Rick and Eric talk about Hurricane Sandy Storm Preparation, and then move on to making hard cider, GF show ideas, Johnny Appleseed, making applesauce, deep fried turkey and more.
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Category: Podcast
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Storm Preparedness! GF Radio
With the impending Frankenstorm, Rick wanted to relate some of his experiences dealing with storms while stationed on Guam. We also talk about the great response of people to Eric asking people for video ideas.
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Rick’s Electronic Reboot GF Radio
Monica asks about cooking lamb shanks, Rick’s cairn terriers nesting habits, Traces of lead found in backyard urban chickens according to this NY Times article
Eric and Rick discuss the benefits of Compact Fluorescent bulbs putting less mercury in the air, arsenic in rice and arsenic in apples.
Arsenic in Rice – Consumers Reports
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/11/arsenic-in-your-food/index.htmThen rick tell us about working with The Thomas Jefferson Hour
http://www.jeffersonhour.comBackStory With the American History Guys – History of National Debthangout on air google+article: Working from Home: out of sight out of mindPreparing your garden for winter
Azomite for garden prep http://www.azomite.comLeaf Composting
https://gardenfork.tv/dont-dump-me-bro
https://gardenfork.tv/free-leaf-compost-thank-you-neighbors-ricks-column
http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/lasagna-gardening.html
viewer questions about stripping paint, gutters overflowing,Eric is making hard cider for a gardenfork video you can watch our first how to make hard cider video here.
Eric talks about the sausage making class he took at The Meat Hook & Brooklyn Kitchen
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We don’t like candycorn GF Radio
We thank Matt Cuba for fixing the GardenFork site!
Rick and Eric talk about Halloween, moving apartments, boxes from old moves you’ve never opened.
Beekeeping overload has happened to Eric, with the realization that one can only eat so much honey. Rick talks about queenless hives.
What fun we had with Lynne Rossetto Kasper of The Splendid Table! we hope to have her back on to answer more of our questions.
The most recent foraging edible plant identification video about purslane is talked about, and upcoming show on sumac.
Wondering how to remove latex paint from the floor, check out this picture of what can go wrong, and then use windex to remove the paint.
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Lynne Rossetto Kasper of Splendid Table Joins Us GF Radio
Sarah and I were having a production meeting the other day and we were talking about cool people we’d like to have on the show. Sarah immediately suggested Lynne Rossetto Kasper, award winning author and host the The Splendid Table radio show from American Public Radio.
I listen to Lynne’s show in the car, driving between NYC and CT. I especially like the part of the show where people call and list what they have in their fridge and Lynne comes up with a meal using those ingredients. neat.
Sarah and I both had a question to ask Lynne, Sarah’s dealt with working toward a career in the food world and mine was not nearly as interesting, it was how to cook from your fridge. And Lynne told us of how she first worked with Julia Child in a cooking demo at the A&S Store in Brooklyn, right near where both Sarah and I live.
I was a bit tongue tied at the beginning of the show, but I got better as we started talking. Lynne is a real pro at radio, she made it easy for us. We hope she’ll be back on GF Radio in a bit and we can talk more about cooking and food.
A big thank you to American Public Media for helping us arrange the call.
Lynne’s newest book is A Summertime Grilling Guide written with Sally Swift. below are links to Lynne’s books.
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Tiny Houses & Plywood Boats GF Radio
Deek Diedricksen, Tiny House Designer and originator of the plywood boat we built joins us to catch up on what he is doing. Deek is hosting a Tiny House Building Workshop Nov 1 & 2. His newest book is in a new printing, check it out on his site.
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Grow Swiss Chard & Start a farm in Florida GF Radio
Priscilla the egg lady joins us to talk about how to grow swiss chard and how to cook swiss chard. Priscilla is using a double row method this year.
Josh Bauer then joins us to talk about what’s it like to go to the Culinary Institute of America and then start your own farm in Florida. You can check out Josh’s farm at his website here.
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Potato Bazookas and Catapults with William Gurstelle GF Radio
William Gurstelle, author of the newly updated DIY book Backyard Ballistics, joins Eric today to talk about what makes us want to make stuff, how William came to writing DIY books, and how civilized we are today compared to just a few hundred years ago.
Eric and William talk about catapults and how they may have been one of the ways the Plague was spread through Europe, and how they were state of the art weaponry for hundreds of years. More on the subject of catapults, also known as siege engines, can be found on Wikipedia.
Our video on how to make a potato bazooka, aka potato cannon, was inspired by his Backyard Ballistics book, this and Bill’s other books are full of cool projects that do fun things and explain the science behind them as well. The new updated version of the Backyard Ballistics book contains a bazooka powered by dry ice with a new burst valve built with stuff from your kitchen. neat.
William’s Propane Flame Cannon, from his Practical Pyromaniac book, is on my to do list now. Make big balls of flame from plumbing parts. fun.
