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It's actually climbing a small hedge in the front of the house. (In San Antonio). No previous garden there at least for a while based on the way the hedges are set. Here's a picture I a flower that opened this morning: Closer: I'll reach out to the ag extension office and see what they think...

Interesting. I guess I'll have to give it some more time. Thanks!

Wife and I moved into a house in December and saw this vine just the other day with a berry(?) on it. I'm curious what it is and what I might be able to do with it (or if I should just pull it out) Thanks!

I'm debating buying one of the 7 or 10 inch displays from Amazon that can hook to my RPi for displaying the RaspBerry Pints application, but I can't get a feel for if this would be large enough to read. Anyone happen to have stuck a small display on their Pi and run raspberry pints willing to...

Here's my 'rustic' keezer. I rebuilt it from a standard through the collar setup. Managed to only buy screws and new casters for this setup.

Thanks for the quick answers. Sounds like I have a some work ahead of me. As to the check valves, I thought they were there... But sure enough I can stick a skewer all the way in without hitting anything. Can't remember if it was from Northern or Midwest, their online stock looks the same as...

I bought a 4 way manifold a while back only to realize that the 3rd away from the inlet port is partially plugged (?) It does move air though, but maybe at 1/4 the volume of the other 3. I was able to "open" it up by removing the hose and inserting a small metal rod. This helped temporarily...

I scaled down my keezer, and thought my pin lock kegs would fit 5. Turns out I have poor spacial reasoning and can only fit 4. Looking for someone who would be willing to trade pin lock for original ball lock (not converted). I understand ball locks are more expensive/desired, so let's work...

I already have a collar tall enough to have a full size 5 gallon keg on the hump. I've just have been trying to come up with a way to have my 5th keg on the outside of the keezer with a cost effective enough method to serve it at a decent temp.. I might splice all my old beerline together...

I went a different direction with mine, I got a piece of 2' long 4" foam core pvc from Lowes and simply screwed a computer fan to the top. I then drilled a few 1" holes near the bottom of the pipe. The fan pulls UP, with a modified thermostat mercury switch to turn the fan off (and in the...

I had an older chest freezer I used for my keezer until the compressor died. I then purchased a new 7.2 freezer. My only complaint is that I can't fit all 5 of my kegs in it. As the kegs are staggered, I have space between that is too small to use for much. Would it possibly work to take 4" pvc...

I'm In.

I should probably clarify, the 96oz can that for a 5 gallon batch of wine recommends 11 lbs of sugar. I typically just the 2 lbs of corn sugar for a 5 gallon batch of aplfewein. If adapting this, I am thinking about using the 3 gallon recipe, but substituting 2 gallons of apple juice or...

I've been lurking on these threads for quite some time reading mostly the DIY. I make beer for myself, but like to do simple apfelwein to share with friends. With that said, I'm thinking about attempting to do a peach apfelwein using a can of Vintner's Harvest Peach wine base. I am having...

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