{"id":857,"date":"2016-07-04T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T00:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2016-07-04T17:38:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T00:38:01","slug":"garden-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timvandergrift.com\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"Garden Days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lavender helps keep my bee girls healthy and strong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Times have \u00a0been crazy busy at Chaos Manor, both personally and professionally–I’m really excited about Master Vintner<\/a>, and all the good things we’ve got going on over there–don’t miss my ridiculously controversial blog post,\u00a0Lies, Damned Lies, And Sulfites: The Facts<\/a>. I love that topic, especially the angry mail I get from it.<\/p>\n

I’m going to do a couple of garden updates this month, and a couple of cooking specials, sharing my love of good food to pair with good wine–and good friends. Many of my garden crops have come in and gone, still others are producing.<\/p>\n

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I try to stay currant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s currant jam to make, black currant wine, I made a bunch of spanakopita with my spinach crop, and I found time to make a batch of delicious head cheese.<\/p>\n

I’ve been brewing pretty frequently as well: I’ve got half a dozen wine projects on the go, experimenting with extended maceration with grapeskins in wine kits and I’ve got a couple of hundred litres of cider to process.<\/p>\n

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Fresh–really fresh–food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First things first though: I’ve got a nice little dinner planned with minted peas, new potatoes, carrots and broccoli. Fresher food you can not get, and I’m pleased to be eating from my own garden.<\/p>\n

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Times have \u00a0been crazy busy at Chaos Manor, both personally and professionally–I’m really excited about Master Vintner, and all the good things we’ve got going on over there–don’t miss my ridiculously controversial blog post,\u00a0Lies, Damned Lies, And Sulfites: The Facts. I love that topic, especially the angry mail I get from it. I’m going to … <\/p>\n

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