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June 2, 2019
When the garden is new (like, say, this month), it is pretty easy to manage. After getting things started about a week late this year, things are looking good. Most of the seeds have come up. Weeding and thinning proceeding apace. Sadly found the first squash beetles.
Here’s a video tour from the very end of May.
May 18, 2019
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Seven hours in the garden later, the garden is finally up and running about a week late. I usually get everything in around Mother’s Day, so I am not too far behind, but the rain put a serious kibosh on the original plan.
Here is a celebratory video about all of the stuff in the garden. (I forgot to mention the cucumbers near the beginning, but I think I covered most everything. Hopefully all the seeds will germinate and we’ll be off to the races.
April 27, 2019
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Day one involved cross country skiing. This is not a thing we do well. We got better.
At least there were waffles and beer! Though I think that home brew knocked my internals out of whack.
Our skiing all happened somewhere around here
Day two was also cross country.
On the third day, we arose from the dead and did some downhill.
Then it was back on the grindstone for more cross country.
This guy had better skis than we did
Fin
Cheers!
After skiing, there is always bubbly!
April 27, 2019
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Art in the Corner
Ever since we moved to this property in 2002, I have wanted to use one of the old rusted farm implements as an art piece. 17 years later, here is the piece pretty much exactly how I imagined it. The rock slab is a 2500 pound bluestone slab from Pennsylvania. Getting that properly staged was a thing, but it all went surprisingly smoothly.
Mogli is suspicious of this art idea
January 2, 2019
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New Years Eve 2018 was a bummer. A few of our best friends actually came even though we let the dogs out and turned off all of the lights. Sorry.
Figuring out when “advance” is can be tricky near the international date line
This creepy guy showed up and flashed just about everyone
Fortunately the absinthe fairy saved the day
Well sorta. There were some killings. Accidental, of course. And the killer was really sorry before he even showed up at the party.
The Seelbach (a drink that we are really sorry about)
We’re sorry if you caught any communicable diseases. Really. The hooker said she was clean.
Look who’s pregnant now (and who has whose nuts in a very small jar)
Someone is looking crazed well after midnight when the absinthe was flowing.
And someone else is looking wasted
Cheers!
Braxton Hicks is a bitch
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. WE’RE SORRY. IN ADVANCE.
December 13, 2018
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We’re there I think. Our third shot at homemade Amer Picon is in the jar. Next comes siphoning.
This time we adjusted the recipe only slightly with the addition of some bark infusion. Hopefully that will not kill us.
The key to all this is make sure the oranges are green and burn the heck out of the caramel.
Strain the infusions (three this time)
Mix in a big old jar.
Looking good. Once the material settles, we’ll extract our Picon. We need a centrifuge!
Thanks to Christa for the raw materials and the inspiration!
December 13, 2018
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This is how a tradition is born. First a seemingly innocuous cocktail article. Then edition one. Then fun. And here we go down the slippery slope to BOILO.
Step 0. Gather ingredients.
The makings of BOILO
What is that fancy ass ginger beer doing in there? And mace from Grenada?! Yeesh.
Step 1. Combine and boil down for 30 minutes or so.
Boil the BOILO
Step 2. What are we missing?
No really, what are we missing??!
Step 3. Eureka.
Step 4. Let the BOILO steep overnight (or 5 hours, whichever is longer)
Final product steeps
Now we are ready for the solstice! Yes we are.
Burn, baby, burn. Solstice fire 2017.
