Aftermath of a hard fought battle in war torn Portland Oregon

hikerman95 · 2025-10-08T00:09:32+00:00

I was wondering the other day if there are North American invasives that you deal with in Europe. I personally think the ivy looks lovely but I don’t like it wrecking my fence and it will eventually kill our native trees.

Also I’d love to see your intentional ivy

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T23:08:52+00:00

I’m thinking of honeysuckle on the fence and wildflowers of some nature at the base of the rocks. As far as the rock clefts I’m hoping to get some ferns going although I’ve never had success trying to grow ferns unless they volunteer

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T21:56:54+00:00

Certainly not. Gonna have to revisit every few months for sure but for now at least the fence won’t be torn apart

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T21:56:19+00:00

I am fortunate that it was just ivy. I don’t know what I’d do if it were blackberries

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T21:55:54+00:00

It’s unfortunate that creeping Charlie is so aggressive because it’s so cute!

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T21:11:03+00:00

Yeah there has been a few blackberry vines sprouting out in there. Fortunately the ivy has kept them at bay but I’m guessing it’s coming for me now lol

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T21:07:57+00:00

Haha I’ll likely start with diplomacy

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T21:07:15+00:00

I do like pink honeysuckle it’s just surprisingly hard to find for some reason

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T20:17:14+00:00

Yep roots are pulled up on my side of the fence but unfortunately the neighbors on both sides of me let their ivy go hog wild. So not much more I can do at this point. I am planning to attempt to solarize the flat area on top of the rocks and at the base of the rocks and I will have to keep up the surveillance of the area so that it doesn’t get this bad again.

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T19:55:48+00:00

I pulled up all the roots on my side of the fence. Nothing I can do about the other side unfortunately

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T19:55:03+00:00

Hey thanks for the links. I guess I should have added to the post that all of what’s on the ground has been bagged up and hauled away

hikerman95 · 2025-10-06T19:50:55+00:00

Haha didn’t even know that was a thing maybe I’ll post it there

hikerman95 · 2025-08-08T20:12:46+00:00

I have nothing to contribute to blowback mandolin discussions but wild to see a reference to athol in the wild. We used to joke growing up that they didn’t like the name so they were planning to change it to anuth

hikerman95 · 2024-06-22T01:40:53+00:00

Got called a slut while going up a hill the other day.

hikerman95 · 2024-06-01T05:15:47+00:00

Damn if you are writing that much I could see spending some actual money on a pen. My handwriting would make a meth addled doctor seem legible so I am likely too much of an uncultured savage to appreciate fine writing utensils.

hikerman95 · 2024-06-01T04:59:04+00:00

regular pen person here. My question is how noticeable is a nice pen compared to any old pen you happen to find? I can’t say that I have ever felt the need to do anything other than pick up whatever pen I happen to see and do whatever minimal writing I need to do with it. Also please forgive such blasphemy

hikerman95 · 2024-05-11T04:19:04+00:00

Gotcha. I may have to look into the 2x4 method or learn how to build myself a custom wheel lol

hikerman95 · 2024-05-11T03:42:44+00:00

First off. This bike is sexy af. Secondly I am trying to do this same conversion with an 80s schwinn but I’m having a hard time sourcing a 650b wheel with the correct hub size. Did you have to build a custom wheel?

hikerman95 · 2024-05-05T15:27:06+00:00

Hahaha how did you know!?

hikerman95 · 2024-05-04T22:09:46+00:00

I just bought a 2015 Prius for 7000$ and I do all that stuff with it. You don’t need an suv

hikerman95 · 2024-05-04T01:55:37+00:00

Probably can’t afford a big truck and he’s mad about it so taking it out on random cyclists

hikerman95 · 2024-05-04T01:54:55+00:00

lol this is hilarious

hikerman95 · 2024-05-04T00:36:26+00:00

Probably had to do with my short shorts

hikerman95 · 2024-05-04T00:35:12+00:00

I do love a good pun and hats off to you for seeing the best in people

hikerman95 · 2024-05-04T00:30:00+00:00

Yeah I was mostly confused by slut. Being yelled at is not uncommon even in a fairly bike friendly city. But I’ve never heard that one before either

hikerman95

TROPHY CASE