I am using plastic tubing for tapping sugar maples, and learned a hard lesson this weekend. When you only tap maple trees once a year, you forget stuff. And when you're working in 2' of snow and the wind is howling, your brain takes a hit. I tapped our sugar maples a week ago using...
Cook With A Pressure Cooker - GF Video
Learn how to cook with a pressure cooker in this GardenFork Cooks video. I cook recipes with a pressure cooker all time in the kitchen. Its perfect for last minute meals where you decide you want beans, but forgot to cook them ahead of time. People claim you can cook foods in 5 minutes, which...
Pole Pruners, WiFi Phones, & Dirty Dishes - GF Radio 372
Rick and Eric talk about how using a pole pruner can wipe you out, or look at it as exercise. This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but I earn a commission from. Thx! https://gardenfork.tv/amazon And a few auspicious dates are coming up: Friday the 13th Pi Day and Einstein’s Birthday...
Diners, Cool Tools, & Furnace Repair - GF Radio 371
Rich Gee, our resident executive coach joins Eric to talk about an eclectic mix of things. A wide ranging discussion begins with the Laurel Diner in Southbury, CT and then Eric's fondness for the Waffle House. Rich tell us about his love of the Snow Wolf a neat snow removal shovel, info here: http://amzn.to/1Af1ULS He...
Cardboard Seed Starting Pots - DIY Video
These cardboard seed starting pots are made from paper towel tubes. Biodegradable plant pots made from stuff in your house. Watch this DIY video about how to make the seed starting pots and get more info below, plus links to our other seed starting videos. You can buy seed starting pots, but I like to...
Barrel Style DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator
Here's a DIY maple syrup evaporator made out of an old metal barrel with a few enhancement you can easily put together from spare parts or a scrap yard. I ran across the homemade evaporator at my friend Priscilla's house. She has upgraded to a stainless steel commercial evaporator, but this was sitting next to...
Mini Greenhouse Seed Starting Pots
We have all sorts seed starting pots, but how about seed starters that have their own roofs? A neat idea that includes a solution for plastic bottles that function as a mini greenhouse for each seed starting pot. Jeremy sent me this photo and email about making these mini greenhouses with recycled bottles. "I just...
12 minutes of rambling, then Walden - GF Radio 370
Where has Eric been, talk about the use of archive shows, playing previous episodes of GardenFork Radio and how do people like that? Next subject is the aging of your parents and getting a financial and medical power of attorney to be better prepared for helping them later in life. An advanced medical directive is...
External Hard Drive Repair and Replacement DIY Video
You can do an external hard drive repair. Learn how to replace the hard drive of your exnternal hard drive or backup drive with our DIY video here. Below the video are links to buy replacement hard drives and a computer toolkit. External Hard Drive Repair Tips Be sure to discharge any static charge you...
Batter Bread Sandwich Loaf Recipe - GF Video
This batter bread sandwich loaf recipe is similar to the no knead bread recipe we have done, but its even easier. Plus it makes a sandwich loaf bread, which is a lot easier to use for making sandwiches than artisan bread. Batter Breads have been around for a long time, but recent recipes by...
Floor Sanding Archive Show - GF Radio 369C
From the archives: How not to sand a wood floor is just part of this week's GardenFork Radio. We also talk about hydroponics, aquaponics, composting, chainsaw safety, and some new viewer mail! This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but I earn a commission from. Thx! https://gardenfork.tv/amazon Our Home Depot link:...
Straw Bale House Construction by Jas. Townsend
Straw bale house construction has always been on my bucket list, and I recently discovered Jonathan Townsend's YouTube channel where he makes videos about 18th century lifestyle. Jonathan and his wife have built 2 straw bale houses, and he recently posted 2 videos about straw bale construction, and I wanted to share them with you...
Rooftop Pizza Oven in Cambodia
Tony wanted to make a brick pizza oven, and he found our pizza oven videos, and then made his own version. On a rooftop in Cambodia, of all places. How cool is that? Pizza Oven 2.0 from ConceptuallySpeaking. Tony writes: "I’ve been meaning to re-visit your site since it provided the perfect solution I was...
Burning Sponges Archive Show - GF Radio 369B
Rebroadcast of an earlier show, as I am traveling and blanked on posting a show before I left town. In this one, Rick and I talk about unique protein diets for dogs that may help them with skin issues and food allergies. Then we touch on sous vide cooking for a minute, and of course...
Cabbage & Apples with Salmon Recipe - From The Fridge
I'm trying to cook more from the refrigerator, as I always have something in there I can cook with. If I was more organized I could plan dinners, but that happens rarely. Instead I keep a stock of stuff I like to cook with, and go from there. But the fridge was looking kinda empty...
5 No Knead Bread Recipe Tips - GF Cooks Video
Make better bread with these 5 no knead bread recipe tips I've learned from baking this great bread. The original recipe is great, but with a few baking tips, its even better. Below are links to our other no knead bread videos. Watch our tips video here and then tell us your bread baking tips...
Cheap Cold Frame How To - DIY GF Video
Here's a cheap cold frame you can make out of scrap lumber and a window. In this video I'll show you how to build the cold frame in a few hours. With this rig, you can do some winter gardening, and of course we have some videos on that, the links are at the end...
Cold Frame Gardening at BBG - DIY GF Video
Cold frame gardening can be done in the Northern climes, as we see at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. We made this winter gardening video at their demonstration garden in December. They were harvesting greens like arugula and mache. Watch the video and see for yourself. Below are some book recommendations for winter gardening. The cold...