9/22/21 J offered me some grapes from his backyard, he had a huge bumper crop of concord grapes with plenty to spare. So I headed over and picked a “bunch” […]
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Fixing a Green Swimming Pool
Every year halfway through the summer, pool maintenance gets really tough, and by the time August rolls around the pool is green, I’m exhausted, and we have the pool closed […]
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Lots of Rain = Mushrooms
I’ve been neglecting my mushroom hunting duties after having rain every day for many weeks. I finally went for a run with B and G and found at least five […]
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Cider #10: Foggy Cider
This cider was an experiment to pasteurize the cider prior to fermenting, and adding hops during the pasteurization process. The short-term result was an opaque cider that looked like canned […]
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Introducing... Pimple Frenzy!
I am very excited to announce the release of a new mobile game, called Pimple Frenzy. It’s playable on iPhone, iPad, Android, and ChromeOS devices! With the help of some […]
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Making Flour from Rye
I found some kind of grain growing alongside a new bike path in the area. Following some basic identification methods, it appears to be rye as best I can tell. […]
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Gardening 2020 - Updated
July 12 Unfortunately the rabbits slowly discovered the sweet peas and green beans. They decimated about 60 beautiful pea plants, and almost all of the green beans. They seemed to […]
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Grilled Day Lilies
I just discovered that the beautiful day lilies in my backyard make for good eats! I ate one raw the other day and it’s quite good! I read someone describe […]
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Red Elderberry Juice
I discovered several big red elderberry plants on my bike ride the other day. After a fair amount of reading, there is a lot of information out there about how […]
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Toasted Young Wheat with Milk
I’m making the bold assumption that the wheat-like plants recently planted on the new section of the Zim Smith bike path are, in fact wheat. I ate a small handful […]
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