass the time, then one day....

Fish and game showed up, cited him for illegal fishing.

On his own property, on a private pond he built and stocked with fish on his own dime.

Now how is that for Gov interference?
He eventually won in court, but at great expense on his behalf.

:o   What! they did not make him pay taxs on his fish in Ca.  :))

I know in the city they would make him pay for the run off if in Olympia.   

Quote from: walkstall on May 20, 2011, 09:58:42 AM


:o   What! they did not make him pay taxs on his fish in Ca.  :))

I wonder.....