Rick and Eric talk about the GardenFork Labrador Photobook Kickstarter Project, driving with your in-laws, removing grease from a ceiling before painting, how to hang a TV on a wall, outdoor cast iron dutch oven cooking, beekeeping classes, and viewer mail! The First Aid Companion for Dogs and Cats Book: Buy From Indie Bound Here...
Cast Iron Cooking Outdoors with Charcoal
With our recent Superstorm knocking out power to large parts of the East Coast, I wanted to share with you a way to cook food outdoors with cast iron. Here are some photos demonstrating how to do campfire cooking in your backyard with charcoal. You can use a campfire if you are camping, or if...
Hang a TV on a brick or concrete wall
Hang a TV on a brick wall, or hang a tv above the fireplace? Here's how to do it right. Below the how to photos is a video of how to drill into brick or cement and links to other DIY articles. Working in older buildings, many times I'm asked to hang a TV on...
Special: Diary of a Misfit & Documentary Filmaking
We talk with co-directors Casey Parks and Aubree Bernier-Clarke about their documentary video they are raising funds for on Kickstarter here. We also talk about how you can use kickstarter to fund creative projects and some tech tips on shooting a video documentary.
Loaded Pumpkin Snack Cake Recipe
I have been consumed by (and have been consuming) all things winter squash. I love trying all the varieties the local farmers grow - noting differences in texture to determine how best to use them. This was my first year to try a cheese pumpkin, and it's now one of my favorites. Its flesh is...
Fall Garden Tour 2012 GF Video
GardenFork viewers have asked for a tour of the yard, so we walked around a bit to show you what is going on in the garden and yard and the kitchen, plus of course, the Labradors. What are you doing in your garden and home? What are you plans for the winter? Lets us know...
Grow Vegetables in Winter with a Cold Frame : GF video
Cold frames have been used to grow vegetables in winter since glass was invented. Winter gardening is made possible with cold frames and hoop houses. Using a recycled window, we built a cold frame last year - see our how to build a cold frame video here - and had good success growing vegetables in...
The Mike Show! GF Radio
Mike joins Rick and Eric to update us on his life, and teaching his son about how stuff works with hands on lessons on snowmobiles. And we talk about the human genome. We also read some great viewer mail. photo by zero-silence.
Hydroponics plus Fish Farm equals Aquaponics; a how to
How to build a hydroponic system, or an aquaponic system, has been a continuing theme here on GardenFork.TV . If are interested in building hydroponic or aquaponic or aquaculture systems, the following how to by GF contributors Stephen and Abbie on building an aquaponics system is full of great photos, click on the Next Page...
A Logging Tool For Part Time Loggers
After the hurricane, there were several trees down on the road to the camp, so I rounded up a few friends and drove up to the first downed tree, a large white pine. One friend brought along what he called a Peavey, which looks like a large tool from the 19th century, which it probably...
Deep Fry Turkey How To GF Video
Learn how to deep fry turkey in this GardenFork.TV cooking video. We received a bunch of requests to make a video about how to make deep fried turkey, so just in time for Thanksgiving, here is the our simple method for deep frying turkey. We bought our Turkey Deep Fryer Kit on Amazon here ....
Post Sandy Thoughts & Johnny Appleseed : GF Radio
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. photo by wallyir
Foraging: Staghorn Sumac GF Video
Part of our Foraging and Urban Homesteading Video Series, we show you how to forage for foods in your backyard. This foraging video is about the Staghorn Sumac and the tea or sumac-ade you can make from the seedhead of a sumac tree. I remembered this drink you can make from a report I did...
Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn
We rode out Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn and came out unscathed. Many of our neighbors weren't so lucky. Those in lower lying areas near the bay got flooded. Here are a few photos from Park Slope Brooklyn
How to make sausage at The Meat Hook & The Brooklyn Kitchen
The latest project in my head is to make and cure home made sausage. I signed up for a how to make sausage class at The Brooklyn Kitchen taught by Ben Turley, an owner of The Meat Hook who shares space with The Brooklyn Kitchen to learn phase one: how to make fresh sausage at...
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.
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.htm...
Make each day transcendent
Living each day to its fullest is hard. I think a better way of looking at this is one put forward by John Sexton in an interview with Bill Moyers, the idea to make each day as transcendent as possible. You have to make sure that you live every day as a transcendent day to...