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...
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...
How to grow rhubarb & a rhubarb crisp recipe : GardenFork.TV
Growing and Cooking Rhubarb was one of the first how to videos GardenFork made, and as our rhubarb plants are just now popping out of the cold soil, I thought it a good time to pull one of our shows from the archive and repost it for those who may not have watched it. Eric's...
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...
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...
Easy donut recipe using Pillsbury biscuit dough - GF Video
Looking for an easy donut recipe? here it is: The Super Simple Doughnut Recipe. This is Eric's version of the Pillsbury Biscuit Doughnut method of making donuts without the time and yeast. We will make donuts the traditional way soon, but I had to try out this cheater doughnut recipe which uses biscuit dough you...
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...
Red Cabbage Slaw with Jicama Recipe
Can you believe how intense this color of purple is? I love coleslaw, especially when it's made with sweet red cabbage, jicama, and Granny Smith apples. Jicama is a tropical tuber originally from South America that has made it's way into Asian cuisine. The cream white flesh has the crisp texture of a pear. It...
Checking out the New 2011 Fords
Last night I was a guest of the Ford Motor Company in Manhattan. They invited me to come check out their new cars, trucks and SUVs before the opening of the New York International Auto Show. Really Cool. Craig Patterson and Scott Monty spoke about how they were using social media to introduce the new...
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...
Dead Bees? Beginning Beekeeping : GardenFork.TV
When you walk up to a hive and see no activity, you immediately think, why are my bees dead. Watch here as we do an early spring beehive inspection to see what's up You can watch all of our beekeeping 101 how to raise honeybees videos here.
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...
Skeletons Under the Plaster
As many of you know, and have thankfully listened to my whining. Jim and I are having the upstairs of our very old house remodeled. One of the things that drew us to this house was that the former owners did very little in the way of updates. Ok, did nothing in the way of...
How to repair a leaking drain trap
A friend of mine called me and asked if I would help him with a plumbing problem. His utility sink in his laundry room was leaking whenever you would turn on the water. The washing machine also drains into this sink and whatever was always leaking. Not a good thing. I crawled underneath and I...
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...
Rescuing a pup - am I preaching to the choir?
With GardenFork's audience, I'm sure that I'm preaching to the choir on this, but I still felt compelled to say what I want to say and share the video. In the video is Waverly, a 9 month old Weimaraner pup. With two Weimaraners already in our home, our cup runneth over long before she showed up. We do love...
The BKswappers Food Swap at the Brooklyn Kitchen
This weekend I went down to New York City to go to Brooklyn to be part of Megan's BKswappers event which was held at the Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg Brooklyn or perhaps it's Greenpoint - the border there is a bit fuzzy - but it was really fun as you can see from these pictures....
Late Winter Gardening & Apple Tree Pruning : DIY Video
An early spring tour of the vegetable garden, where Eric talks about using a hoop house cold frame to get an early start on spring vegetable plants, and how to grow sugar snap peas, plus some of eric's thoughts on how to prune fruit trees like the old apple tree in the yard. Plus the...