Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[jvls1942]

went to Sam's club for some groceries. bought 75 pounds of sugar. it takes a lot of sugar for wine.
I seem to have lost the notification when someone posts on here..
.........jiminwisc............

 

[Molpet]

My neighbor hauls a couple of semi loads of bees to Texas every year. They must find their hives OK down there. He does not set the hives out up here in Wisc, at home.
OH2345, just put a light inside the coop at dusk. the chicks will go to where it is light when it starts to get dark..
I have been making wine since 1970.
with grapes you do not need yeast. but I still do use it on them.. If you depend on the natural yeasts on the fruit, you never know what you will get. vinegar is one result of that
different wine yeasts give you different kinds of wine..
I have at least six of the 5 gallon glass carbouys for finishing the wine. I have a box full of air locks of different kinds.
We start the fruit in buckets and then strain out the fruit after a few days of fermenting.
I have a siphon that I can pump if I don't want to wait for gravity to do the job.. I am usually not in a hurry, so I only pump it once to get the flow going..
Blackberry is not my favorite wine. But it is still good. Raspberry is awesome. Rhubarb is surprisingly wonderful. elderberry and choke cherry are good also.. I made dandelion once. Not worth the extra work of picking the yellow off of the bitter stems. I made plum once, it took years to clear.. tried apple once, it fizzled. I might try it again some day.
......jiminwisc.......

You will have enough rubarb for gallons of wine

 

[jvls1942]

in two years I will have the rhubarb. Next summer I have to let it just grow and get established.
I have a couple of carbouys that I have to siphon off so we can use them for the blackberry wine .
a few weeks ago we sold two carbouys to some friends. so now we are down to four 5 gallon and one 6 gallon ones..
have to check to see how many 1 gallon jugs there are in the lean to.
going to be too cold outside to do anything, so now will be a good time to start on the wine making.
......jiminwisc......

 

[cavemanrich]

After all that wine,,, your parties will turn into fun times

 

[jvls1942]

yup, that could happen. He made it almost home without and accident and then somebody stepped on his hand.
I am waiting for my nephew to get home. He is bringing along a carbouy harness.. That will make it easier to lift the carbouys.
.........jiminwisc......

 

[jvls1942]

I didn't do much today. Had to watch some football.
worked on sharpening my new double edged axe. didn't get too far with that project.
.......jiminwisc........

 

[oldhen2345]

Ya know, everything bad that happens, happens to my family during the holidays- like the universe is trying to tell us something. A distant uncle passed away Sunday and the burial is tomorrow in South Texas. Only immediate family going, but it does put a pall on Thanksgiving dinner. Again- Bazinga from the universe. I wish we would learn whatever lesson is being taught already.

 

[jvls1942]

With all the Holidays we have in this country it is difficult to have something happen that is not close to one of them..
We had an old friend (pushing 90) who died at the thanksgiving table.. Heart attack..
........jiminwisc........

 

[jvls1942]

what are you doing to get ready for planting next spring ?
I planted a small bed of garlic, after I dig them up , I am thinking of using that spot for a bed of asparagus. then I will prepare another bed for fall planting some more garlic right next to the asparagus. then the next spring I will repeat the process again.
can never have too much asparagus..
......jiminwisc......

 

[wyoDreamer]

@jvls1942 Sounds like you are heading toward a pick your own asparagus operation. The farm near us with pick your-own-asparagus got so busy last year, they had to turn people away and shut down for a week to give it a chance to grow back.