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  1. wood1954

    Sake! - I'm Going For It!

    After reading this post I’ll appreciate sake a little more.
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    What R you doing today?

    Natural black oak is what people call it here, it’s a type of red oak. I harvested all the old trees as oak wilt was killing so many I figured I might as get them before the fungus does.
  3. wood1954

    What R you doing today?

    What do you mean by veneer plaster?
  4. wood1954

    What R you doing today?

    Here’s what I’ve been doing lately. Making a table and chairs for my cabin. YouTube even taught me how to do uphostlery. All the wood is from logs on my property.
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    Show Us Your Pets

    No offense taken, I’ve had two a long time ago, but one is enough now.
  6. wood1954

    Show Us Your Pets

    Haven’t had a cat for about 40 years, I forgot how entertaining they are.
  7. wood1954

    Where to buy fungicides?

    Domyown.com has just about everything you need at a decent price.
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    What's in your glass tonight?

    Here’s what I’ve been drinking all month. I was putting on too much fat so I swore off my two favorite foods. Wine and peanut butter sandwiches, not together, so far just cutting out those two items I’ve lost 8 lbs. it’s been a long month, can’t wait for April.
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    The 2024 crop year

    Yeah, we worry about frost till mid May
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    The 2024 crop year

    I was getting a bit concerned as well , with my south facing hillside vineyard I was afraid the soil would warm up enough to start bud swelling, but now it looks like below freezing at night as usual so all should be well.
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    Bottle Rinse

    I scrub and sanitize my used bottles and then rinse with stainless steel rinser it has saved my so much time.
  12. wood1954

    Oak Barrel Plunge

    Wow, way to go. I considered doing mine like you did and very quickly decided the bandsaw was the way to go.
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    Result of using bourbon barrel

    I have two 10 gallon Hungarian oak barrels that I age wine for 12 months in and there isn’t a lot of oak imparted. I’ve actually started adding American oak to the barrels to get more flavor. As for my bourbon barrel, I took it apart and bandsawed off the heavy char and cleaned it up. Right now...
  14. wood1954

    What R you doing today?

    As soon as I put up my last sheet on a project I sold my lift to make sure I would never do it again.
  15. wood1954

    I might be drinking too much, erm...

    I would think you’re drinking too much. I know I wrestle with the same problem because it seems so benign, how can drinking wine in the evening be bad? My wine is generally around 12% so I feel I can drink a bit more, but usually stick to about 375 ml per day, I’m more worried about my liver. My...
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