Monthly Archives: August 2014

Seasoning Firewood: A Scientific Approach

After a fairly wet summer, I’m beginning to see the end of this year’s firewood gathering. Obviously, wood gathering, and perhaps more important, wood drying has been on my mind a lot lately. Apparently, there’s a group of people at … Continue reading

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Ready to Bottle

I am a great believer in Abraham Kaplan’s The Law of the Instrument: “When you’re carrying a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Currently, my hammer is a wine bottle, and everything looks like it should be bottled! Here’s how … Continue reading

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