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so i scored a marmot precip at the thrift store, but its lining is completely fucked. i figure i have 2 choices:
>duct tape patch
pros: this will be the cheapest way to get it back near its original capability
cons: lining will be like 25% duct tape, and at all the places i'll notice it most (collar, wrists, waist), heavy and lumpy
>strip out lining
pros: it becomes super light and packable
cons: it loses 90% of its rain resistance
i'm leaning towards stripping the pu lining and having it as a super lightweight windbreaker/drizzle layer to throw over a fleece or whatever. has anyone here ever tried that, and does it become utterly useless, or does it retain some effectiveness cutting a breeze?
>>773223
Before attempting anything, test it. Put a tshirt and the jacket over and go into the shower for a couple minutes. Check if and where you got wet.
Now I would apply some seam sealer or give it a bath with nikwax. Or just leave it like that without trying to strip the lining because chances are you'll ruin it.
>>773244
thanks, but i think you're underestimating what i meant by "completely fucked". it's *completely* fucked-at least 15% of the polyurethane lining has already peeled off, leaving just the outer nylon layer, especially where it's really needed. like across the upper back and shoulders. a little seam sealer and waterproofing rehab won't accomplish much.
update bump
i put a small piece of duct tape on part of the exposed inside surface of the outer nylon layer. it's been there 24 hours, and a just pulled a corner up to check it out. it stuck well and hasn't left any residue. i think i'm going to leave it another 24, and if it still doesn't leave any residue i'm going to try rebuilding the polyurethane liner with duct tape. if i get it on okay i'm going to check the comfort (including with a loaded backpack) and if that goes okay i'll take it in the shower to see how it seals and how water affects the tape's adhesion to the nylon. if it fails comfort or water seal i'll pull the tape and remaining liner and give it a whirl as a windbreaker down at the beach. worst case scenario a garbage jacket is garbage and i'm just out a few bucks, best case scenario i get a decent (albiet ghetto rigged) outer layer, so perfect thing to experiment on.
Old thread: >>762858
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Resources:
Murray Hallam’s Aquaponics: (sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYR9s6chrI0 )
-Aquaponics Secrets DVD
-Aquaponics Made Easy DVD
-DIY Aquaponics DVD (Aquaponics The First 12 Months And Aquaponics DIY DVD)
Backyard Aquaponics
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400+ PDF BOOKS ON GARDENING
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Youtube channel Growingyourgreens, tons of videos on almost every single gardening subject,
https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens
Ollas clay pot watering system,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkNxACJ9vPI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvKq5geEM-A
USA Time of Year Planting Guide,
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/what-to-plant-now-zl0z0903zalt.aspx
Food preservation,
http://nchfp.uga.edu/
https://kat.cr/complete-book-of-home-preserving-pdf-gooner-t10069401.html
https://kat.cr/canning-and-preserving-all-in-one-for-dummies-2011-mantesh-t5998098.html
http://www.allamerican-chefsdesign.com/admin/FileUploads/Product_49.pdf
Mushrooms, (culinary and psychoactive):
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Mother Earth News' Vegetable Garden Planner program, (full version requires yearly subscription $fee)
http://www.motherearthnews.com/garden-planner/vegetable-garden-planner.aspx
Tons of Gardening/Farming PDFs
http://www.fastonline.org/?page_id=35
Aquaponics
http://www.fastonline.org/?page_id=32
US Farm Income and Taxes,
http://www.hobbyfarms.com/farm-marketing-and-management/farm-income-taxes-14991.aspx
US Grants and Loans for Small Farms,
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=GRANTS_LOANS
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-community/grants-and-loans-farmers
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/funding.shtml
Managing Risks on Your Small Farm,
http://agr.wa.gov/Marketing/SmallFarm/managerisk.aspx
Chicken info and forum,
http://www.backyardchickens.com
Rabbit guide
http://www.agriculture.gov.tt/publications/manuals/rabbit-production-a-producer-s-manual.html
A public access seedbank for many types of rare or endangered plants; both edible and ornamental,
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/index.htm
Organic and heirloom selections:
http://sustainableseedco.com/
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
Potato, Sweet Potato, and Tubers seed bank (free, but requies filling out forms and waiting in line):
http://www.cipotato.org/
Awesome interactive plant/gardening maps for USA, Canada, France, UK, BC, (frost dates, temp zones, etc):
http://www.plantmaps.com/index.php
Sprout seeds and info:
sproutpeople.org
Insect Habitats for attracting polinating bees, predatory/parasitic wasps, hibernating ladybugs, butterflies, etc.
http://www.inspirationgreen.com/insect-habitats.html
Toad and Hedgehog Habitats,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JetkWtw7Jc
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/frogcrafts/a/How_To_Make_A_Toad_Village.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/hedgehog_home/
http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/leaflets/L5-Hedgehog-Homes.pdf
Chili Peppers
http://www.fatalii.net/
More on Aquaponics & Aquaculture,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=26xpMCXP9bw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=_WgfaJjvfxA
http://www.appropedia.org/Aquaponics
Sourcing plants from the grocery,
http://www.diyncrafts.com/4732/repurpose/25-foods-can-re-grow-kitchen-scraps
Anyone else have strawberries? I'm trying to find out if I used too much fertilizer (nitrogen). If the yield is normally in June even for everbearing, shouldn't I be seeing a few pop out by now?
