We had hours of tv-free entertainment on Thanksgiving, thanks to Ad Tech's "Cool Tool" hot glue gun, a box of supermarket bran...

Asarum Canadense roots. I ordered 12 from Prairie Moon Nursery, and they sent big, healthy looking rhizomes... I was surprised at how alive ...

The one crocus blossom I managed to photograph before it was eaten by our ravenous deer.

After 5-7 days, the wine should be done with the heavy duty fermentation. You can tell by taking a hydrometer reading, or by just seeing a s...

Mirabelle Plum Wine Recipe (3 gallon batch) (in progress recipe... adapted from homemadewine.wordpress.com and winemaking.jackkeller.net) 12...

I had a little too much fun with this. Julian's comment to me: "I wish they had all been spiders. They tasted better." Apparen...

Isn't it lovely? This was started on September 7th, and is now looking almost ready for a second racking. This wine started with about 1...