Below are some of William’s books and links to buy them:
Buy Practical Pyromaniac from Indie Bound HereBuy Practical Pyromaniac From Amazon Here
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Grease Trap Back Up! GF Radio
Rick and Eric talk about the power of the individual, arduino controllers for beehives, and why Eric was offline for a week. And what to do when your friend calls about his flooded basement. Plus viewer mail!Show Notes:
Grease Trap:
The Beehive Weight Project:
Arduino controller boards
- adafruit
- Mike says: Arduino modules are called “shields.”
- make magazine
- instructables
- NASA Honeybee Net — tracking hive weight, advance of spring
GMOs, Microwaves, & Podcasts
- Quick & Dirty Tips: Everyday Einstein podcast – Are GMOs Safe?
- Why You’re Wrong podcast – You Aren’t What You Eat
- microwaves scramble DNA? (note research footnotes in article)Vermiculite = Is not a petroleum based product
Ben Zen – cider, soaps, homemade deodorant
Earth Eats podcast – Raw okra salad & History of the Ball Jar
Raw Okra Salad With Southern Indiana Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 1/2-1 cup tomatoes (variety of colors and types)
- 1/2-1 cup red onions
- 1/2-1 cup tomatillos
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 2-3 cayenne pepper rings
- Lemon zest
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking Directions
- Choose small, young okra. They get more fibrous and are less ideal for raw dishes as they get larger.
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss. Serve immediately
Gardenfork Podcasting:
- skype
- skype call recorder ecamm
- —–split conversations with modules for editing in WAV or AIF, avoid editing in MP3, but MP3 is fine for final output
- soundflower – Mac utility that allows you to expand inputs via MIDI utility
- Final Cut
- Garage Band
- Quicktime Pro
- iMovie
- Microphones
- blue Snowball usb
- Plantronics dsp 400 – we’ve discovered that I’m overdriving my mic, despite what the control panel tells me, thus the “clipping” of some of my audio. Eric tried to fix as much as he could in post production. – rick
- waterfall sounds – a bit of artful post-production editing covers up a lot of errors, one reason I run a waterfall sound through all my videos is that it covers up a lot of mic bobbles and production problems. It’s also soothing, like here – rick
Gardenfork Videos:
- Canon vixia hs200 camera
- cannon shotgun mic
- dead cat (wind guard)
- zoom h1 stereo digital recorder needs a deadcat as well. Has a hotshot for mounting on a video or dslr camera.
wordpress site
plug-in powerpress blubrry
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Making Hard Cider, Brewing Beer, Making Soap GF Radio
How to make hard cider, how to brew beer, and how to make your own soap are the topics on GF Radio. Ben joins eric to talk about hard cider and how homemade hard cider is made, and what not to do when making hard cider. what yeast should you use when making hard cider? wild yeast or a cultured yeast? eric used a champagne yeast the last time he made hard cider, you can see his how to make hard cider video here.
Beer Brewing comes next, both Ben and Eric homebrew beer; Ben talks about making up your own beer brewing recipes, brewing beer from grain instead of from malt extracts, and how to brew beer in a studio apartment in brooklyn. Eric prefers recipes for malt exract brewing, there is less to mess up that way. making lager beer, or lagering, is a goal for Eric. Making a lager beer is harder, you have to control the temperature more better, from what we understand.
Next up is making your own soap and deoderant. Ben is now making dishwasher soap, shampoo, deoderant, and dish soap for his family. its not hard, he learned from a class at work, but you can learn online. we’ll have to make a video about how to make soap soon, it sounds like even Eric can make soap.
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Viewer Mail, English, and Aquaponics : GF Radio
We read a nice note from Alice and reflect on what is GardenFork?
And a big thank you to Christina of FelineDesignInc.com , check out her site if you need web and graphic design work.
Kevin takes us to task for mispronouncing words like Propolis, for Rick, english is a second language.
Gardening for the fall season, what vegetables do you plant to harvest in the fall? Kale, spinach, lettuces, mesclun, radishes. Rick brings up a few gardening apps, Mother Earth News has a few good ones for gardening.
Rick tells us about grafting tomatoes. neat. And the importance of providing water for your honeybees.
Rick also tells us about a black light flashlight that he uses to find tomato hornworms on his tomato plants.
Then we talk about olive oil, is it adulterated? Rick tells us a few olive oils that were recommended by a consumer magazine.
Related to the olive oil talk, we talk about how to make your own balsamic vinegar dressing in this video and if you want to make your own balsamic vinegar reduction, or the balsamic vinegar hack, watch the video here.
For the salad dressing recipe, its not necessary to use a metal bowl, i just like to use a metal bowl.
And finally, Rick liked Eric’s Porchetta Recipe Video, watch it here.
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Melissa Bee Farm Honey Tasting GF Radio
Producer Sarah and Eric do a honey tasting in Brooklyn of Rick’s Melissa Bee Farm Honey . and a thank you to Christina of Feline Design for designing Rick’s honey label.
you can get the Vitamix Sarah has here:
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Intelligent Puppies, New Cars, Stolen Plumbing GF Radio
Monica joins Eric to talk about what Monica has been up to lately. We talk about her new rescue pup, and the trouble the younger dog can get into, but also the fun too.
Monica uses the laser pointer to exercise her dogs, its a good exercise tool when its too hot to go outside.