![tumblr_nauks5e25S1qzfsnio6_1280[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/x3BAJUa.jpg "tumblr nauks5e25S1qzfsnio6 1280[1]")
anyone know where i can purchase gourd molds like this?
I never come to this board and after reading through many threads I have to ask this question.
Why does /out/ hate campfires?
>>769898
Fuck off
Crude, unnecessary, messy and dangerous.
No fun allowed.
I guess it's because it distrubs the landscape and people who light those up rarely clean their shits after they're done goofin around.
It can be real comfy tho
who here comes from the most beautiful corner of the Alps?
Carinthia, Friuli and eastern Slovenia.. f-feel free to r-report in..
>>755309
Austria reporting in.
>>755309
Had to call the Slovenian and Slovakian embassies once to ask about visas.
MFW it was just one bitch with two phones on her desk kek
>>755792
No.
Hello /out/siders, didn't see a photography thread in the catalog, so I thought I'd make one.
Post your favorite snaps, anything goes as long as it's /out/-related.
>select all images with trees
Hey /out/
So I have always loved nature and loved going hiking but now I am thinking about turning this into a serious hobby. Anyone have any tips for me? Also, what are the appropriate hiking clothes to wear?
>pic related
>>774980
> turning it into a serious hobby?
Might wanna explain what exactly you're trying to do? Are you looking into longer hikes or multi-day hikes (trekking)?
It's not that hard. Just walk some. Next time you walk further.
>>774980
Dogs are really cool hiking companions. Selecting the right breed is everything though
>>774981
yeah pretty much that, longer hikes and hiking in general more often.
So I bought the bivy layer from pic related and I love it. I really like the heavy duty construction. I wanted to get the whole system but after seeing how crappy the bags were I didn't. So here's my question, how hard would it be to to change the fill in a milsurp patrol bag to down? If not do you know of any quality bags that are a bit more rugged at the expense of weight and would work with this system?
>>774867
I spent 10 years in the army most of it as a sapper. I have spent 0f nights in just that setup. It works.
If you realy want down just replace the mid level with a down sack. Or the smallest level if you can find a down sack that light.
But the whole system works. It kept me alive on many an afghani hilltop.
>>774867
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_hfdQe4dyo
>>774876
Do you sleep under a groundsheet or just in the bivy?
Hey /out/
This coming weekend I'm planning on taking my gf on a camping trip, but it's forecasted to rain all weekend. She's not liking the idea of camping in the rain/possible storms. So do you guys have any advice to make camping in the rain half decent or should I just scrap the trip?
There is nothing better than falling asleep with water ticking on your tent/shelter.
Make a modest Fire with a place to sit dry and it will be cozy as fuck.
>>774832
Lick her vaginor
>>774832
Lie to her and say weather will be perfect, pack her rain gear in your pack. If she dumps you then she wasn't worth it anyways.
Hi guys,
For over a year I have been searchig for this shoe model Timberland Vibram Gore tex low ankle pic related, but i fail at finding this specific shoe. There is not a single store or place on internet tbat has this and i need 2 new pairs i cannot imagine wearing other shoe othing fits like this one i bought 10 years ago
PLEASE.HELP ME FIND THIS PLEASE
I browsed all google.images why is it so hard to find this and buy new pair please help
>>774574
Send Timberland an email. Post results.
>>774574
Australia, obviously
Hey guys, im new here.
I rolled for this board to browse for 24 hours, so you guys like being outdoors? I have a 700 square feet garden but it is overgrown with weeds so i don't go in there because im afraid of ticks, these beast can give me serious health issues as i read.
So what should i do to get outside for the first time in years? I have national parks here, fields, seas.
But this seems all so dangerous, got any tips?
>>774275
>700 square feet
sorry im from germany so apparently i have 5000 square feet of garden, 500 Square Meters
>>774275
>afraid of ticks
There's worse things.
>>774275
Go to park
Find trail
Walk on trail
Bring water
#45- "2-Day Weekends Aren't Long Enough" Edition
Previous Thread:
>>771992
Is it Friday yet? These weekends go by way too fast, not enough time for fishing. Maybe I will get off work at a decent time one or two days this week and get out there. I doubt it.
Talk about fishin.
Props to anon for making this to help the new people out.
>>773675
Catfish will go for anything dead or alive if it is sitting on the bottom. Half a bluegill, chicken livers, nightcrawlers. But my favorite is probably pic related. Grab a jar of dip bait, not that dough bait that comes in balls. And then get the dip bait rigs for like $2 or $3.
