Homebrewing: My First Mead
After bottling the Kolsch, I got to thinking about what I wanted to brew next. I thought about it a little while and figured that since I want to get bees, something with honey would be the best idea....
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Welcome to this week’s homestead update. This week was fairly busy and my back is pretty sore. For starters, I cleared out that corner where my wife wants to plant a flower garden. I borrowed my...
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Welcome to this week’s homestead update. Over the weekend I went shopping for a shed. When we moved into this house, the lender made the previous owner remove the shed since it was full of termites....
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So, I only have a 6-pack left of the Kolsch that I brewed back in April. Yes, I should be drinking it faster, but I’ve been busy over the Summer. I also don’t do much brewing in the heat, I …...
View ArticleLacto-fermented Radish Pickles
Sunday afternoon, I harvested my first batch of Fall radishes. I grow the long radishes because they are not as hot as the others. These are all French Breakfast Radishes, but I also grow D-Avignon...
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Welcome to this week’s homestead update. Since I have made a lot of good stuff in the dutch oven, I decided that I wanted to try something less complicated. I decided to roast a chicken. I dusted it...
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Welcome to this week’s update. I was surprised to see the lacto-fermented radishes lose their red color. The solution took on the color and the radishes are now white. The last batch had a slight...
View Article13 Skills in 2013
Regular readers know that I listen to The Survival Podcast. For the not so regular readers, this isn’t about the whack job survivalists that run off to the mountains of Idaho to live in seclusion. It...
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Welcome to the homestead update. It’s been quite some time since I last posted. I’ve been pretty busy, but not with things that pertain to the homestead. Work has kept me pretty busy. I went into the...
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Welcome back. Here’s some of what’s been happening on my homestead. I put in a bunch of asparagus crowns when we first moved in. A couple of weeks ago, the spears started popping up. Here’s some of...
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