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Well now I have to go to Virginia and splash out some cash in their tasting room. Any suggestion for when is the best time to visit?

Have you considered some of the apples that have pear-like flavor? I'm thinking about grafting a few of them to get some pear notes in a cider, and conceivably blend them with actual pears to make a good balanced cider with significant pear flavor. A lot of commercial pear ciders are generic...

I'm going to plant extra Wickson trees and some day make a single varietal cider with it and champagne yeast. Then I'll chill it to 32 degrees and serve it in a frosted glass on a hot summer day. That's one of my lifetime goals for my orchard work. Another goal is to make an extra...

There are a lot of tricks you can use to sweeten cider. Sorbitol is interesting because it also gives a different mouthfeel to the drink. You can try keeving, which is restricting nutrients so the yeast gives up before the fermentation is done. It's not easy, and keeved ciders are expensive...

Try using some string to tie the food from the feeder to a circle hook. Get 3 or 4 people to cast at the same time. They should slam the food without thinking. You can use another type of hook if you don't mind gut hooking a food fish.

Throw a dollop of fresh whipped cream on there, and it's almost a keto version of my favorite Norwegian dessert: tilslørte bondepiker.

Found buckets for $1 from a manufacturer in Vandalia. Sweet!

Hmmm. That might be a better option for me. I can't get buckets for $2 on Marketplace.

I think I'll buy some of those bags. Looks like a great option for me.

Israel is not an enemy to Lebanese Christians. Christianity was the dominant religion by far in Lebanon until wave after wave of Muslims starved out Christians and waged war against them. And who were the latest group of Muslims to attack Christians and Jews in Lebanon? Ah yes, the...

Well I'm glad they managed to export the corn. I'm worried about what this year will bring with high fertilizer priced and farmers avoiding beans. Time will tell. I have a lot of faith in our farmers.

There are some late hanging varieties being advertised already. I will order some for grafting next Spring if I can. If they are long enough that there is some left, I'll send the other half to you if you want.

I also have my apples, cherries, honeyberries, black currant, red currant, gooseberries, rhubarb, plums, raspberries, blackberries, garlic, and chives that are in the ground all winter. I used to have Jerusalem artichoke, but they got smoked this winter, so I have to replace them. My sage...

I don't think so. I think everyone just spent 75 years vastly overestimating the Russian military. I'm not saying the Europeans are something special, I'm saying the Russian military turned out to be garbage. I would not trust any military self report I found online. There is absolutely no...

I have radish and lettuce direct sown in my raised beds. I've sown in pots that are inside germinating. So far I have about a dozen pots each of: Moneymaker tomato Cherry tomato Zucchini Celery Cayenne chili Bell pepper Physalis Palm kale Sweet peas Spinach The radishes and lettuce are...