I’ve always liked the word “brandywine.” I don’t know that it means anything, really, other than an archaic word for brandy. It’s also an excellent name for rivers, creeks, and various places and persons in Middle Earth. Now, however, we’ve given the name to a small batch of apple wine we’re enjoying on the homestead.
Anway apple . . . brandywine? (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
The last few weeks of sunny, dry weather before the usual July rains began represent the low point of drinking water filtration on our homestead.
When we used one-time filters in a fitted pitcher, we would often find the filters, which are meant to last about a month, clogging after two weeks or less. We learned to set them aside to dry in order to eke out an additional quart or two of filtered water, but after that, we had to throw them away.
Now we have the Berkfield® filtration system, or Berkey (see Drinking Water: Better Filtering). We’re making it through the low point of filtration in a different way; we’re also comparing it to what the directions led us to expect.
Looks like it’s time to clean the filters again (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
