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  • First Time Gardening with Mike – GF Radio 373B

    First Time Gardening with Mike – GF Radio 373B

    Mike joins Rick and Eric to talk about first time gardening again. Mike has been without a vegetable garden for a few years and we talk about raised bed gardening, straw bale gardening. There’s some info on RootSimple.com about straw bale gardening.

    As an example of how to dial back expectations and bite off more than one can  handle, Eric talks about not tapping every sugar maple available to him, because you then  have to haul all the sap from that tree through the snow and boil it. So plan and dream, but don’t do more than  you can handle.

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    Mike brings up Chris Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen, suggesting he has a more elaborate maple sap collection system than Eric has.

    Mike has started doing DIY bike maintenance, repairing his own bike, especially the fine tuning. He has an expensive bike and didn’t want to mess it up, but it also goes again the collective nature of GardenFork types to have someone else repair your bike. He needed some sort of bike stand that he could make himself and after some web research came up with a simple strap that hangs the bike from the ceiling.

    But we’ve decided to still have the experts tune the wheels and deal with the spokes.

    We then touch on rude car drivers and rude cyclists, and find that there are people like that in all groups. Share the road!

  • Cardboard Bikes, Plywood Boats, and Pork Chops GF Radio

    Cardboard Bikes, Plywood Boats, and Pork Chops GF Radio

    Mike and Eric talk more about cycling, with Mike’s first group ride with a bunch of people older and healthier than he is. If you wnat to find a cycling group in your area, we suggest a web search for ‘cycling club’ in  your area. Keep in mind that we all start from somewhere, so go join a club and get riding. Then tell us about it.

    We talk about the Cardboard Bike Mike read about, here is the link

    We cannot overstate the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a bike. Bike helmets might look weird at first, but they can save your brain and your ears, the same ears that you use to listen to this fine program, GardenFork Radio.

    Mike’s new recipe is for Pork Chops with Savory Apple / Carrot saute , getting his daughter to eat carrots, which is a rare event, we are told.

    Plywood Boat Plans and how to build a plywood boat: Eric responds to questions people have asked about how to build a plywood boat, what kind of paint to use, how thick the plywood should be, etc.

    Eric’s latest video, how to make a balsamic vinegar dressing, is discussed, Mike tries to poke fun but it doesn’t quite work, but that’s ok. Our goal is to get people to stop buying poorly made salad dressing and go make their own. The balsamic vinegar reduction hack video is here.

    Loft bed plans – Eric posted photos and plans for a loft bed for kids, and mike has some suggestions. Eric then talks about why you should not use drywall screws when assembling this loft bed.

     

    photo by alvimann