This naturally fermented cider was bicycle-foraged using apples picked from the tree growing in front of Hannaford Supermarket and grapes picked from the Clifton Gardens wild grape vine. The cider […]
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Concord Grape Wine #2
This is an attempt to reproduce last year’s concord grape wine which was possibly one of the best homebrews I have made, albeit in a small quantity. Last year I […]
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Mulberries: Berry Season Begins
While riding around my neighborhood I came across an area of bike path where there was a thick layer of overripe mulberries covering the ground: I think of mulberries as […]
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Dried Reishi Tea Powder
I found some really nice Reishi mushrooms. I chopped them up into small pieces, and processed them in the food processor. It happened to be an unusually sunny and arid […]
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Signs of Life in the Garden
The garden is finally showing some signs of life:
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Cider #17
1/22/22 I bought 4 bags of Ruby Mac apples at Devoe’s (which total about 2 bushels). I already had a half bag of what are probably honey crisp or something […]
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Cider #17
1/29/22 I have half a bag of Ruby Mac’s. I bought three bags of apples at DeVoe’s, each a different variety. One bag is Fuji’s which A said people really […]
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Cider #15
1/5/22 – I bought three bags of apples at DeVoe’s Orchard the other day including two bags of macintosh-looking apples, then two of a more yellow big honey-crisp type. Two […]
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Nine Carries Canoe Route
The Nine Carries is an awesome canoe route in the Saranac Lake region of the Adirondacks. I had the weekend available after other attempts at plan-making never really materialized. Without […]
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Cider #12
9/14/21 I rode my bike to Hannaford and picked a bunch of nice apples from the tree in front of the supermarket. I squeezed 3 gallons of juice from apples […]
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