A World On A String

[Jericho Mile]

neem and they just hang out. poor buggers.

i crave stillness like you crave motion things happen.. or not happen.. something thought about..

I have been sitting in my hothouse...breathing in silence..thinking I'm immersed in stillness...

then thinking I can hear the Hornworms chewing down another plant. Every movement becomes perceived as having something to do with worm occupation and therefore..every movement is questioned. A leaf moves...a stem sways..a spent flower falls....somebody is guilty of worm work

Gardening here is so much like running distance in the mountains. I see how they are one in the same. My tapestry is being spun as I go...or it's already been spun..and I'm just now...cutting the trail and finding out for myself.

I am unable to stop moving

 

[redlaser]

worms are brutal on tomatoes and cannabis, lost about 4 oz to them a couple years ago. This year haven't seen them yet. Spent a lot of time staring at plants for worms and it seems easier to track them by finding poop trails or piles.
Haven't seen them eat peppers though, seems a little over the top. Just planted round three of my peppers from seed this year last Monday. Round one and two got taken out by loose chickens.
The rest of this years garden has only been planted about three weeks, took a while to put up posts and fence to keep everything out.

 

[unclefishstick]

even worms know the best chili comes from new mexico...

 

[Donn]

Wasps like hornworms, pretty sure about this. I'm talking about paper wasps, largish wasps that look kind of like yellowjackets. They're out in my back yard right now, going over everything, looking for bugs.

There are parasitic wasps, too, but they take a little longer to affect the population.

Paper wasps aren't 100% dependable. I had gooseberries for a couple years that were infested with a worm that eats the leaves up. The wasps would find out about this, and get rid off them - but they wouldn't come back to check often enough to keep new rounds of infestation from inflicting major damage. I'm guessing the hornworm cycle is longer, though, and the wasps are really tireless, they'll go over the plants all day if they're finding worms.

Yellowjackets won't do any good at all, they go by smell and wouldn't be able to find a worm if they wanted to. I don't think mud daubers would be interested either - they're super hunters, but interested in spiders; maybe other similar things but a worm would be too messy.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Pepper Population

Pepper Population

worms are brutal on tomatoes and cannabis, lost about 4 oz to them a couple years ago. This year haven't seen them yet. Spent a lot of time staring at plants for worms and it seems easier to track them by finding poop trails or piles.
Haven't seen them eat peppers though, seems a little over the top. Just planted round three of my peppers from seed this year last Monday. Round one and two got taken out by loose chickens.
The rest of this years garden has only been planted about three weeks, took a while to put up posts and fence to keep everything out.

^ The pictures indicate the majority of pepper plants I have going....all are hot varieties. I took some out for spacing reasons and because they were the hardest hit by the worms...and one I took out because ants were farming aphids (slow down the spread until I could treat the plant)......a few others are planted at a lower elevation (about 20' lower) in my caged back bed. But..essentially...this is what I'm working with.

Yeah...as far as....the hornworms...they hatch here end of July (3rd week)..so...I go cross eyed looking for plant damage and worm poop on leaves....then double visioned looking for the worms themselves. Especially on big tomato plants....it's a lot of work.

This morning I didn't find any in the hothouse (yesterday morning I killed about a dozen in there)....so maybe that wave is breaking. I'd never seen them attack pepper plants before...so that blew me away...and I'd never seen such an outbreak of their numbers. I found a couple plants substantially eaten down...before I got a handle on the worm attackers.

Whether you starve the Hornworms...send predators after them...or cut them up with garden scissors (as I do)...they can't be around. They do what they do...extremely well.



^ Manicured Easy Mox Trilogy #3

Easy Mox Trilogy in this case I'll say =

Mox Mox X Casey Jones f2

Mox Mox = Chem DD X TFlux

TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD

Big...blow up...greasy flowers. Not super dense...but in no way wispy either. This plant expresses like...well let's see...like a sativa dominant hybrid. Nothing at all to complain about...I'm surprised she got past me in the veg room...without me taking a clone. Not near as stretchy/vine-like (which...being a lover of vines..is why I probably passed on taking a clone) as most of her sisters...and not as floppy...she was super easy to grow and maintain. Can't think of anything negative at all. She yields really well...smells awesome...tastes like she smells..and her high is mellow and just lovely.

hopefully she is good with a reveg...and I get another chance to grow her.

