tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post2672667757003075454..comments2024-03-11T05:03:14.020-07:00Comments on Ernie's Place: Scotch BroomErnie Branscombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-91131139617929137742011-06-06T15:49:30.480-07:002011-06-06T15:49:30.480-07:00thanks, i didn't know there were two clear lak...thanks, i didn't know there were two clear lakes but i guess they were all clear once upon a time. that being its by the lost river, no wonder i got confused.<br />the indian did say that my ancestor was a good man. that's for those who don't think there were any good non indian people back then.<br />i think most people were good on both sides. there's always a few bad apples no matter what era one is talking about.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-68052726475016453462011-06-06T08:34:17.104-07:002011-06-06T08:34:17.104-07:00Yes...Black Caps. I haven't heard that term i...Yes...Black Caps. I haven't heard that term in decades. My great Aunts, who were avid berry-pickers, used to call them that.Ekovoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-27789948356800511232011-06-06T08:23:16.161-07:002011-06-06T08:23:16.161-07:00Link to California native Blackcap RasberryLink to California native <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_leucodermis" rel="nofollow">Blackcap Rasberry</a>Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-44956330865924520672011-06-06T08:19:49.471-07:002011-06-06T08:19:49.471-07:00Link to California BlackberyLink to <a href="http://kaweahoaks.com/html/calif_blackberry.html" rel="nofollow">California Blackbery</a>Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-46142783335976066512011-06-06T07:40:18.373-07:002011-06-06T07:40:18.373-07:00Spy... The Clear Lake you speak of is on the Lost ...Spy... The Clear Lake you speak of is on the Lost River east of the Lava Beds. It is currently a wildlife refuge.Dave Kirbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-41929083259171036252011-06-06T06:29:52.904-07:002011-06-06T06:29:52.904-07:00Black caps are black raspberries. We had a little...Black caps are black raspberries. We had a little bush on our place in Laytonville that didn't get much bigger, spread or produce any more than the first year I found it 20 years before we moved. The new owner has bulldozed & rocked over it. It was in the way of a gate post. Huckleberries seem to be hard to find up here although people claim they exist. I pick two different varieties of wild blackberries here although I don't know what they are. One is bigger than the other but they're both sweet.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-66069609243773724572011-06-06T06:23:17.653-07:002011-06-06T06:23:17.653-07:00I hope you went into the chocolate shop while in M...I hope you went into the chocolate shop while in Mendo, Spy.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-88512388053541266902011-06-05T15:50:53.145-07:002011-06-05T15:50:53.145-07:00spent memorial day up your way, too late to make t...spent memorial day up your way, too late to make the bbq in redway.<br />spent the afternoon in cloverdale being healed by a medicine man friend of my cousin karen. he kept bleching out the garbage he encountered inside me. he thought i was an okie. he told me a bullet killed my ancestor in cahto who owned the section of land between cahto and laytonville. i bought a book about the modocs at the mendocino bookstore written by a descendent of shacknasty jim. in the book, it described a clear lake that was east of tule lake on modoc land. not the one in lake county. so i no longer think that modocs killed my ancestor.<br />our friend in mendocino owns a few acres up the hill east of town right in the middle of some huge redwoods. her old house had burned down the year before and the new house was beautiful. the rhodedendrons were in full bloom and were growing wild in between the huge redwoods. it was a beautiful sight. she took me out to spring ranch to walk the dogs along the cliffs above the ocean. big waves, clouds, seals and fresh clean air. seems like paradise is still alive and well in your neck of the woods. the book is called modocs the tribe that wouldn't die by cheewa james.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-52905292813804236842011-06-05T12:02:10.463-07:002011-06-05T12:02:10.463-07:00Not sure but I think the Blackcaps were actually R...Not sure but I think the Blackcaps were actually Rasberries, but they were black. we had them all over in Branscomb back in the 40s, also Hucklberries, but the most fun was walking across the So.Fork of the Eel River on the backs of the Salmon when they were coming up to spawn. I guess I am stretching it a little but there were lots of them.