So we finally opened a bottle of mead I got from False Isle when I was up there training the exchequer.  It's the best tasting alcoholic drink I have ever had.  I wish I knew more about the process to have asked good questions - like what type of yeast, honey to water ratio?  We have a couple of books due to our cider experiments, but the recipes ( Read more... )

So we had a pretty good demo on the weekend despite the weather.  We had a good number of forms of weather on Saturday - sun, cloud, rain, wind, chilly - not so much with the warm though.  Estimates are around 200 or so folks through the demo, I wonder if the weather had been better, how much bigger that would be.  I really hope Anastasia wants to ( Read more... )

I definitely need more time. I did not accomplish as much as I wanted to on the weekend. But a friend at work asked for a favor that I said yes to, so that is my own fault. Denise is shaving her head for breast cancer as our office has raised over $5000.00. She asked me to knit her a hat to keep her head warm. How can you say no to that ( Read more... )