Learn how to use your dutch oven to cook food outdoors, and learn how to grill steaks, meats and all things with charcoal from our guest Gary, editor of Cooking-Outdoors.com, a website about all things related to outdoor cooking. We learn how to light charcoal and how to not use charcoal, and how to cook food in foil packets, like how to cook salmon with dressing cooked in foil. Listen to the show and learn all about outdoor cooking. Call our listener call in line with your best charcoal grilling tips and suggestions and recipes. 860-740-6938
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How to Replace Your Spark Plugs : GardenFork Radio
In the Gardenfork version of Car Talk, Mike talks about replacing the spark plugs, We update Tyler’s Storm Chasing, How to Make Donuts and Doughnut Recipes and we talk about when your food is expired. Your Food Will Tell You When Its Old says a GF viewer.
Eric talked about Gabfire Themes who have a new restaurant wordpress theme.
photo by Alvimann
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How to be an Urban Forager & Locavore with Leda Meredith : GardenFork Radio
Learn all about urban foraging and how to be a locavore in this GardenFork Radio episode where we interview Leda Meredith, author of Botany, Ballet, & Dinner from Scratch: A Memoir with Recipes and The Locavore’s Handbook: The Busy Person’s Guide to Eating Local on a Budget
Urban foraging, Urban Homesteading, & being a locavore plus dance pretty much describes Leda, who is also the subject of two videos by Liza of Food Curated.
Book Giveaway:
We are giving away one copy of both of Leda’s books: Botany, Ballet, & Dinner from Scratch & The Locavore’s Handbook. Here is how to participate in the giveaway.
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Eric’s Life Coach Advice : GardenFork Radio
Call us! 860-740-6938 Eric tells of another life lesson learned, whether we want to hear about it or not and Mike ask listeners about his and their commute to work. Is it a commute? Or quality time? Eric wants to learn how to publish a book, and what kinds of books should Eric write? And more about raising winter hardy varroa resistant honey bee queens, how to grow garlic and how to mulch garlic, should you soak seeds before planting them? and be prepared for disasters with Ready.org .
The Sandra Lee article in New York Magazine is here.
Here is Ric Elias talking at TED about his life changing experience of surviving a plane crash
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Easter Pizza Malfunction! : GardenFork Radio
Eric is joined by sister Tracy to discuss how to make pizza at home, and how not to make pizza at home. Its our home made pizza recipe show, where we debrief and ponder the deep question: store bought pizza sauce or home made pizza sauce? . Tell us your home made pizza secrets: 860-740-6938 or on our site, www.GardenFork.TV
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I am a Hipster : GardenFork Radio
Call us! 860-740-6938 Mike and Eric are joined by Monica to talk about home renovation nightmares, or almost nightmares, and how to avoid them. Monica is going through a home renovation right now, so we have first hand experience here for you. Our talk on switching from an iPhone to a Droid phone was inspired by a blog post by Mia Taylor here. We talk about Rescuing dogs from an approved dog shelter organization, PetFinder.com is a good place to start. How to fix your clothes dryer and which brand of paint you should buy for your home and eric being a hipster fill out our show.
Here are Sara’s photos of her home while working in Panama for the Peace Corps
photo by mantasmagorical
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Storm Chasing with Tyler : GardenFork Radio
Tyler joins us to talk about stormchasing, ham radio, cloud watching, single malt scotch and Irish Whiskey appreciation. We talk about a great bed and breakfast in Ireland, The River Mill, owned by GF viewer Theresa. Tyler suggests the audio podcast Whiskeycast for those of us who appreciate Irish Whiskey, Single Malt Scotch, and all good things. Hiving Bee Packages and raising local queens, harvesting comb honey and bee webinars are all part of our bee discussion.
Tyler’s personal blog on gardening, beekeeping, stormchasing and all things Tyler is My Chicago Garden
The Cloud Appreciation Society website has great photos of different types of clouds uploaded by society members.
The Madagascar Institute is a welding coop in Gowanus Brooklyn that teaches welding classes.
Tyler’s honeybees will be living at Pushing The Envelope Farm near Chicago here is their Facebook Page and their Local Harvest Page
The webinars we talked about can be seen at Brushy Mountain here
photo by Tyler of Allison House, severe weather data when you need it
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I think I broke the dryer : GardenFork Radio
Call us 860-740-6938 Eric talks with Rick about how to start vegetable seeds, seed starting, grow lights, and how to avoid damping off of seedlings, broadcast seeding of mesclun and lettuces, what kind of fluorescent bulbs to use in your grow light. Plus more than you want to know about Rick’s crawl space and the problems with pouring a slab foundation in sandy soil. Plus a follow up to our How to Deal with a Contractor talk, with Rick playing the role of the customer, and Eric as the contractor. And a few of Rick’s favorite podcasts.
