Comments on: LA Times on guerrilla gardeners

By: AlfonsoElSabio

AlfonsoElSabio — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

#47 Eustace (and Takuan),

Wasn’t he the same researcher who was caught three years later after his arrest, running along that same beach where he got the seagull meat, but this time force feeding the nesting terns massive amounts of PCP?

I heard he was arrested, again, for that little stunt … something about not wanting to leave no tern unstoned …

(Ducks quickly)

By: hedztalez

hedztalez — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

WAH WAH WAH WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

seriously, loving the puns.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

if it becomes a commonplace occurrence that marijuana be found planted on property without the property owner’s knowledge, then case law and precedent are established which could be used as defense by others later.

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Holy Crap!
I have been doing this for years and never knew it was a movement.
I live in a tiny village in the middle of New Zealand. My wife and I moved here from Australia for a lifestyle change. When we got here, we discovered that my earnings were about 1/4th of what I earned in Aussie.

Not a problem if we were both working, and with no dependents. But she was pregnant with our first child.

I planted a vege garden, and I hunt, so our food bill was lower than it could have been.

One day our garden was wiped out. We had torrential downpour over four days that wiped out the seedlings. So I foraged.

We live in an area with less than 200 residents, and over 600 holiday homes. I searched a lot of back yards (I know, trespassing, mea culpa.)
I found a lot of wild vegetables, so, to feed my family, I took them.
Then I re-planted. And kept harvesting and re-planting.
Then I marked the position of all of these places on my GPS.
During this time, I also noted a lot of fruit trees and nut trees that were either on public land or not being harvested.
I marked these on my GPS as well.

The things that survived well seemed to be limited, so I expanded my efforts, and planted on empty lots, and also marked these.

What amazed me was that other people were harvesting the produce as well.
For example, there is a large house here that has been empty ever since I got here. It is apparently owned by a North American businessman who barely uses it.
I picked his apples one year. (Thanks!!) But came back next time to find them gone.
I have found people harvesting herb gardens I have planted, and told people of mushroom fields I use.
I harvest around 90% of our fruit and veges. Half of that from my own garden, the rest foraged or as a result of guerilla gardening.

I had a neighbour knock on my door and ask if I was the one harvesting his garden, I said yes and offered some form of payment for what I had taken.. He declined, and asked me to water his flowers, and keep an eye on his boat.

Awesome movement.

By: deliciousidiot

deliciousidiot — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is cool and all, my only question being whether or not there is care being taken not to spread the invasive weeds that are typically hawked in most wildflower seed packets. If you are gonna do this kind of stuff, you should take it upon yourself to research the flora of a region before jumping into that delicate balance with something that could crowd out any and all native species(i.e. grape hyacinth…ugh!).

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Tak #25

I understand what you are saying, but I would never do that. (Honest officer)
Public property is cool, and if seeds “happen” to blow over the boundary, then, damn!

Gokiburi
OW

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

what’s to hunt? I mean beyond Kiwis?

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which
produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very
little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered
from bad breath. This made him ….a______________

By: buddy66

buddy66 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@#79
“Doable, especially if you put the seeds into a couple of large tote bags, so you only carry a little over thirty pounds in each hand.”

“Doable” for Ah-nuld.

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Kiwis are a bit chewy.
Pigs, deer, rabbit, turkey, pheasant and goat are in my freezer at the moment.

Haven’t been brave enough to try hedgehog and possum.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

quite a variety! Is the sea close by?

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

No, I live on the shore of lake Taupo, so trout fishing is a big passtime here.

By: ROSSINDETROIT

ROSSINDETROIT — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The other day I was mowing the lawn and stepped on a morel mushroom the size of my fist. It was past its prime, so no waste. last I saw, these were like $50/lb or more when you can get them. If you haven’t had them, fresh morels are fungal ecstasy. In previous years I have harvested dozens of them from around the roots of the old spruce trees but this year I didn’t look. I could have all the mulberries I want, but I kill every mulberry tree I see because the mess on the ground is unbelievable, to say nothing of dark purple bird droppings on everything for weeks every year.

By: eustace

eustace — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh, Takuan… you heard no doubt about the longevity researcher and his need for seagull meat to feed his unusual porpoises… the only pun I know that can compete with the one you tendered.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

google Earth shows an envious view

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

truly Eustace, I tremble.

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Awesome place to live and bring up kids Tak.
Place I live in barely shows up on google earth.
Don’t want to out it here though.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.08818,139.52505&z=12&t=h&hl=en

By: wynneth

wynneth — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Awesome. Just awesome.

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That link doesn’t seem to be anywhere near Taupo Takuan

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

someone’s gonna have to fold or show

By: Percy

Percy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As an ecologist, I worry about people not being smart enough to avoid spreading invasive species, which is becoming a huge problem. And then someone here confirmed that it is a serious concern–I can’t believe someone would spread English ivy. yeesh. Do you know that it is next to impossible to get rid of once established and that it is absolutely smothering natural areas in the Pacific Northwest? I didn’t think so.

By: Piove

Piove — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Unfortunately, I can’t get google maps to run on ubuntu yet.
Look up Kinloch, Taupo, New Zealand.
That means I show I guess.

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I meant the pun, of course I would never ask anyone to reveal the site of their nest and young. What I do enjoy doing is trading places of heart stopping beauty with others. A moment….

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

OW!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Takuan (#29)

Super-calloused fragile mystic hexed with halitosis?

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

49 08 08.20 N
123 47.60 W

tie yourself in the rocks mid channel (brisk current) and float half submerged. The orcas and sea lions dine around you

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

and the previous link is an island in the Pacific off Japan you may wish to visit one day

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing
in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about
an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse.
“But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “Because,” he said, :____________

By: eustace

eustace — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

…the poor researcher had his grant cancelled, had to put his subjects into his backyard pool, and had to make quiet seagull-hunting expeditions to the coast to keep them fed. But as long as he did this they kept on living, showing no signs of age.
One day as he was off hunting gull meat, the lion escaped from the local zoo. People were ordered off the streets; volunteers were patrolling the town. The scientist heard nothing of this (his car radio was busted). When he returned home, collected his gull meat, and headed for the front door, he was confronted by the sight of a sleeping lion stretched out across his welcome mat. As he quietly opened the door and cautiously stepped across the lion he was siezed and arrested by federal officers for violation of the Mann Act.
Transporting gulls across a staid lion for immortal porpoises.