After looking for apple grinder plans, I found the one from Woodgears to be the best design for me. The first year, 2015, I ground some crabapples using the hand-crank method of grinding, and it worked pretty well, and I used my bench vice with some cutting boards and plastic …
Plan to ferment single-varietal ciders so we can taste the flavors of each, and then blend them afterward. I posted on nextdoor.com …
Making a test batch of cider using local bittersharp crabapples from the house at the corner of Mangels and Nordhoff 35 lbs …
Washed Wax Mead: Started on 2015/10/11, using “washed wax” method of just adding water to the crushed honeycomb after it drips through …
These quick pickles are a good balance of acid and sweetness, and maintain a good crunch for a year or so. To …
I read about the Yonah Schimmel perpetual yogurt start in Sandor Katz’s book “The Art of Fermentation” and have wanted to try …
Notes from the 2014 Mead batch: Followed a similar process as last year, but since one batch was skunked after the full …
Shannon and I visited Normandy, France last week, and traveled through Paris on the way. Even though Caen was a nice town …
Notes from our Burningman Cacao Camp 2014 We had a great showing of burners each afternoon at our Cacao classes. We even …
Tired of looking at the blank backside of everybody’s ID badge at work? Me too! InsecureID makes fun and interesting ID badge …