* Greasy flowers are a Casey Jones trait. If you look at the cut board in the pictures...you'll see the sheen of "grease" left on the wood from the flowers being manicured. I'm reminded of some of my Casey Jones and Odessa (Casey Jones X Casey Jones x C99BX) grows from a bunch of years ago....how lubricated the flowers were

anyways...

I've had a lot of fun with Casey Jones and Casey hybrids...but didn't think I'd find such a pronounced expression in this cross....and that...that pronounced expression actually fooled me into thinking the Purple Bastard Haze f2 had fathered this one...really gets me scratching my head. It wasn't until late flower that I started seeing the reality of which pop's pollen was actually represented

well....fuck. I'm wrong a lot. I have no idea what I'm doing. Sometimes I hit the mark...sometimes I breeze out to left field

doesn't matter I suppose...as long as...I find fun stuff to cultivate and tasty/elevating highs to follow

 

[Jericho Mile]

august

august

...the timed 24hr run during the full moon on 29....24 on 29 then into 30

what can I do about it? going easy on the miles now...three weeks out...running in the mornings...some days with my wife (Hell Cat)...other days...like today and yesterday..by myself...

every morning I'm running..day following day..even so

keeping the runs short and quick...5-7 milers. having fun...not wearing a hydration belt...just carrying a single 20 oz handheld...blasting out...hitting hills...keeping loose and having fun sessions.

I'm going to keep running about every morning until the last week before the race...then rest a bit...go easy into the beginning of a 4 month race cycle..but run as many miles as I am able during the timed event

then race again on Sept 19 Noble Canyon 50K

followed by the Cuyamaca 100K on Oct 3

Nov 15-16 closes out with the Chimera 100M

Realizing..more now...that I've cut off a big chunk of milage for my rookie plate. My perception of the races...their order...their milage..is one of big sky scape endurance..

that is to say...treated as such..I must be patient with myself and pace my way through the events. It's not about a single race...a single crumb on the plate....it's about getting through one to reach another...to get over...to see further beyond..to keep pushing on. I can't tell if my schedule is too full..or how the miles will effect me..it's really the unknown. I felt good during and after the spring races...so I'm fairly confident that I can handle the load of work

real world (my physical body)....must be maintained...rested...prepared...to be unfailing. Observing one's own body...concerning endurance and distances...becomes an obsessive art? No. Not that. Not that...but everything does become connected to events...to timings...to rips and tears..to the way..things act and react

* watched a documentary on Wolverines..the other evening. I want to move over terrain like a Wolverine. amazing feats of mountain mobility and endurance

** The Altra Lone Peak 2.5 is the best trail shoe I've ever run in. Right out of the box..perfect for my style



^ Early Mox Trilogy expression #2. Harvested at 67 days. Couldn't tell you which pop's pollen created this one. Believe her to lean more to the Mox Mox mother. I liked her in veg...so kept a clone. In flower she grew well...floppy but not a vine...yielded well...very easy to deal with. Unfortunately she does not stink it up...aroma wise..I mean. I smoked some early samples (early 60's) and she didn't stand out much to me flavor wise or in her aroma. She got me high enough and all...just no trait stand outs. Don't want to say lackluster...as that is not accurate..but kind of...sort of

I'll run her again..see how she is as a clone

 

[Jericho Mile]

I've been running haunted for the last string of days. Broke a rule and looked back. I now know things I wish I didn't know. Comes in massive waves of sadness and despair...and in pictures that are old. Somebody is calling me..for 10 yrs I didn't know.

 

[waveguide]

dunno if i said this before, because we have different outlooks and everything, but re:

next pair of shoes make them powerisers or some kind of jumping stilt product. tbh i hate the buggers like i hate civilisation.. felt the spring snap under me, that could really fuck you up.

but when they're going (and shucks iirc you're about my age, and falling is less appealing so forget it entirely -) it's definately superiority in the bipedal paradigm.

i haven't found anyone else who uses them in nature, which is pretty mental especially ground squirrel warrens..

