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yes I did, but I've never followed directions very well & also it would have been boring to do so.

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well, send a recent photo.

no thanks, I'm a one devil's club kind of guy.

Hey Bach, all joking aside I would start with the cascade alpine guide to get familiar with our great mountains. It's written by one of the stronger woman climbers in our local group, known to us all affectionately as Beckey (hint - she's a bit elderly but still available ! - I'll just let you take it from there !). And if it doesn't work out, don't fret, we've got plenty more just like her. After you've covered that guide book there's another area that I would recommend if you're looking for more challenges. It's the Issaquah alps, very similar in terrain to the French alps that you love. Here's the guidebook: I'm sure that us locals would even welcome someone putting in a few via ferrata type routes here, sometimes even just driving pavement can be a great outdoor sport. By the way Bach son, you been keepin some strange east coast hours over there. Some latenight moonshine parties, huh, or just plain old insomnia ? Well, never mind son, we'll straighten you out with some hard climbs and good clean livin out here. Keep the faith.

to respond now to what appears to actually be serious might validate everything that went before, now that WOULD be dysfunctional.

Print it out and use it for a Valentine, it wouldn't cost anything and what do you have to lose ? ---> Cards Are A Waste Of Money, Part Two.

She's hot alright, but she's taken.

Here's a good local area you might start with

These posts are made for stalking, and that's just what they'll do One of these days these posts are gonna stalk all over you.

BINGO !

If I get a choice I'd rather take the Clinton denial option.

yeah, but better be careful about that backyard peeing in the dark with these spiny things lurking - ouch !.

I used two locations I had available, one a bit more shady than the other. The soil is generally damp from underground springs but with stuff like this all you can do is try it and see if it grows. Now is a good time to transplant. Vine maple does well close by with no watering at all during the summer. The shadiest spot probably has the best chance.

no but if I keep fertilizing the rhodies along the chain link fence I have an excuse to prune them all summer long.

I've always thought it was nice to plant northwest native plants. There was still one high on my list I've never, ever seen at a nursery - Devil's Club. The undisclosed scene of the crime: With effort I obtained enough plants for two plantings, hoping to ensure transplanting success: So, you too can be the first one on your block to plant this stuff, maybe the first one in your city, maybe even the second person on earth. Plantings dedicated to Mike Layton and Erik Wolfe (obviously), may they (the plants, that is) live long and prosper and of course, I probably did a bad, bad thing, blah, blah, blah.

some guys finish last: others win the game:

It sounds only a bit cloudy but maybe send in the stormtrooper of love to clear things up anyway.

It was sunny and dry at Exit 38 on Tuesday, really nice except for the wind which is also supposed to be back again tomorrow. It's good enough, though, not that cold.

anyone interested in an afternoon conditioning hike - mt si, mailbox or bandera ?

anyone interested in easy sport routes at interstate park this afternoon (leave eastside 12:30-1:00)? or lead hard ones and I'll belay or top rope. dont really care, just looking for a couple of hours outdoors. looked dry on sunday, can at least take a walk and find out.

However if the morning glory is also in your neighbor's yard it will spread back into your yard underground so the money and effort spent on using Roundup may be a waste. You could eliminate it in your yard and then routinely maintain it at the property line but that sure sounds like a lot of work. Some years I do as MisterMo and just pull out the bulk of it at the peak of the growing season, other years I don't even bother. It's more fun to free up the time to go hiking and climbing than fight a never ending battle against a minor irritant like morning glory.

The beauty of Japanese Knotweed in winter: This stuff is...is...between me and happiness. I tend to want to look over the fence at my neighbor instead.

If there is a small enough amount of it and it is contained, paint the new foliage with Roundup (has no soil activity) using a small paintbrush repeatedly during the growing season until all of the morning glory is dead. Otherwise, you could cover the ground with black plastic or newspapers, if you don't mind not growing anything there for awhile. Black plastic has to be thick or plants will punch through it though. And you get a proliferation of creepy crawlies underneath anytime you cover the ground which is disgusting.

It dies back in the winter leaving tall ugly brown dead stalks that are bent over at varying angles until they finally collapse and decompose, awaiting the bountiful smothering foliage and unimpressive floral blooms of spring. It is invasive and difficult to remove, as I said.