The Labradors and us people all love sugar snap peas. Thankfully they are pretty easy to grow. Someone has trained the pups to eat them right off the vine. My method of planting peas is simple: As soon as I can get a trowel in the raised bed, I plant peas. They will grow. They...
The Normans invaded just down the road here... GF Radio
Another week with Mike and Eric, as we talk about Mike's new pinball mission, and how he photographs the process ( his pinball blog: ShoppedMachine ) AND we talk to Theresa and Aidan about their new bed and breakfast in Northern Ireland, The River Mill . Plus we ponder why Eric is burning his bread. Please write a review if you are listening on iTunes. thx.
Honey bees bringing in pollen in late March
Its was real warm this weekend, and the bees broke cluster a while ago, and this weekend they were out collecting pollen. i think its from Maple Trees.
Replaced Doorbell
Doorbell repair by Mike My doorbell stopped working. While it was nice that I didn't hear sales people ringing my doorbell, occasionally friends or family would feel ignored. A doorbell is a pretty simple circuit. There is a transformer that steps the electricity down from 120 volts to somehwere between 13 - 18 volts. There...
Pinball machines run on 50 Volts, Thank You. GF Radio
Garbage Disposals as composters, Grey Water for toilets and car washes, the new Food Blog Forum from Jaden, Buddy Club Gardening, Alexandra Cooks, and Mike's pinball machine blog are all part of this week's eclectic GardenFork Radio show. GardenFork Radio is all about just about everything: Cooking, Gardening, DIY and How-To, Green Living and recycling, and whatever else pops into our heads. As you probably already know...
The latest GardenFork.TV @Ford : an @FordTrucks F150
Not sure if I told you this, but I tore the rear end of my 82 Ford F150 off towing Bill's car out of a ditch, and after that my favorite truck was no longer the same. The shackle brackets were broken, the rear half of the exhaust system was gone... you get the picture....
Its a good thing cows don't fly... GardenFork Radio
This week Mike and Eric talk about dishwashers : leaks and greening them. Plus feeding the bees, garden growing favorites, food you order in a restaurant, pinball machines, and more. And help us name our new listener call in phone: what to call it?
How to make yogurt : more info and use
Inspired by my friend Brian, I have been making more of my own yogurt. And after making our How To Make your Own Yogurt video, and our Solar Oven Yogurt Maker, i was thinking of how you could use at hand items to make yogurt. Then I saw one of my neighbors had thrown out...
Winter Fondant Feeding - Beekeeping 101 Video
In late winter, when you have a warm day, say 44-50 F, its a great opportunity to quickly check your honeybees and beehive. In this beginning beekeeping video, we show how we open the hive and place some fondant and a grease patty in the hive to get the bees through the last bit of winter. Your honeybees may or may not have enough food stores to make it thru this last part of winter, but I am of the mind that it pays to put in some fondant. Other beekeepers will have differing opinions on this, and many other practices related to beekeeping. It is too cold to feed your honeybees sugar syrup in late winter, feed them fondant.
I washed my USB Flash Drive, now what?
I am famous for this kind of thing. Its always when I hear the clunk of some foreign object bouncing around the clothes dryer that I realize I've done something un-smart. This time I discovered the problem early. I learned I had put my two best largest USB Flash Thumb drives in the washing machine...
If I ask, then I wont find what I'm not looking for. GF Radio
Why do we like to wander around hardware stores? Find the answer to this and life's questions on this week's Gardenfork Radio. Today Eric and Mike talk about windmills, bees, home water damage, and snow. And more stuff. You just have to listen.
Fireplace Grilled Salmon : Eric's Recipe
Grilled Salmon done with Fireplace Cooking, neat. Fireplace cooking means you don't have to fire up the stove and your house doesn't smell like fish or steak the next day.
Great Cook Books from the Library
What I found on my library's New Arrival Shelf David Chang's Momofuku and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.
Your dishwasher and indoor pollution
Seventh Generation, the company that makes all sorts of eco-smart and recycled products for your home, asked me if I'd like a box of their products to check out. We already use Seventh Generation products, so why not say yes to some free stuff? Seventh Generation is rolling out new natural disinfecting wipes, and as...
"Well You Should Be Watching the GardenFork Podcast"
yes, you should. Some kind words from Life Adorned a yarn - crafter who watches GardenFork, AND also spins her own yarn, makes yarn based things, and sells them on Etsy. In other words, someone who would of course watch GardenFork. my 2 favorite things about this podcast: (1) eric is a trial-and-error kind of...
Re Queening both our hives this spring
After reading a glowing article in Bee Culture about Jennifer Berry and her excellent queen rearing program, we have decided to replace the queens in both our hives with queens from Jennifer Berry. Why requeen? What is most important to me is the bees display what is called hygenic behavior. This means they keep the...
Kinda Carbonara with what's in the fridge
Tonite we drove to NYC for work tomorrow. Most nights like this, I go buy a burrito from the local tacqueria. The burritos are great, and healthy, as I opt for yogurt in place of sour cream in my black bean burrito.
Beans and Toast Recipe : GardenFork.TV
I had Beans on Toast for the first time last month, at Fort Defiance in Red Hook, Brooklyn. After the first bite I knew I had to make the Beans on Toast recipe for GardenFork.TV . Super simple, yet tastes great and is healthy as well. Lots of protein here, and it tastes even better with toasted multigrain bread