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TBRS1

TBRS1

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  • TBRS1
    Getting ready to make a tagelharpa.

    I have two really nice, clear pine planks (making two), and have the other components - bass guitar tuning gears, violin fine tuners, and, of course*, a 1/2 lb bundle of horse hair - on order.

    * "Tagelharpa" translates to "horse hair string instrument." Traditionally, the strings and bow are horse tail hair.
    TBRS1
    Two new rosebushes , for the ends of the grape vine rows.

    "Julie Andrews," pink one, and "Double Delight," red with pale yellow centers.
    TBRS1
    150 onion bulb are now relaxing in the humus, planning out their short lives.
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    Nice! What varieties are you planting? I grow garlic, German red hardneck. Right now I have about 40 bulbs growing. Last year all the bulbs were larger than a 1/4 lb. now I am planning what else to plant. Some San Marzano paste tomatoes, Tomatillos for Salsa Verde that I pressure can, and maybe some chilis.
    TBRS1
    My outdoor stock tanks are leaking. I have line them before I can put my water lilies and rushes out. Dang nabit!
    TBRS1
    I just got confirmation that my hurdy gurdy kit is on its way!
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    TBRS1
    TBRS1
    LOL no, but then I have to put it together...
    FayetheADHDsquirrel
    FayetheADHDsquirrel
    Is that good or bad ?
    TBRS1
    TBRS1
    It's good.

    I'm currently learning to play the harp. By the time I get the kit together and finished (work I really enjoy), I'll be ready to start poking around something different now & then.

    However, I'm about to start making a tagelharpa - an easy instrument to make - so the gurdy actually is scheduled for after.
    TBRS1
    Trying to find a local nursery where I can buy a few apple trees. You'd think that in a rural community there'd be options other than Big Store's meager offerings.
    TBRS1
    After two trips to the bank, I think I've managed the bank transfer to The Netherlands for my hurdy gurdy (which auto correct imagines should be hurry buddy).
    TBRS1
    Back after big Michigan ice storm.

    We lost power (meaning no electric, heat, water) from Saturday until yesterday (Friday) evening.

    My refrigerator smells like the parts shelf at a morgue.

    But I can flush the toilet now.

    And I didn't wake up cold.
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    tlc
    tlc
    Good to know you made it. Hopefully you had no burst pipes to deal with, or trees falling on the house. I was out of power for 4 days and I thought that was plenty. But my dad is still out, along with a few of my coworkers.

    I have a whole house generator on propane, but with people saying it could be weeks to get restored, I did what I could to conserve.
    FayetheADHDsquirrel
    FayetheADHDsquirrel
    I hope their electricity comes back on soon too.
    TBRS1
    TBRS1
    Thanks for the well-wishing.

    We came out OK. Just a mess, and some clean up!
    TBRS1
    The temperatures dropped drastically for a while, and I got caught up on the boiling. Now they're up again, and I'm collecting about 10-15 gallons of tree juice again.

    I'm astonished to discover that I should end up with about 3 gallons of grade A pure maple syrup.

    I'm considering stashing some away in case that lovely country that loves maple leaves gets angry and stops sending syrup to the country I live in.
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    We have a lot of sugar shacks operating near me, but the last maple syrup I bought was when COSTCO had some that was aged in Bourbon Barrels. My spouse is thinking of making oatmeal pancakes tomorrow and we will use some of that syrup.
    TBRS1
    TBRS1
    I've ended up with 5 gallons of syrup to give away...
    TBRS1
    Too cold for two days for the maple juice to run, but it's started again this afternoon. That gave me a chance to catch up on boiling it down - I had three 5 gal buckets to boil down to one bucket.

    I had to move the boil down outside into a huge cauldron over a propane burner. I feel like I should dance widdershins or something.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    What do enjoy using the syrup with?
    TBRS1
    TBRS1
    Actually, I mostly give it away :) . I enjoy the work more than I want the syrup.
    TBRS1
    I'm now sitting with three buckets of freshly collected maple juice.

    I've had to move the boiling process outside because the house was beginning to fill with mist.

    I think I'm going to spend the night watching syrup boil.
    TBRS1
    Good weather. I'm getting about 5 gallons of maple tree juice per day - it oughta continue like this for the next week. Should end up with lotsa syrup.
    TBRS1
    5 gallons of maple tree juice today. Looks like the temperature is going to hold in the right range for a while, so tree juice shall flow.
    TBRS1
    Brought in another 2 gallons of tree juice yesterday. Today, it's back to 17F and too cold until Monday to get more.
    TBRS1
    I got the first bit from the maple trees today. About a gallon of juice from 12 trees. It's just the start.
    TBRS1
    Snow has melted enough that the trip to the trees is more of a trudge now than an epic journey.

    The snow is doing that thing where it melts down during the day, then freezes at night so it gets flater and flater, and slicker and slicker.

    No tree juice yet, though.
    TBRS1
    Tapped 10 maples today. I have 2 more to go, but ran out of buckets.

    The snow is still high. I should have worn shoes (snowshoes), but didn't want to bother. I regret not bothering.
    TBRS1
    I think that tomorrow it will be time to start tapping maple trees. Last year I tried tapping two trees. This year I have 12 marked and ready to go.
    TBRS1
    Random thought: A 300 year old Stradivarius violin just sold for 11 million dollars.

    That's one heck of a fiddle!
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    If I remember the Stradivarius violins were built from wood that was cut at a particular time where due to some unique weather events, the grain of the wood was tighter. I think also that they haven't been able to replicate the glue used either.
    TBRS1
    TBRS1
    I heard a tale that Stradivarius mixed ground quartz into the varnish. This may be just a tall tale though.
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    There had been a lot of lumber harvested in the Great Lakes from first-growth trees that sank in deep bays during the logging days and were at depths that preserved them. I have a couple of banjo bridges made from that wood and the tone is distinctly different from bridges made with modern wood.
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