Twitter is discussed, Eric uses twitter a lot to keep up with people, using TweetDeck, Monica likes it for fast access to news events.
How to cope with hot weather? Stay hydrated. Monica removed the grass from their yard and put down pavers, the pups had torn up all the grass anyway.
you can follow Monica on Twitter: @Stuccolow
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Cardboard Bikes, Plywood Boats, and Pork Chops GF Radio
Mike and Eric talk more about cycling, with Mike’s first group ride with a bunch of people older and healthier than he is. If you wnat to find a cycling group in your area, we suggest a web search for ‘cycling club’ in your area. Keep in mind that we all start from somewhere, so go join a club and get riding. Then tell us about it.
We talk about the Cardboard Bike Mike read about, here is the link
We cannot overstate the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a bike. Bike helmets might look weird at first, but they can save your brain and your ears, the same ears that you use to listen to this fine program, GardenFork Radio.
Mike’s new recipe is for Pork Chops with Savory Apple / Carrot saute , getting his daughter to eat carrots, which is a rare event, we are told.
Plywood Boat Plans and how to build a plywood boat: Eric responds to questions people have asked about how to build a plywood boat, what kind of paint to use, how thick the plywood should be, etc.
Eric’s latest video, how to make a balsamic vinegar dressing, is discussed, Mike tries to poke fun but it doesn’t quite work, but that’s ok. Our goal is to get people to stop buying poorly made salad dressing and go make their own. The balsamic vinegar reduction hack video is here.
Loft bed plans – Eric posted photos and plans for a loft bed for kids, and mike has some suggestions. Eric then talks about why you should not use drywall screws when assembling this loft bed.
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Arduino Controllers, Pinball, & Burritos GF Radio
Mike and Eric talk about how to use arduino controllers in pinball and beehives, how easy it is to use them and program them. Repairing a shower mixing valve without cutting a hole in the wall, be sure to turn off the water before you replace the mixing valve cartridge. Eric did put in a new shower mixing valve at his parents house, the video will be posted soon. Mike talks about being overwhelmed with success of a bootstrapped pinball project, and how what was once great is now a ball and chain. Eric tells of how one of his beehives swarmed and what he did to try to capture the beehive swarm. Lacking a tall ladder to retrieve the swarm cluster, swarm traps are brought out. Did it work? listen and learn.
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Lose Weight, Eat Yogurt, Be Better GF Radio
Mike talks about how to lose weight by reasonable dieting, cycling, and a new outlook on his health.
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Worm Composter Barrel by Rick : GardenFork Radio
Rick’s homemade worm composter; we learn more about how rick made a worm composter out of a barrel. Rick also posted a how-to video on our site here on how you can make worm composter, and gives us some more pointers.
How to make kefir: Producer Sarah tell us how she made kefir, a fermented milk beverage, with special grains she ordered on the web KefirLady.com . You can’t just start making kefir, you have to get the grains from someone. We will be talking about how to make your own soap with Sarah soon, btw.
Rick isn’t into smoothies, we learn. And Eric confesses that he forgot to post the cedar jelly tasting from the Cedar Jelly a viewer sent us.
If you chain saw wont start, watch this how-to video, and then listen to us talk about chain saw repair
Rick is growing malibar spinach in his aquaponics greenhouse, its not a true spinach, it is a vine and you harvest the leaves. You can read more about Rick’s aquaponics and aquaculture here.
How to pollinate tomatoes in a greenhouse? Rick tell us how to pollinate vegetables in a greenhouse with a toothbrush, you have to listen to this to understand how Rick does this.
Gary House of Cooking-Outdoors.com has posted several articles on how to cook with a dutch oven here on our site. A big thank you again to him for doing that. check out his new DVD on his site here.
Rick is hoping the cast iron foundry startup Borough Furnace will make a cast iron dutch oven soon.
The letterpress shop Eric talks about is Hatch Show Print
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Cold Frame & Hoop House How To With Nikki Jabbour : GF Radio 258
Learn how to build a cold frame and extend your growing season with Nikki Jabbour, author of The Year Round Vegetable Gardener. We talk with Nikki about how to use a cold frame to start plant early and keep your harvest going into winter, even in Canada! ( Nikki lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, btw )
Recycling stuff you were going to throw out into cloches is a big light bulb moment for Eric, and the fact that holes in your lettuce greens at a store or restaurant means that bugs were on them, and that is a good thing, meaning it probably wasn’t sprayed with insecticide, is the other lightbulb moment for Eric.
We talk about ways to extend your growing season without spending a lot of money on fancy greenhouses, in other words, how to grow vegetables in the snow. The cool thing about Niki’s outlook is that its based on her learning as you go method, much like gardenfork. Simple and easy, made out of recycled materials.
I’m interested in the idea of using newspaper hats as a simple cloche to protect plants for frost. stay tuned.
Read our review of The Year Round Vegetable Gardener here
Order Nikki’s book from Amazon here. (affiliate link)
Watch our how to build a hoop house video here.
Watch our how to build a cold frame video here.
A big thank you to Jean Ann Van Krevelen for introducing Niki to us, what fun.
