Summer Camps
List of potential summer camps and leads for Max <list of all camps from an e-mail posting from La Scuola> List & Details Maybe: Bad camps
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Scott Dylewski
Old Maps
I end up searching for old maps every once in a while, and never remember the best way to do it. Start with David Rumsey’s site and use the “geofencer” tool Zoom in to the region of interest select maps on the right to overlay drag the maps to reorder …
Rotary Phone & Pi
I wanted Max to use our old rotary phone, and with a little downtime during COVID and wanting to learn Python anyway, it was a great project to make the phone work on it’s own and to call another phone. Basically, I’m making my own little phone interchange, with the …
Wild Yeast Starter
Our instructions for how to use and keep a natural yeast starter going! We keep our starter in a bowl and just leave the spoon in there. Every few months, when the edges get caked with too much crusty dough, we swap bowls. This process is called “feeding the starter”. …
Yogurt
Notes from the trials of making homemade yogurt. Default process: Heat milk to 180 degrees F (denatures proteins) Hold in oven for 30 minutes at 180F (should increase thickness) Cool to 115F in water bath Incubate at 110F for 8 hours in food dehydrator (allows bacteria to grow) Heat milk …
Compost
Often I get asked about composing and how to do it, so this is my method. I learned from my Grandmother on my Mom’s side, who always kept a little compost pile for kitchen scraps, covered with some black plastic. My current bins are weird shapes due to the constrained …
Pierogies
From Babcii’s recipe that Mom transcribed. Babcii said this recipe was from Aunt Mary, Dzdadi’s sister. Makes approximately 18 pierogies Dough 2 Tbl butter 1/2 cup milk 2 Tbl sour cream 2 cups flour 1 egg pinch salt Melt butter and add to milk. Add the sour cream to make …
Beeswax Candles
This page has all my notes for making beeswax candles. Sounds like beeswax should use square braided wick. 5/0 wick seems to work well for small hand-dipped candles < 3/4″ wide. The Candlewic 6″ low smoke wicks create tunnels in the tea lights. the 5/0 square braid seems to work …
Cider 2019
First Pressing Random apples from some lady who dropped them off. Many were really old, and needed lots of cutting. Probably some Gravenstein and Golden Delicious? Fermented fast. OG: 1.040? pH: 3 gallons of juice Reinette du Canada Lots of apples off this tree, but they bruised really fast so …
Burningman Wood Pendant Necklaces
I’ve been making wooden pendant necklaces as gifts almost every year I’ve been to Burning Man- first with our longtime Transit Lounge camp, and then most recently for Cacao Camp and others. It’s a ton of work, but well worth it because many people enjoy a more natural, handmade gift. …