 

[Jericho Mile]

These days are fucked

These days are fucked

Having it difficult again...another day. My thoughts are consumed by ghosts and a short 10 yr old obituary....from Alabama...that won't let me close the door. Over and over...in my head..scenarios play out..all day all night

I need to stop. I can never look back again. She's gone. She's been gone. She died in Nashville...then they took her home

Through life I've built my foundations. When I was younger they were stronger...but now I see...how the treachery of passing time kicks out my bricks one by one...weakening the mortal body through the taking of spirit...blow by blow one by one blow by blow grinding it down



^ Flaund #1 harvest day 61. This expression is pretty awesome. She's a Flo dominant but not a passive grower....and her aroma has been funked and skunked..to a less than floral point range...which all things considered...makes her an interesting prospect. That..and her...willingness to perform during cloning and veg stages..kind of makes her a rarity in Flo dominant expressions. I'll work with her a bit.

Flaund = TFlux X Jaundice

TFlux = Original Flo X Chem DD

Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD

* Wasn't going to train today (been training the last 5 days)..and I do have property projects that are needing a conclusion...but

I can't muster the concentration to work on a project. The wife is down on the beach..with friends..for the day and the night...and I didn't even want to do that

so. I'll go run for awhile. If I have to drown in this sorrow..if I must torture myself with these pictures..words..memories..scenarios...

I'd rather do it alone in the hills

I should never look back. Never Ever

 

[unclefishstick]

sounds like you need some bacon and bourbon therapy...followed by a morning after ill advised run and some cathartic trailside vomiting and then finish the run strangely feeling much better about everything...

 

[waveguide]

party favour. protect your spirit, you get to keep that.

 

[Jericho Mile]

Blasted Out

Blasted Out

the head. the body. In the last couple months...I've taken to wearing a hat overtop Buff headbands. The Buffs wick away the sweat..into the hat..then the hat to the air. I don't wear sunglasses...got tired of squinting into the sun...tired as well..of...Deer flies biting me in the head. I'm down with Automatic Brewing Company apparently...even if I don't drink beer. I ate lunch one day in the pub and liked the food and their hats. That's how that happened...





^ These shoes kill it. They work so well for me..that...I'm not even wanting to run in the other shoes I had been switching back and forth to.

ran for 6.5 miles...little under 90 degrees in full sun...being free and fast...cruising right along...and attacking hills

* Been sampling those Early Mox Trilogy expression #2 flowers (showed a couple posts back)...not finished drying...no cure at all..yeah..actually they have a citrus kind of flavor...and the high is so comfortable. I smoked a few bowls before I took off on the run....felt good under the glare of the sun..focus not hindered at all..as I was able to get good concentration..internalizing core rhythm with deep breathing....mellow yellow glow weed. Enjoyed EMT #2

** internalizing what fuel I wanted the body to burn at certain times. Instead of burning a heap of sugar while running at a fast clip...up a long hill..I was telling the body (by relaxed breathing and internal voice) to cool out and burn fat reserves....or at least...not to burn sugar excessively

always telling the hips to roll roll roll. the key to human locomotion is hip roll.

 

[Jericho Mile]

In Bubblegums, Chems, and Sours

In Bubblegums, Chems, and Sours

A catch up on the Jaundice f2 run..as perhaps we'd forgotten that I'm working with this cross again

Jaundice = Bogbubble X Chem DD

* I believed I had 4 females and had picked expression #4 as..perhaps..the star. Well #4...when put into flower...proved to have fooled me...and showed this fool that I had sexed it wrong...she was a he....the he rewarded by being executed..as I'm only working with females this Jaundice session. So 3 females is the count.

** The original Jaundice cross was made in 2008 or 2009. I can't remember when I made the f2 generation...but probably not later than 2010. So these beans are around 5 yrs old. Without really digging back..that's ballpark

I don't see how anyone can not like...or deny themselves a great Bubblegum plant. I'm a sugar addict...so you must understand...even an extra sweet cannabis plant would be of high value to me. It would be just a fantastic piece of artillery to maintain in a variety oriented collection....

and well. I spread those Chem DD males around. One must say.

It's such a simple cross...a no brainer...

'06 era Bogbubble X '08 era Chem DD

then get it into the f2 generation and start looking at the different expressions and their directions. Let them do the talking....me I must be..a faithful and observant listener. Listening is difficult...anyone else notice this?



