What I write about
I became interested in wine making a few years ago, and I especially like to ferment what I grow. I’ve got ten potted grape vines in my backyard that I treat as bonsais below the soil and conventional grape vines above the soil. I also have a “bonsai orchard” with apple, cherry, and plum trees. I’ve made wine from all those fruits, and now I want to grow them myself. If there’s sugar in it, I’ll probably try and ferment it, so I make mead from honey. If it hasn’t got sugar, I might try anyway. My oregano wine got off to a rocky start, but eventually fermented to dryness. I write about what I grow and ferment, and how I do it, in this blog.
About what I write
The masthead is a photo of Puget Sound as seen from Seahurst Park in Burien, Washington. I took the photo myself, and you can see a larger version of it with some comments here.
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Shawn
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