[hannabarn]

Wow! I haven't been on this forum for so long, I'll never catch up. I have been monitoring the progress of NW and Swill and have been keeping you in my prayers. I spent the summer cutting splitting 12 cords of wood so I am now ready for winter. That's the way it is in the north country, you spend all summer getting ready for winter.
I also have picked about 30# of black choke cherries and would like to find a recipe for choke cherry wine.
Also have picked about 10# of blackberries so back to the wine making.
I had to race the bear for the choke cherries. Twice the bear was on oneside of the tree and me on the other! Score: Bear2----Me 0! Now I take a dog with me!!
I know we hate to hear it but fall is in the air and the leaves are starting to change!

[NorthernWinos]

Nice to see you back....

Thank you for the concern and prayers...means a lot.

You must be in really good shape to put up that much firewood...You must also have a really big house or a hungry furnace.We get by with about 14-18 pickup loads [short box]...depends on how much out door cooking Jim does in the Cowboy Campfire Cafe.....Usually there is some wood left over each year. He has brought most of it home from the woods...i would like to get a few more loads [just incase it's a brutal winter]...plenty of dead oaks around.

Glad you got the Chokecherries and Blackberries...and didn't get attacked doing so.

We like dry red wine...
This is a pretty standard recipe that I use.....
I steam extract the juice, but you could use any method of getting out the juice...or use a straining bag.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHOKECHERRY WINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

8-10 QUARTS JUICE = 22# STEAMED EXTRACTED CHOKECHERRIES
2 BOTTLES WINEXPERT RED GRAPE CONCENTRATE
7 1/2# to 9# SUGAR [S.G. 1.085]
6 1/2 CAMPDEN TABLETS
3 tsp LIQUID TANNIN
4 tsp ACID BLEND
2 oz AMERICAN OAK CHIPS [TOASTED]
2 VANILLA BEANS

S.G. 1.085 water to 6 1/2 gallons

Next day:
3 tsp PECTIC ENZYME
3 tsp YEAST ENERGIZER
6 tsp YEAST NUTRIENT
LALVIN RC-212 YEAST

Keep us Posted on your winemaking....

[grapeman]

Glad to see you back Barney. Is that face cords or full cords? Either way, that's quite a bit of wood! I wish I had a wood furnace about now. I'm not looking forward to winter. Every year they say to cut back the thermostat a few degrees. I have done it so many years that I can't set it back any further. It only goes down to 50 degrees!

[Wade E]

I hear ya here Appleman!!! Ill be taking off the coat to go outside1

[hannabarn]

Thanks NW. That is about what I was looking for. I don't have a steam extractor so I will use strainer bag method. That is 12 full cords of wood but it is for 2 houses! We have another 12 full cords that my son is cutting into lengths for the outdoor wood burner that we use to heat heat the dog kennel and the pole barn! That is my son's job as he is the one who owns and trains the dogs. That usually uses 24 full cords for the winter. Luckily the hunt club he manages is owned by a logging company.
I went to the doctor today for a routine 6 month check up and his advice was "keep cutting wood"!

[swillologist]

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers Barney. They are appreciated.

[Waldo]

Glad to see you back hana.......You could almost get that much wood from fallen trees around here in about a 4 block area. Huge old oaks, gave it up to the saturated ground.

[NorthernWinos]

I hate seeing trees when they get up rooted from wind storms....so sad....So many years of growth, beauty and habitat...then down. You never really know the size of a tree till it's on the ground.

Now, cutting down a tree for firewood is a different story...that's fun.

Hannabarn, you sure burn a lot of wood, but your area of the country has lots of trees to spare.

[hannabarn]

I hate seeing devastation of trees like Waldo is experiencing. All of the trees I cut on our property were dead oaks. The trees that came from the logger were standing dead smooth bark hickory. ( beechnut) I will send some pics soon I hope. My computer has been invaded by a spyware called MS Antivirus. I'm having a bad time with it as it pops up every minute or so! Does anyone else have any experience with it? I understand it is hard to eliminate and can cause the computer to crash. Scary!!!

[Aaronh]

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/remove-ms-antivirus



This site may help you out but I would STRONGLYrecommend you call Microsofttech support and have them refer you to a site or solution.
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