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I am going to pm him and see how far he is from where I am going to be. However he hasn't been online since Feb. So if someone could email him if they have his email and tell him to get in touch with me.

I don't leave again until middle of May for a week in Sitka, then it gets busy for about a month. 1 week Sitka Alaska 1 week back home (working in the bees) 1 week Duluth MN 1 week Homer Alaska 2 weeks home (working in the bees) 1 week Bayonne NJ then home for a few weeks before off to...

Yeah the locals take pictures of us as we travel through and tell stories about how those druck tourist try to navigate our normal (to the locals) road ways. I would love to live up there, but only from about this time of year until about September. Then come back here for winter. Wildlife...

This is the moose in applebees parking lot, it had already moved onto the curb in this pic. But I guess it was hungry and wanted to try out Applebees salads, well atleast the shrubs there.

I just got back from articsid's neck of the woods, no I didn't find him. Too bad though I'm sure it would have been alot more fun had I gotten in touch with him. So heres the story Those who know articsid (Troy) know he always has a good wildlife story to tell. Well here is my Alaska...

Thanks all who posted on my b-day. I was actually up in articsid's neighborhood since the day before my b-day. I just got back Friday. When I was a Coastie I never got to visit Alaska, and I was always told by all who were stationed there you will either love it and never want to leave or hate...

Has anyone used puree's to make a wine, if so what was the recipe and how much diferent is it from using just fruit?

Dan the training you are talking about is something that I was talking to the AG office lady today about. She suggested that if I was going to train then I needed to get someone that was efficient in tree training. There was a list of reasons that made sense, but I think that if I had someone...

Which ones? I am finally making progress with my 1.5+ acres that I am turning into my orchard. I am planning between 4-8 apple trees. The plan is to put 4 in by April and another 2-4 in by next April. I have 20+ blackberry cuttings that will be here within the next two weeks and then I will be...

Which variety of apple is the best for making wine? The top two varieties are needed for cross pollination. Also need to be of the dwarf or semi dwarf (which most come in these) for spacing reasons. If you have a prefered type let me know the reasons why that type over another type. If you...

I think I might have to agree with crackedcork on the trying to impress part. I was fortunate that i didn't ferment on the skins, I cooked the berries and extracted the juice that way (only because I dont have a steam juicer YET arrrggg). I dont think I will be adding tannins to anything that...

The person that made that commit was my father-in-law. Now a little background on him, he DON"T drink wine but when he tried the elderberry port he wanted some for himself. I don't normally try to please other peoples taste in wine, however in this case since he don't drink wine but wanted this...

The title is not to put anyone down so don't take it that way. Oh btw hi all, haven't really been on the forum that much but I check it regularly. This retirement life is fun, lol, I work harder and make less money. Ok on to my question, I made 3 gallons of elderberry port this past...

I didn't use anything but chokecherry juice. Here is my post on what I did. http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8775 I certainly learned that you don't need to add any tannins and age it at least 6+ months. I think winemaker would agree on this part.

It turned out well, It was wild duck so I cooked it done and not med rare. here is how it went. Marinated the duck breast from 8 am til 5 pm in Jalepeno wine. Took them out and patted them dry. Heated up Olive Oil real hot to sear them, and Lightly seared all the breast. Then put Kosher salt...

The only white I have is the Jalepeno and it is dry. I will put them in that now maybe that will be enough time, they are being cooked tonight. I like the grill idea thats a quick fix. There will be a new grill come spring for sure, this one is only 5 years old. I think I got my use out...

Hello all, its been a while since I have posted but I still check in often. Here is my delima 4 duck breast 2 goose breast Both are wild game and have been deskinned and soaked. I need a good NON grill recipe. My grill decided that rusing out the burners was a great thing to do. So since...

I was going to bottle it when I racked it this time, but decided since I didn't need the carboy right now I would just put it back in and bulk age for a little longer. I am however going to be bottling my elderberry port this weekend and backsweetening my blueberry. I know that next years...

Well its only been 4 months since I started this one and it still has some aging to go, however I am finally starting to taste the improvements. It was very bitter last time I racked it and at that time it was backsweetened to 1.022. The backsweetening took some of the bitterness away, but now...

Buy in bulk Sams club 25lb bag of sugar somewhere around $8 50 x 25lbs of sugar (pallet) $375 LOL we buy pallets at a time for feeding the bees through winter and of course I get a bag or 2 or 3 for making wine when need be.