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Winemaking, Canning, and Community Building
A couple of weekends ago we got together with friends to hang out, grill, and make wine. Each couple had been harvesting from local wild and semi-wild mulberry trees. We had enough for a gallon batch of wine using Jack … Continue reading
Champaign-Urbana fruit map
Sunday was the 2nd Annual seed swap. In addition to picking up a few seeds and talking to the guy at the bee keeping demo booth, we learned about a cool new project afoot in the Chambana area. The Champaign-Urbana … Continue reading
Grapes of Mirth
The first batch of wine we ever made was a beautiful (and delicious) blackberry wine. We were college students at the time and Matt was working for the summer in the forestry department of our college. He and our good … Continue reading