meatball sandwiches at Brancaccios , Eric visits Jacques Torres with Tattinger Champagne and The Seeker Wines, horchata from edible brooklyn magazine, cooking bluefish, mark bittmans iphone app and more on GardenFork Radio
Must-have Meatball Sandwich
Last Thursday I tagged along with Eric on a food expedition in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Kennsington. Just a hop over to the Fort Hamilton Pkwy and there we were at Brancaccio's Food Shop in search of their meatball sandwich. Lunch time!
Solarize a Raised Vegetable Bed
I planted everbearing raspberries from Fedco Seeds in one of my raised beds. My thinking was that in a raised bed, the natural sprawl that raspberries do would be easier to control. I have some planted in the yard nearby, and they love to creep into the lawn and everywhere else. We have more bear...
Lightning: What not to do! : GardenFork Radio Special
Mike and Eric talked about the recent electrical storms in the midwest and that brought up the idea of ringing up our resident weather expert Tyler, ( CEO of Allison House, sponsor of Gardenfork.TV ). We found Tyler at a remote location and had a skype conference call, and talked about lightning.
Pups on the stoop pic
Wild and Urban Foraging for Lambsquarters : GF Video
Today we forage for wild edible food in our own yard, forgaing for Lambsquarters, also called Pitseed Goosefit or Pigweed by some. Lambsquarters is all over our cities and yards, so whether you are doing urban foraging or wild foraging, you can learn in this GardenFork.TV show about Lambsquarters. Do you forage for wild plants?...
Clipboard Camouflage : GardenFork Radio
Lightning Storms over Chicago, The Dangers of felling trees, Chainsaw sharpening revisited, How to make a flower Box on GardenFork.TV, Food Safety during a power outage, Dry Ice, and Geocaching are just a few of the things we talk about this week on GardenFork Radio.
Honeybees are going great today. Photo
How to make a Window Flower Box : GardenFork.TV
Here's a plan and video for making a window box for your flowers. Many window boxes fall apart because they are made of wood and wood and soil and water will make the wood rot. So here is Eric's solution to the Window Box Plans.
Be nice to people who are sticking things in your ear : GardenFork Radio
Emergency Room Stories, The Proper use of LinkedIn.com , buying power tools, Grace Piper of FearlessCooking.TV and pickles , Growing and cooking garlic scapes, Organic lawn care from The Family Handyman , how to eat thai red curry, Real World Green and hypermiling, Hiking the AT in Falls Village, and viewer mail!
Don't wave at the Road Rage Guy : GardenFork.TV
Mike and Eric talk about a road rage incident and how to deal with road rage, recent weather info from the Allison House : Severe Weather Data weather station at GardenFork HQ , Eric's excellent experience at Bakespace.com 's TechMunch NYC , Eric requeens a beehive, and the proper use and care of soldering irons
How to Requeen a beehive : GardenFork.TV : Beginning Beekeeping
Requeening the hive is not rocket science, but you do need to know how to requeen a hive when you do this. This Beginning Beekeeping video will show you how to replace the queen in your beehive.
How to hang or install a clothesline : GardenFork.TV
Watch all our shows on GardenFork.TV : The Solar Powered Clothes Dryer , aka the clothesline is green and saves money. Installing a clothesline is super easy, if Eric can do it, you can do it. So go out and put up your clothesline and be green and save money.
Ketchup solves everything : A Ketchup Recipe
I love ketchup, and I've never made my own ketchup, but why not try this ketchup recipe?
Essential Oil Recipe for Honeybees
There are several commercial essential oil concentrates for sale for honeybees. These essential oil mixtures have several benefits. They improve the disease resistance of the honeybees, they calm the bees when you are working them, and they can help introduce a new queen to a beehive.
He'll honk the horn before the end of this ride : GardenFork Radio
Road Trip! Well, at least a trip to NYC, and we tried out our new microphone that plugs into the iPhone. The Camera Operator joins us to talk more about the Beer Cooler Sous Vide video how to, a Bat Removal learning experience, Planting tomatoes, a Beekeeping update and more.
Gardening and Cook Book Review
Reviews of Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by Louise Riotte, In The Green Kitchen by Alice Waters, and Edible A Celebration of Local Foods by Tracey Rider and Carole Topalian
Garden Visit, the Start of Summer
An end of spring, start of summer garden visit