Eric tells how he tries to keep the house cool on the hot days of summer, then reads and reflects on viewer mail on dishwasher installation and baking disasters. Become a monthly supporter of Gardenfork: http://patreon.com/gardenfork Make a one time contribution via PayPal: https://gardenfork.tv/paypal This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price...
How To Cook Grilled Steak - GF Video
Simplest recipe I've found for how to cook grilled steak is to cook steak directly on charcoal. Watch our how to video and get the recipe below. How to cook grilled steak directly on charcoal Key here is the steak you choose. I like the strip steak. Here they call them NY strip steaks,...
Troy Bilt Flex Review - GF Video
After using the Flex system all summer, here is our Troy Bilt Flex review video. We used the lawnmower and pressure washer attachments with the Flex power base around the house, here's our take on it. Note: This is a Sponsored Post sponsored. Troy Bilt sent me the Flex and compensated me for my time,...
Troy Bilt Garden Tools Built To Last
I have bought way too many cheap trowels and diggers only to have them break in the garden. Being part of their Saturday 6 group this summer, Troy-Bilt sent me a box of their hand garden tools. I haven't broken them yet, and I don't think I will. First thing that impressed me was the...
Try This New Tomato & Hardware Store Brainstorms - GF Radio 387
Rick and Eric answer some viewer mail and comments on where we get our ideas from. Rick tells us about a new tomato he wants to try next year, and we touch on the usual suspects of GardenFork Radio. Support GF on Patreon: http://patreon.com/gardenfork This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price...
What Happens When You Forget To Add Butter
What's wrong here? Oh, I forgot to add the butter. Are you sometimes on autopilot when baking. I must bake some sort of cobbler or crisp every week, and I do the recipe mostly by eye now. Not sure what was going on in my head here, but I made this whole cobbler, baked it...
Custom DIY Dishwasher Install Into Existing Cabinets
I did this custom DIY dishwasher installation so it fit into existing cabinets at a friend's apartment. There wasn't a space for a dishwasher in the kitchen and we made a space in a creative way. Maybe we'll call it an unusual way, actually. If you'd like to see how to connect the electric, water,...
My Flash Drive Recommendation
This is an easy one. My flash drive recommendation has to have three things that I need to be able to work efficiently. Large capacity storage - I shoot in HD video Fast Throughput - the time it takes to copy a file Protection - not just a cap that falls off I need a...
How To Mud and Tape Drywall - GF DIY Video
To mud and tape drywall aka sheetrock, you have to practice, but if I can do it, you can do it. I don't do it perfectly, but I made a video here of how I mud and tape drywall while working on our renovation projects. I also have a video about how to mud and...
Gardening & Sailing with Erin of The Impatient Gardener - GF Radio 386
Erin of the website The Impatient Gardener joins me, Eric to talk about gardening, ornamentals, & sailing. Check out Erin's website here. Erin and I are part of the TroyBilt Saturday6, and met this spring. Erin came to gardening through her mother, and when buying her first home, started her website to chronicle her gardening...
Plant A Window Flower Box - GF Video
Learn here how to plant a window flower box, like the one we built in a previous DIY video. Watch as we show a few tips for window box plantings. The first tip: simple is good. Here we go! A few things to keep in mind in planning how to plant a window flower box...
Beehive Knocked Over - GF Video
A beehive knocked over by wind or a bear or storms is not fun. Here's how to prevent your beehives from being knocked over. I recently got a call from my friend Bill, saying that one of our beehives was knocked over. Normally, a beekeeper would stress about this, I didn't, watch the video to...
Bees, Patreon, Dieting, & Chunk Charcoal - GF Radio 385
Rick and Eric discuss the new GardenFork Patreon Campaign for listeners to support GardenFork, and how it diversifies the GF income stream. More info here: https://www.patreon.com/gardenfork?ty=h The video of musician Jack Conte explaining how he co-founded Patreon is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9NjntTUJ1Q We talk a bit about our upcoming show about weight loss with Mike, Rick references...
Beekeeping 101- Hive Inspection - GF Video
A Hive Inspection is just that, you are checking out the beehive to see how its doing. Part of our Beekeeping 101 Video series, today we are doing a hive inspection of a nuc we installed this spring. This bee nuc had a late start, as did all our bees, because spring came late. Note...
Brainstorming Better Creative Ideas - GF Radio 384
Do These 8 Thing and be more creative insightful is an article Rick tweeted and I read. Then we talked about it here on GardenFork Radio. Or at least we eventually got to it, after the usual back and forth. Happens. First we have to talk about malaria. How do our microphones sound? We are...
DIY Floor Sanding - Just Say No
Floor sanding is a thankless DIY project. Avoid it at all costs. I've sanded several floors, I'll never do it again. Here's why: Like many who read GardenFork, my mindset is: I can do this, why pay someone? Well, when it comes to floor sanding, pay a professional. There is much that can go wrong...
Homemade Metal Pizza Oven
Here is a home made pizza oven I ran across in a restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Can't remember the name of the place, sorry. This one is interesting in that its a metal pizza oven, rather than the usual brick. I did not see it in operation, but I'm sure it works. I do see...
Apple TV, Digital News, Printed Newspaper & A little beekeeping GF Radio 383
An eclectic mix of DIY on this week's podcast. We are talking Roma paste tomatoes at Rick's house, and how they are doing well with measured rainfall. His tomatoes have been doing well and are now starting to ripen. We talk about toilets briefly, and Eric announces he will stop talking about toilets, maybe. Then,...