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This is all perfect! Exactly what I wanted! I'll make some adjustments and just see how it goes. I'll be doing about 2 gallons at a time for now. Thanks guys!

So I've got some cherries and mulberries from my orchard. I want to make a wine combining them. I have put together a quick rough draft of my recipe idea and I want your input. I have kind of combined several recipes and averaged them. Below are just the ingredients, not the process. I think we...

I guess I just got a case of the "noobie worries". Dang it! I thought I had them under control!

Hey all, So I've got a couple first year plants. They were growing so well and exploding basically. Then the flowery burrs showed up (and lots of them!). But the plant slowed/stopped growing (as expected).... And still no cones weeks later. What's up with that. I've seen on here other first...

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I've done a few batches of beer thus far and I understand the necessity for sanitation there. I have several cherry trees from my farm that were picked last weekend and I want to make a batch of wine with some of them. After reading (mostly on here) about it, I haven't come across much...

The first picture is a few weeks back, the second two a few days ago. I've got a few questions: Will these burrs turn into cones? Is that what happens? Second, in the later pictures, you'll notice the leaves look brown on the edges. That started happening the same time the burrs came along...

Amazing the difference a week and some sunny, warm temperatures make. Cascade!

UPDATE: I bottled last night, after 4 weeks in the primary (you may think I'm crazy again for that alone). It was definately not the pale yellow color, rather more a dark red. But.... the preliminary taste tests are very positive!!! It was great! Definately not a Whispering Wheat anymore...

So today I got bored and drew up the two most feasible designs I could think of for a trellis for growing hops in a 5 gal bucket. Due to many constraints in my backyard, this will have to do for now. I'll have the buckets sitting up about 4 feet in the air by the fence and I'll obviously drill...

First off... first post on the site! Woot! Love everything about this site! Second off... my setup is ridiculous I know. My Mr Beer is fermenting at the moment, so I thought I'd give this idea a try (it's working btw). The tape is because I put the airlock at a 45deg angle... I did this...