^ Shit Shots at lights out. Jaundice #1 (on the right or in the foreground) flushing at 58 days and Jaundice #3 still feeding at 48 days. Both are very nice plants.

#1 is a meaty Bubblegum dominant plant. If her aroma transfers over to flavor...I'll say: "well done"....as she is a reeker of pink bubblegum. Textbook. My hope would be to have that flavor with the Chem/Sour head kick. Growth wise: not a vine..but she stretched out and wires aid in supporting her ample flowers. Real easy to maintain.

#3 She still has a ways to go....so I'm guessing more on her...but she reminds me more of a DD expression than she does a Bubblegum expression. She's still developing her aroma..and it's difficult to say...because she is surrounded by reeking plants of all types and ages. She's a solid grower...much like the #1 expression..so...I'll just let her roll out herself..then we'll really see



^ Jaundice #2 at 51 days (beginning flush and looks like she'll rush to finish). This girl is my favorite. She's a smaller frame but her flowers look to form tighter....and she out reeks the other two. She smells foul...like cat piss. There may be a fruiter undertone developing....hard to say...but she is getting stinker as she ages. I love her aroma.

I don't recognize her as an expression. I have no idea what genetic trade wind she caught. This one may be the prize in the box...but then again...I must remain objective.

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Got up with the sun...had a cup of coffee...a few dates..a few bowls of EMT #3...then hit the trails for 6.5 miles. Running in drainage shadows then up to the ridges and morning sun...dropping down ....contouring over...following along...cutting through

 

[Jericho Mile]

#1 Expression Flaund

#1 Expression Flaund



I've seen lots of these tight..resin coated buds over the years. In every cross I've ever made with my Flo mom...and even when watered down more than once (like here)...they appear. My Flo mom was a mutant resin machine.....

* 8th consecutive day running trail. Got up at 5:30 and ran around 7 miles with the wife. I'm glad I decided to change up my training routine. These shorter morning runs are doing me a lot of good. My hips and legs stay loose and are feeling like they are breaking through a barrier...getting stronger and flexing better

plus...and just as importantly...I don't feel wasted after the runs..allowing me the energy to be more productive in other of life's factors

yes. that's the plan. keep taking daily blasters...consecutive day streak..right into the closing days up to the timed run

as long as my body is feeling good..and I'm not having any stresses.

Feeling really good though. I'm having more fun training and not dwelling too hard on the races. As they appear...I'll grind them down

EDIT: I should add that my body has become more taunt over the last 6 months. My weight stays right around 140 pounds with very little fat to pinch. I've noticed that my arms and shoulders have become more angular and sharp...muscles more ripped. Still not hitting any free weights....but not shy on pull ups, dips, and push ups.

I'd been attempting to get my weight up to 150 pounds...over the last year+...but I don't see how that's going to happen now. My diet is very efficient...though often monotonous...and I only eat enough to be filled and comfortable. I can't really stuff myself any longer. I don't like messing with my diet too much either. It's better that it stays consistent...with little experiments here and there. I've found the fuels my body needs to run far...

no need to fuck with them much

 

[unclefishstick]

going out in the morning to take my third run on the race course,considering i have only ridden my heaviest bike so far my times are on track,once i start pushing my pace and learn the corners and dips on the tricky parts i think i can do well enough to podium...a longer course with 50% more climbing this year,still only 1100 feet and not much of it very steep,just a long grind with very few breaks...of course the plan is to crush the climbs and then make a final dash down the parts i know best,might get another 10 runs in before the race,i want to have every wrinkle memorized...

 

[Jericho Mile]

going out in the morning to take my third run on the race course,considering i have only ridden my heaviest bike so far my times are on track,once i start pushing my pace and learn the corners and dips on the tricky parts i think i can do well enough to podium...a longer course with 50% more climbing this year,still only 1100 feet and not much of it very steep,just a long grind with very few breaks...of course the plan is to crush the climbs and then make a final dash down the parts i know best,might get another 10 runs in before the race,i want to have every wrinkle memorized...

Best of luck to you. Racing will add another dimension to your biking outlook..certainly.

