Is Chardonnay Wine

Three buds should be present on the cutting.Store cuttings in peat moss sealed with plastic and keep in refrigerator at 40 degree F. This should be done in late fall when leaves have dropped.Cutting should be ¼ inch in diameter and at taken from canes...

To brighten up plain barrels, encourage your kids to help decorate the outside of the barrel use bright, weather-grade paints. With the help of another adult, cut a barrel in half using a small handsaw or jigsaw.

It grows in most zones and tolerates part shade well, even though it prefers full sun. In the classic Arsenic and Old Lace, Aunt Abby and Aunt Martha poisoned lonely old bachelors with their concotion of spiked elderberry wine.

Cake Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir well. In addition to the wine, olive oil is this cake's other “secret” ingredient. Add pears, and poach them, turning them gently, for about 15 minutes until...

I'm always a sucker for anyone who wants to talk about their garden … no matter the language. Unfortunately, I heard he died a few days later. As the last stop on my bottle leaflet passing tour yesterday, I stopped by Mario's shack, thinking perhaps...

There is something about the bacon fat and egg that counteracts any bitterness.Top with your favourite salad dressing and you have a healthy, tasty treat. When I was a kid, every summer Dad would kick us out of the house, into the fresh air, with a bushel...

Tall annuals--such as the spike plant--are often used in the center of an upright planter, with a variety of colorful annuals, such as begonias or petunias, planted around it. Cover the interior bottom, or the drilled side, with the mesh or screening...

I am not sure I have seen one that big, but I've seen them close to that size. (right) Basic straight-stiff-leaf formOnce it has groown to maturity, this palm is one of the more tolerant of being moved, as long as the trunk is not bent or damaged.Large...

Nearly half of Ohio's total acreage is farmland. Visitors to many of the state's orchards can pick the fruit to take home. Most of the peach crop is grown in the northern part of the state.

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization created by the Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers, created the Certified […]

This means that table grapes are primarily used for eating and preserving while wine grapes are for, you guessed it, wine. Want to can your own grape jelly or make your own wine? There are literally thousands of grape varieties available, but only a few...

I won't give you an actual recipe here for the cheese since this is a dish one should just assemble for guests — the more, the merrier. Our host held half a wheel of cheese up to the flames, and […]

Of course, I keep my sherry open, upright but just in a cupboard.http://www.oregonlive.com/foodday/index.ssf/2013/03/some_sherry_cheri_a_sip_down_m.htmlHarvey's Bristol Cream available through Flickr courtesy Jim Moran

“Mead” uses honey plus yeast and generally have higher alcohol content than wine. Instead, harvest the power of native American grapes, which grow everywhere and generally ripen in the fall.

If you prefer, you can slice a fresh orange and/or lemon, and float it in the cider or wine as it heats, and eliminate the dried citrus peel from the recipe. Some Rights Reserved. Remove and discard the spices before serving.

Tendrils are essential for grapevines to climb. Grapevines usually have forked tendrils opposite every two or three leaves along the vines. The leaves have three to five lobes. Grapevines (Vitis spp.) include the primary cultivated wine grape (Vitis vinifera)...

They can provide soil analysis, free and low cost publications as well as verbal knowledge regarding what wine grapes work best for your region.There are also a large number of zone 5 grape varieties for other uses.

Here's a sampling: Bacchus & Barleycorn 6633 Nieman Road Shawnee, KS 66203 913-962-2501 Bier Haus 3723 West 12th St. Erie, PA 888-273-9386 BlueStem Winery 305 Third St. Parkersburg, IA 50665 319-346-1046 Country Wines Babcock Blvd.

Lots of herbs (like) are sources of all three when they're dried and added to your soap batter. If you have a hobby and there's a way to incorporate it into the garden, go for it! These are people who make things with the bounty from their gardens, and...

White Lillet is aromatic, orangey and floral. When you sip your aperitifs, you'll want nibbles. I've never gotten the hang of the bitter, secret recipe aperitifs, such as Cynar, Campari or the licoricey pastis, but I love the sweet but not syrupy, wine-based...

One of the nifty parts is that I have inherited a whole lot of old stuff. The building administrator has come out to take a look at the leak and to plan the repair work, but I know that will take some time.

They are available in a wide variety of sizes, so any garden can utilize examples from this group of shrubs. In part 2 of this 3 part series, I will discuss those hardy (zone 5 and colder) shrubs whose main claim-to-fame is their red to purplish foliage.

When You Visit To say a stay at Fat Uncle Farms is all work and no play would be a lie. A third-generation almond farmer, Nate Siemens takes pride in sustainably growing almonds the ways his grandfather did back in 1963.

We soon discovered we were not alone on our quest. Some folks go on wine tasting tours of Napa Valley. Coffee plantations may or may not offer tours, but nearly every one had set up a little roadside stand with an urn of fresh, hot coffee and small paper...

The responsiveness and convenience of a refractometer means you suddenly can adjust things as you go and test things you never could before. Pick it up any time there's a need to measure the sugar content of a liquid.

I certainly don't find local quince very often, but I've enjoyed making rosy-colored quince paste membrillo in the past. You could add chopped almonds, as well. I reserved part of my quince to turn into a strudel.

Read more of The Hungry Locavore » Tags Hungry Locavore , locavore , Potato Salad , recipe Choose Your Herbs The herbs include in your salad are open to creativity. I tossed the just-tender potatoes with half the vinaigrette when they were still warm...