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If your compost is stinky you need to turn it more. Lack of air wilcause anarobic (sp?)conditions in your pile. Mix more green (leaves, grass clippings...) in with the brown (spent grain)and turn once a week. Have fun! Chardo

Anything that contacts the wort should be food grade and easily cleaned. Also hot side airration may be an issue with a less exspensive pump. Chardo

Is planting my rhizomes vertically better than horizontal . If it is way better Which way s up? I haven't found any pictures of "buds" that need to go up. Chardo

You have rain and snow in your basement that can't be good=)

So how do I figure an evaporation rate? I need to size the equioment I'm building and how many taps to set. Chardo

How do I estimate my boil off rate? More heat more surface area = more gph This is realy a question about making Maple syrup. I asked in general chit chat but haven't had a good answer. Any help would be great. Thanks Chardo

Labor intensive too:eek:

The consontration rate is about 40 to 1 depending on the sugar content of the sap you collect. So 40gal. would get you 1 gal. of finished syrup. Chardo

I'm going to make some syrup this year. I need to figure out the rate of evaporation of boiling water per sq.ft. of pan. Rough estimates wood be fine. The pan can be any size I like. We will be using a 55gal. wood burner for a heat soruce. Also any good sources of info and any fourms to look...

Brewers Companion and Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher. The Classic Styles Series A long time ago I had a subscription to Zymurgy magazine(really liked it . is it still around?) Chardo

I have not used barrier bags. I do have a Tilia food saver that I use for all kinds of things. Cheap buys at the big box, camping supply's, seeds saved from the garden, leftover crushed grain.... Worth every penny Chardo

In the past I have when dryness/sweetness level was to my liking. I would bottle and wait until the carbonation was right and then run the bottles through the dishwasher to pasteurize them. The normal and hot dry settings worked well on my old dishwasher. Check the times and temps to get the...

I guess a better question would what 5 or 6 varieties wold give the most flexibility. I brew a wide range of beers Porters, Wheats, Kolsch, Belgian Ales, Brown Ales, IPAs, the occasional fruit beer, maerzen... Chardo

I have room for 5 more plants(maybe more:D). I have 1 Sunbeam Golden 4.5% alpha. What should I get to have a well rounded supply of hops. I think I would like to grow Simcoe and Amarillo. Chardo

Great idea, I have lots of canning jars!

Save some cash and guy the roll. Make any size bag you want ! My food saver rocks!

The bigger the container the better. You could also build a raised bed. Check out http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1641.html For info on raised bed gardening. Good Luck Chardo

I would move it as soon as possible. I use Hormone and B vitamin Mixture called Hormanex. I have used it with much sucsess with all kinds of plants. Water the bine with Hormonex or a simmilar product. the day before the move. Then water the transplant in with more solution. Bare rooting...