I got up at 4:45. Sipping a strong cup of coffee..starting to wake up. Get the wife up here in a bit...then we're going out for another run.

Takes me a few steps..right out of bed...before I stop hobbling..gingerly...on my feet. Have to let the tendons/ligaments stretch out. Then I have to bend at the waist...reach for the floor...to loosen up my lower back...then rotate my arms and shoulders....finally I'm able to get moving

After the run yesterday...I worked on our back deck...replacing a support post thats cement was rotten. This project has been going on for a couple months...because as simple as it sounds..there was a lot of heavy lifting, digging, wheelbarrowing of rocks, and moving (uphill) of 9' railroad ties....such was the retaining efforts on a steep slope.

but yesterday...I actually made the measurements and cuts...got the post into place...and cemented in the form. So...I'm coming off a long day...and going into another...because now that I'm back there...I might as well work on my hill. I have this vision for it....but it involves a lot of my back.

* EMT #3 : the plant I decided to reveg. She's already reverting back to veg. I'm high on her flowers now...and she'll be my high for the morning run. Really funky flavored weed.

 

[unclefishstick]

i watched the lamest running documentary on netflix last night,basically a bunch of white guys trying to run an antelope down with a couple of runners from africa....it was just so...white.... the way they went about it....it was all power gels and catered food and go pro cameras....of course they failed,if you're going to run down a deer or something its gonna have to be because your frickin hungry and going to starve otherwise,not to impress your sante fe runner buddies...

yeah,i think im just gonna do this one race locally since i can just treat it like any other ride,just get on my bike in the morning,ride out there,do my lap,drink some beer in the parking lot,and go home...otherwise im going to need to bring cars into the picture,and that just seems like a backward step somehow...mostly i just want to ride and not make a big fuss about it....

 

[Jericho Mile]

i watched the lamest running documentary on netflix last night,basically a bunch of white guys trying to run an antelope down with a couple of runners from africa....it was just so...white.... the way they went about it....it was all power gels and catered food and go pro cameras....of course they failed,if you're going to run down a deer or something its gonna have to be because your frickin hungry and going to starve otherwise,not to impress your sante fe runner buddies...

yeah,i think im just gonna do this one race locally since i can just treat it like any other ride,just get on my bike in the morning,ride out there,do my lap,drink some beer in the parking lot,and go home...otherwise im going to need to bring cars into the picture,and that just seems like a backward step somehow...mostly i just want to ride and not make a big fuss about it....

Fucking white people. We never have anything better to do. I've read of native americans running down a deer..and then suffocating it for ritual uses...and I've heard of african tribesmen running down antelope over 25 miles. It's possible...but you need to be able to keep a single subject in sight and you must be able to keep a steady...pressing...run up for many miles. You'd have to have the right terrain.

I've got a few hours to kill. We ran this morning....but we were both kind of dragging ass. I'm about to make some hash...fill in this void time...by making bubble...try to rebound somewhat from all my recent bouts of labor and runs



^ Easy Mox Trilogy expressions 4, 5, 6, and 7..........all barely controllable vine expressions. I'm getting in the thick of it....the whole "Heart of Darkness" jungle insanity sort of deal. This stuff should all be very very good. I have them tied up and they've all been supercropped many times over...but they continue to creep all over the place. Love growing these sorts of expressions...as they are under heavy-sativa influences...and I know...that I've almost always found great things amongst the vines. They are not for everyone though. I'd not advise them for commercial purposes...or lazy gardeners.



^ Easy Mox Trilogy expression #3 beginning to reveg. That was pretty quick. Hell....I'm still smoking this one...even as I type this. I got some of her flowers out and into the bowls of some of my friends and neighbors...but kept a handful for myself. It's different...and desirable...got some nice reviews

 

[Crusader Rabbit]

White guy running down an antelope? I've seen it done. Of course this situation was motivated by necessity. I was amazed the first time I saw this.

Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kf9RiLTZ5E

Start at minute 6:00

 

[Jericho Mile]

White guy running down an antelope? I've seen it done. Of course this situation was motivated by necessity. I was amazed the first time I saw this.

Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kf9RiLTZ5E

Start at minute 6:00

Tarzan's the man. That antelope looked drugged or something though. Sure didn't try too hard to get away.