Tie up the rig, put a stick through the little tube on the rig, and coat it in dip bait.
Peps you finally posted a girl I would wife in a heartbeat.
>>773576
>I wonder why braid doesn't dig into itself on spinning reels like that.
It does on my reel with 12lb braid, but you won't notice on cast. I've just noticed if I'm letting it free spool to get the lure to the bottom it's sometimes dig into itself.
Also, does anyone else thing meme caster give you more feedback related to sensitivity? I feel like the do, but maybe it's in my head.
Like the title says, I'm a /out/ retard. I want to rent a cabin for a week with my m8 and some bitches. It needs to be somewhere on the east coast US, in the woods with some cool spots to check out. Does anybody have any recommendations for locations?
Somewhere up north preferably too
May already be booked, central Pennslvania adjacent to Cook Forest State Park (old PA lumber industry) - http://macbethscabins.com/
go hiking, tubing whatever....Not a huge forest but big enough to get lost.
>>773293
Poconos (pennsylvania)
Catskills (new york)
Maine (maine)
What are the best parks to go /out/ in Texas?
My buddies and I want to do a graduation camping trip but were not sure where to go.
>pic extremely related
where in tx are you? how far are you willng to drive?
if you can make it to nm i suggest you go there.
>pic extremely related
>>773224
we live in central Texas, and while we are willing to drive we wanted to keep like a Texas kind of vibe going. but thanks anyways man
>pic extremely related
>>773226
>Texas kind of vibe
heh, when i lived there that meant loading up in my buddies k5 blazer with some metallica and a shitload of miller and jack and going mudding where they clear cut the swamps around houston for building tracts.
good times, good times...
but for proper /out/ you're probably screwed. sorry.
>long post inbound
So I don't get /out/ much but I figured this was the only place people might know what's going on or how to help.
Today I just noticed a small, white mushroom growing inside my White's tree frog's tank. It wasn't there yesterday when I fed and watered him, and I haven't been around all day, so it has to be new.
It looks kinda similar to pic related except it's tiny, its stalk is a whole lot thicker, and the head has a brown spot in the very center. Everything else is white as snow. I can't take pictures right now because reasons.
I did some looking around google and couldn't find any results on what the mushroom is or if my frog is gonna die or not. I moved him into a plastic reptile travel carrier I keep for backup. This is the first time this has happened in the 7 years he's been with me and I don't want my battletoad to die from a stupid ass mushroom.
I live in UT, USA. Hopefully that helps thin down the list of possible mushrooms. I don't leave my house often and not many people enter the room I keep the frog in, except me. So I somehow brought a spore into the environment. Anyone here know their 'shrooms (wild ones of course) and know if me or my frog should be concerned? He did touch it briefly while I chased him around trying to move him to the new cage, but I didn't touch it.
I'm no mycologist, but you should take a photo of it, then take a spore print. That would definitely help in identification for those on the board who know their stuff.
After that, if I were you I'd just clean and sterilize the tank and take a few extra steps in the process to ensure it's squeaky clean.
>>771926
>clean and sterlize the tank
I'll do my best but they say not to use cleaning agents when cleaning tanks for amphibians. Some reptiles are fine but amphibians, especially frogs, drink water through their skin so they're more susceptible to chemicals and chemical residue, especially chlorine in the water. I have to use special drops in his pitcher of water to eliminate chlorine and other shit, and when I clean the tank I have to use a hose then let it completely dry.
I have no idea where I can take a spore print of it, I'm not a mycologist either. I just know basic shit I read in grade school. I'll definitely take some pics tomorrow, I'll upload if I can. I'll make another thread if I have to really. It's almost midnight though, that's half of my "because reasons"
>>771933
Oh and I forgot, there's this stuff called Eco Earth that's made of dried coconut shavings and shit that I use for the dirt layer in the bottom of the tank, so it's not legitimate dirt. There is one dead cricket and some frog excrement in there so I guess it could thrive if he splashes water out of his bowl everywhere. I just never thought actual spores would get in there, it's a terrarium.
Also, most of the decorations I keep in there have been in there for the entire time I've had him (washing regularly of course). The most recent addition was a holographic backdrop I attached to the outside of the tank and I bought it from a pet store.
>Be me
>Do ctrl+f and search "knife general" and "knoife general" after being away for a while
>Find no results
>Make thread
Do we have any word on when Mora is releasing the Eldris, Garberg and Kansbol yet?
it got archived a few days ago...
got my knockoff spyderco, not bad overall, but they made all the clip holes and only bothered to tap 1/4 positions
>>764886
It got to a point that knife generals are meme tier now. We can have another one rolling but they're pretty much useless. It's all the same stuff posted ad nauseam.
>>764893
but where else will I get strangers to recommend tactical, unrealistically-sized, fixed blades that I plan to intentionally abuse in ways they were not intended, while playing out in the backyard, so I can video tape it and upload it to youtube!?
