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Planted some watermelons in the front yard where there was no grass. This really pisses off the lawn of the month club folks lol. They are the small Sugar Babys, and hopefully will make good wine this fall. Any sugestions on the best yeast to use?

Did ya ever read some of these descriptions of wine kits? Who in the heck writes these, "Hint of underbrush". I bet the guy never has been rabbit hunting and had to go in to the brambles after a rabbitt and taken a thorn in the cheek going in , and one in the leg comming out.If he ever did I'd...

I have a few rituals I do when making wine, and so far have never had a stuck fermintation. The first thing I do is pick up around the kitchen, not clean mind you but just straighten up. I then tune in the radio to the classic Rock & roll station, put on my Lance Armstrong yellow bracelet...

My Pomegranate, Cherry/Blueberry is warming up to room tempature in the primary for 24 hours before I pitch the yeast. Should I put in the raisions & banannas now, or wait till I pich the yeast tomorrow? thanks Tomy

After losing our old dog Chief Spotted Paw, a Lab, Boston Bull, Dingo cross a year ago we wern't really looking for a new dog. The neighbor lady had a batch of new puppies a few months later, asshe was having a hard time giving them away, so we decided to take one, a big mistake. He was a Rat...

I started a Apple, Grape, Raspberry using concentrate 2-15 using Lavin 71B-1122 at 62F as a experment. SG 2-29 1030, SG 3-6 1010 and racked into secondary. Today is still bubbling at the rate of one per 30 sec. I decided to try this after listening to Wine Radio and a few award winning wines...

I am going to start a small backyard vineyard with Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, &Cabernet Sauvignon. How many plants are neededto make 5 gal of wine a year from each type of grape. Thanks Tomy Edited by: Tomy

A professor stood before his philosophy class with some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor...

Hopi blue corn is a open pollinated 110 day corn. The seeds can be purchased from many seed companies. I dry a few ears of corn then use the kernals to plant the next year. This corn will grow well for you waldo. Fried Cornmeal Mush <UL> <LI>2 3/4 cups water <LI>1 cup cornmeal <LI>1...

In my home brew log it calculates percent of alcohol using starting SG ending SG and tempature. Then it also gives a +0.5% for bottle conditioning. What is bottle conditioning and why does the percent of alcohol go up? Thanks Tomy

Subject: STATE POLICE WARNING:PLEASE READ <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"> State police warning for online: Please read this 'very carefully'..then send it out to all the people online that you know. Something like this is nothing to be...

I really like the spices in Chi Tea, so thought I would try a Apple Cherry using Chi Tea for the water. Tomorrow will adjust the SG with Chi Tea and sugar. Tomy

My White grape was not clearing, started 11-18-'07 and 1st racking 11-23, than again 1-2 '08 so I added Sparklloid. A few days later it cleared nicely but left some white stuff on the bottom. It is very flufly like snow. Its now time to rack again, just woundering what this was as never seen it...

Would any one be intrested in doing another wine exchange for Memorial Day May 29? I hope the 1st one went well, but not much feed back posted. My Apple Cherry will be pretty good by then, also my bottled Pommy, so what say you, no guts no glory Tomy

After no sleep thursday night because I just couldn't get my breath when I layed down, enough was enough, and after a few phone calls my wife took me to the ER of a hospital 30 miles away from home. They ask a lot of questions, and poked, prodded, and listened as I sat on a gurney that was like...

I have ordered a German Dopplebock beer kit from Mr Beer and I need to add 1/4 cup molasses. Which kind would be the best to use, Brown Sugar, light, or dark? Thanks Tomy

Today was a milestone for me, as I bottled my first wine. Its a Pomegranate started 11-3-'07. 4 bottles and one Grolsch for early drinking. I finished the wine semi sweet with 11.3% AVB, and as there was a small glass left in the jug of course I just had to have it for brunch. Now I need to...

Sence my 2007 Pomegranate is comming along so nicely, going to make a gallon batch, but kick it up a bit. 2 cans Pom Cherry 2 cans Pom Blueberry concentrate with the addition of a couple of pounds of Cherry &amp; Blueberry frozen fruit. Yeast will be Cote de Blancs with 12% alcohol. I think the...

I started a Pomagrannate 1 gal 11-3 using 2 cans Pom Cherry &amp; 2 cans Pom Blueberry. I don't know what yeast I used as computer problems wiped out that info. Anyhoo, started with a SG of 1085 ended 1010 when I stopped fermintation. I racked 11-19 to secondary and is due a second racking...

Seems my daughter is calling my wife to go gether kids from here or there a couple times a week. I thought when you decided to have kids they were the 1st priorty over most every thing untill you get them raised up so they can manage by themselves. Where is the hubby you burn the bra gals may...