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Do you dry your own flowers or buy them? I'm thinking I should only make 1 or 2 gallons until I know how it tastes. Mary Lou

I plan to net some of them. I already have 10 blueberry bushes under netting but there are always some birds that figure out how to get in. I also have 12 blackberry bushes that need protection and haven't harvested a cherry from my cherry trees in years. But every year I have high hopes for a...

Last year my elderberry bushes were loaded with berries but before they were ripe enough to pick the birds stripped the berries. No berries left for wine making. I thought I might try making some elder flower wine this year instead of feeding the birds. Has anyone made this wine? Will it have a...

I have the peach raspberry kit and will probably make it next month. How did you add the grape concentrate? Did you use a grape concentrate for wine making or some frozen concentrate from the grocer? When did you add the grape concentrate? Mary Lou

I made this kit 1 year ago. I added 9 cups of sugar and got a reading of 1.078 SG. Followed all the steps as instructed and added the whole flavor pack at the end. Everyone loves this wine and my sister told me not to forget the recipe. Ha!Ha! I plan to make this one again next year. Mary Lou

UPDATE It has been 4 days since stabilizing and adding the fpack.The s.g. is still at 1.046 so no more fermentation. It is clearing slowing so for now we just wait. Mary Lou

I just finished following the directions for step 3, stabilising and clearing. After adding the f pack I took a reading and the s.g. is 1.046. I will take a reading tomorrow and see if it falls. If so I will know if it is continuing to ferment. I tasted the wine and it does have a high alcohol...

Yes. Those are the instructions that came with the kit. My starting sg was1.160. It came with 2 packets of yeast. no chapitalization step. It is still fermenting . Mary Lou

I am now at step 3. Stabilising and clearing. The wine has been in the secondary for 10 days. The instructions say: After 10 days check your sf against the chart. If it is higher than listed wait 2 days. The chart says <1.060. My sf is at 1.032. At this point to add the metabisulfate and...

Riesling Ice Wine Kit I received a very nice gift card for my LHBS for Christmas. I bought the Wine Expert Riesling Ice Wine kit and started it today. Has anyone made this kit? I like ice wine so I'm hoping to really like this kit. Mary Lou

Is there a quilter sharing that room with the Jedi? I often have a glass of wine in my sewing room. Mary Lou

Jim I had the same idea. We have several acres of woods, mostly oak with some ash and hickory and I thought if I could find a spot in the woods within reach of a hose it would probably a good place to try. My other possibility is under a large apple tree that has limbs reaching almost to the...

Been picking up persimmons all week. Going to look for more one last time. Have 15 lbs. in the freezer. Mary Lou

In the basement. It is actually cooler down there in the summer. Warmer in the winter with the furnace on. So cold in the summer with the A.C. on that I sometime turn the heat on in my sewing room which is also in the basement. Mary Lou

Happy Birthday. Hope it was the best one ever. Mary Lou