<br /><br />JoeJoe Parknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-14248062151332249412011-06-05T11:41:01.202-07:002011-06-05T11:41:01.202-07:00Yes Joe, I remember you. Anybody that’s been to th...Yes Joe, I remember you. Anybody that’s been to the Branscomb Store more than three times would remember you. Welcome to our world here on the blogs.<br /><br />Amos, yes I remember the native blackberry, and another bush called “Black Caps”. You can still find them, but most people would recognize them anymore.<br /><br />The hillsides aren’t the only place that have changed. Anybody that swam in the South Fork of the Eel before 1955 wouldn't even recognize the fish or the plants in the river today.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-1349121094852462392011-06-05T08:32:59.473-07:002011-06-05T08:32:59.473-07:00Am I the only one old enough to remember that ther...Am I the only one old enough to remember that there was a blackberry species here before the Himalayan that didn't have thorns?Granpappy Amosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-31759117918370343582011-06-05T06:05:32.681-07:002011-06-05T06:05:32.681-07:00Hi, Joe! Welcome.Hi, Joe! Welcome.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-27262113298866523452011-06-05T06:05:02.796-07:002011-06-05T06:05:02.796-07:00Don't forget Pampas Grass in the list of beaut...Don't forget Pampas Grass in the list of beautiful noxious weeds! But I'm with you, Ernie - I love the looks of Scotch broom.Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-687207744778471432011-06-04T21:26:42.092-07:002011-06-04T21:26:42.092-07:00My place has... Scotch Broom (lots), English Ivy w...My place has... Scotch Broom (lots), English Ivy which is a BIG problem, acres of Himalayan Blackberry and the pretty but invasive Periwinkle or Vinca. On the back of the house is a wild grape vine. I have to attack it every year or it will tear the place apart. I have a friend who cut a huge, 6 or 7 inch grapevine on an oak in her back yard. Next windstorm and the oak fell on her house. The grapevine was holding it up. <br />The doggone Lemon Balm has gone wild. Buddlea or Butterfly Bush is considered invasive and I have some of that too. I remember a little old lady living in a house down by Ten Mile River and the house was completely covered in blackberries... I have a feeling the same thing could happen to me...Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-60233148768877500352011-06-04T21:17:50.798-07:002011-06-04T21:17:50.798-07:00Hi Ernie, Joe Park here from the Dark old days in ...Hi Ernie, Joe Park here from the Dark old days in Branscomb with Redwood Trees, I tried an earlier comment but dont think I did it right, you might remember me from the Branscom Store<br /><br />Joe ktnjoepark@aol.comJoe Parknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-92139625336617230862011-06-04T18:49:24.661-07:002011-06-04T18:49:24.661-07:00That was from me.That was from me.ekovoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-67974159930368603692011-06-04T18:48:35.457-07:002011-06-04T18:48:35.457-07:00It has been introduced into several other continen...It has been introduced into several other continents outside its native range and is classified as a noxious invasive species in California and the Pacific Northwest in North America,[8] Australia, New Zealand and India. It commonly grows in disturbed areas along utility and transportation right-of-ways. The prolific growth of this species after timber harvest inhibits reforestation by competing with seedling trees.[12] It is estimated that in Oregon it is responsible for US$47 million in lost timber production each year in that state.[13] Some attempts have been made to develop biological controls in affected areas, using three broom-feeding insects, the psyllid Arytainilla spartiophylla, the beetle Bruchidius villosus, and the moth Leucoptera spartifoliella.<br /><br /><br />My mother and I driving down from Portland this week saw huge patches of Scotch bROOM in new cutblocks. My mother kept really commentiing on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-29955789743593984662011-06-04T16:37:50.402-07:002011-06-04T16:37:50.402-07:00Scotch Broom is blooming big time on Central Avenu...Scotch Broom is blooming big time on Central Avenue in Mack Town across from the airport.<br /><br />It goes on for a couple of miles - a solid yellow wall.<br /><br />Personally, I like the color contrast against the green. It perks things up a bit.ImBlogCrazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06114155503257613636noreply@blogger.com