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And yes, I know those trees at the back have to go. They are not a desirable variety, anyway, and the rest of the yard is well wooded with pecan and other trees.

We recently purchased this place with a small vineyard. It's hard to tell from the picture but a number of the vines are dead and the live ones have wayward growth stretching 20-30 feet along the wire. I will be replace a number of them. What is left is most likely concord. I've spent the...

A little bit of dish soap in your water that you shake up will easily remove the goo gone. I would make sure I shake the bottle with plain water after that. Shake with rinse water until no more suds appears.

Wow! I didn't expect that! Thank you! I know it has already shipped. I'm super excited to try it out. Thanks again!

DANG! I think I ordered mine one day before I saw this.

Hmm. It appears to be stalling again. Fermentation is still going but very slowly. One carboy had all but stopped. This morning I added yeast nutrient and energizer. SG is still up around 1.07-1.08. It has a long way to go!

glennwing-I'm going to give that a try!

I'm enjoying some wine made from Norton grapes by a gentleman here who has a vineyard. He has given me 4 bottles of wine to enjoy and try from 4 of the different grapes he has in his vineyard. He will give me cuttings from the ones I decide I like the best. He has also become my vineyard...

Well my skeeter pee didn't start very well. I added 2/3 of the lemon at first. I thought to rescue it I would have to divide the 5 gallons, dilute to 10 gallons, add sugar and let it start again without adding more lemon. I did and it has been going well since then. I will need to add more...

How much oxiclean in how much water? I just obtained quite a few bottles and label removal takes so much time!

Once again I feel very blessed! I went to the local vineyard to see if I could help prune his vines and return his bottles . He needed to stay by the phone so we just talked. With his help I learned which red wine grape I want for my vineyard and I'm narrowing down my choices for a white. He...

This is going to make me sound nuttier than a fruitcake but a gentleman from a local vineyard advised me he ONLY roots his cuttings upside down in a bucket of sand. He said one year he tried to start 200 cuttings by sticking them in the ground. Unfortunately it was a very dry year and he lost...

I just started my first ever batch of Skeeter Pee. I used pectic enzyme today, so tomorrow I will pitch the yeast.

Thanks for the comments. This 6 gallon batch is now topped up, sulfite added and aging in the carboy. I want to start a batch of skeeter pee before summer, I sure could use this carboy. Looks like I'll just have to get another one!

This is the gewurztraminer kit that I totally messed up on the beginning. I added a packet of potassium metabisulfate/sorbate when I thought I was adding yeast. I just inadvertently grabbed the wrong packet. Thanks to members of this forum I was able to rescue it after a few days with a...

Balotonwine-So sorry for your loss. We recently had to put our faithful, sweet, loving great pyrenees down. He was our livestock guardian and he did his job. I cried and cried. We have other dogs, though. This one is Marley. She is a wounded deer tracking dog. She has found many, many deer...

$400 seems a bit high to me. I paid $400 for this one at a farm auction recently. 2 baskets, press and crusher- the crusher is on the bottom for hauling purposes.