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Bullfrogs Scare Me : GardenFork Radio
Leave a comment: 860-740-6938 A more laid back GF Radio, as Eric is kinda tired, and Mike is, well, Mike. But, we talk about Frog mating calls, using social media in your job search, Eric’s visit to a food swap, BKswappers, at Brooklyn Kitchen, slide rulers, how to keep your dogs out of your raised beds, and birdhouses. Please write a review on our iTunes page!
photo by Click
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Hire Mike, IT Expert : GardenFork Radio
Mike is seeking new employment opportunities in the computer tech social media IT world. He is smart. So hire Mike.The alternative title for this show has to be: Approach the Printer and say “Print”. How to get to the moon using slide rulers; The Apollo project, the joys of Bruce’s steel cut oatmeal recipe, April Fool’s jokes, raised beds and companion plantings, seed starting, Kefir and yogurt.
10 things about the Apollo Moon Landing link here
MakerBot , the 3D printer here
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How to Grow Heirloom Tomatoes : GardenFork Radio
Call us: 860-740-6938 Want to know How to Grow Heirloom Tomatoes? or just how to grow tomatoes? Today we talk with my neighbor Priscilla, who is an heirloom tomato expert, and has more energy than I do even after drinking lots of coffee. Priscilla grows tomato seedlings of 30 different heirloom tomato varieties each year and sells the young plants at her farm stand at the end of her driveway.
Priscilla mentioned several seed companies she is ordering from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has a beautiful catalog and is very pro-active about heirloom seeds. Their site is here http://rareseeds.com/
Totally Tomatoes is a catalog that has more tomato varieties than anyone else, I think. Their site is here http://www.totallytomato.com/
Shumway Seeds website is here: http://www.rhshumway.com/
We will also be posting a new GardenFork video this week on how to start vegetable seeds in these neat homemade cardboard containers Priscilla showed us how to make.
Some of my favorite heirloom tomato varieties are Black Krim, Mortgage Lifter, Prudens Purple, and Juliette.
What are your favorite tomato varieties? Let us know below:
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Thundersnow In My Head : GardenFork Radio
Comments and questions: 860-740-6938 call us! Mike and Eric talk about thundersnow, bicycle seat height adjustment, the vernal equinox, how to make soft cheese, making sweet and sour cabbage, a crashed hive, watching web video on your HDTV, using appleTV on our TV & the art of highway rest areas
links to things we talk about in the show:
how to make cheese video
sweet and sour cabbage recipe video
www.restareahistory.orgphoto by alvimann
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The Martha Radio Gig, Margaret Roach, & GardenFork.TV
Eric tells about his Martha Stewart Living Radio experience, and Margaret Roach’s new book, making mid-life changes & going back to college, brand name batteries, Mike’s Jukebox repair, dog beds, and more on GardenFork Radio. call us 860-740-6938
Link to Martha Stewart Living Radio is here Link to Margaret Roach’s blog and info on her new book is here
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I’m just holding Mike’s coat : Gardenfork Radio
Please like us on facebook.com/GardenFork ! Rick, Mike, & Eric talk how to fix ice dams, how to prevent ice dams, insulating your attic, getting honeybees ready for spring, Sirius Martha Stewart Living Radio, and how to prune a tree the right way. Only the most recent 100 shows are on iTunes. Listen to the full radio archive at www.GardenFork.TV
The how to repair ice dams video we talk about is here
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There’s a lot of duct tape in the world : GardenFork Radio
Monica and Eric talk about Monica’s renovation of her 2nd floor, and the surprises you find when you take the walls down in your house. Plus Raising goats in your backyard, Ice Dams, Rain Gutters, Dog Toys, insulating your home, and how to remove a bathtub from your home.
Here is the backyard goat article in the NY Times
The Goat Justice League is here
photo by Duboix
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Steve wears overalls + What’s This Food? : GardenFork Radio
Steve from the Born To Farm podcast and the Farm Cast Network joins us to talk about blogging with WordPress and making your own podcast, and Daniel Delaney of What’s This Food joins us to talk about how to cook Aebleskiver. Call our listener call in line: 860-740-6938 with comments or questions
Photo by Tangle Eye
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How to Visit New York City : GardenFork Radio
What’s the best way to see New York, need tourist tips? On GardenFork Radio Monica and Eric talk about her recent visit to New York City, and more importantly, her forays into the center of the universe, Brooklyn, NY! Comments or questions? Call Us 860-740-6938
The restaurant we had dinner with Monica is called Savoy, its on Crosby and Spring in Manhattan.
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