OK, right now is dumping snow outside. I just helped my friend Bill switch out generators up at the camp ( where the Labs swim ).
Deep Fried Corn Flake Beer Batter Twinkies - GF Video
Deep Fried Twinkies, coated in a Beer Batter Recipe, and rolled in Corn Flakes. wow. There is a long history of deep frying candy bars, snacks, cookies, treats, most anything. From what I know, people who work in fish and chip shops have tried to deep fry all sorts of food. Some foods work, some...
Real Christmas Trees are very green
Buying a Christmas Tree every year, instead of using an artificial tree, is very green, in terms of eco-friendliness. Watch and Learn here on Real World Green.
How to make pizza dough and bake pizza
Wondering how to make pizza at home, or need a good pizza dough recipe? Here we go.
Cooking with a Himalayan Salt Block : Gardenfork Radio
Today we talk with Gardenfork Contributor Monica about cooking with a Himalayan Salt Block, Antique wood furniture, Chicago homes, Lasagna Composting, The Nature's Mill electric composter, The Forest Park Rib Fest Team Bar-B-Que Competition, Pressure Cookers, cooking from just the Farmers Market, and meat butchering classes.
Preparing for Winter - Beekeeping 101 Video
In this Beginning Beekeeping show, we get the hive ready for winter. Raising bees is a great hobby, and here we show how we prepare the beehive for the coming winter.
Eric Bakes Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Today we learn how to bake bread the Artisan Bread way. I picked up Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg's great book, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, after reading about it in Alexandra Stafford's food blog, Alexandra Cooks
The Fallout from America's Test Kitchen Parody
The Fallout from the America's Test Kitchen Tasting Lab parody by Gardenfork, Hunter Safety Classes, Cooking Venison, Crate Training for dogs, Upcoming guests, Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a Day, Benjamin Moore Natura Paint, The Real World Green Minute, Cast Iron Seasoning, Leaf Mulch, and Viewer Mail
The Chicken Tractor : a new & improved version
I ran across this today, and there has been a lot of talk on our viewer forum about raising chickens. Handcrafted Coops offers affordable, portable chicken coops for the backyard chicken farmer. All chicken coops are made with sustainable, renewable timber and come flat-packed for easy assembly. Our mission: A chicken coop in every backyard!...
Beginning Beekeeping : Fall Feeding and Varroa Mite Treatment
This is our first year raising honeybees in our new beehives, and I wanted to make how to raise bees beekeeping videos to show you all that you too can raise bees. We are not the experts here, but one learns by doing. So we do things, and we make beekeeping videos. The sugar syrup...
The worst DIY show ever...
This week, Emily Farris' Casserole Crazy competition, Handyman Eric : Green Painters in Brookyn with Benjamin Moore Natura line, why bridges freeze before roads, the Real World Green minute, and s'mores with AmyBlogsChow at The Amber Show party
Eric and the Labs check out the Ford Escape Hybrid. neat!
While my Ford Fiesta was on the CBS News, Ford Motor loaned me a new Ford Escape Hybrid. So, we piled the Labradors into the Escape and went up to the house. Here's my video review of the Ford Escape Hyrbrid, and of course, shots of the Labradors
America's Test Kitchen, The Tasting Lab, a parody
Our friends at Ford Motor and the Fiestamovement ( who have provided us with a Ford Fiesta and funds to produce videos ) suggested we do a 2 minute take on our favorite TV show, and I'm a big fan of Chris Kimball, America's Test Kitchen, and Cook's Illustrated, so we had to do a...
If you kill your battery, how many times can you kill it?
Eric and Charlie talk about the new website, and the changes at our Viewer Forum, and Eric thinks out loud about using Ning as a platform for Gardenfork's viewer forum, following a phone call with Marc and Nicole of The Wood Whisperer
Balsamic Vinegar Reduction, make the cheap stuff taste like the good stuff
I'm calling this the Balsamic Vinegar Hack, or cheat. Chris Kimball of Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen posted about making grocery store balsamic vinegar taste like the expensive kind, so I wanted to try it and see. So check out our balsamic vinegar recipe video here and let us know what you think. Here's...
Beginning Beekeeping : Hive Inpsection
As part of our series of beginning beekeeping videos, here we did a hive inspection this summer. Bees are easy to raise, you just have to maintain a few things thru the season, and a few hive inpsections are necessary. Watch here how how are learning to raise bees and become beekeepers.
How to bake bread with Tracy
My sister is the bread baker in the family, so we do what she says. Just watch here and you'll see. here is the link to the bread recipe: http://www.breadworld.com/Recipe.aspx?id=463
Eric Makes Rice and Beans
I cooked up this simple rice and beans recipe after making beans for a few years. These are great, cheap and healthy. There are many recipes for beans, so let us know yours. Quick rice and beans recipe cook one bag of black beans, drain, and reserve liquid chop one large onion and saute in...