Apr 26, 2015 | In The Studio, Painting class, small painting, Uncategorized
Paint along with me and learn how to use color to help make light and space in a painting. You can print out the drawing below as a helpful guide. Also, I’ve posted a still life painting of the ceramic mug that one of my viewer’s Ben made and sent me....
Mar 22, 2015 | Beehive, Design Plans, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Here’s a how to video on building a new top bar beehive using thermally treated poplar. You can also print the complete design plans, and parts list which is posted below to build your own hive. Here are the plans and parts list..you can drag to your desktop and...
Mar 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Here’s a sneak peak of this week’s upcoming top bar beehive build. This hive is made of thermally modified poplar, which is a really nice alternative to pine. It’s basically baked or cooked poplar that seals the wood making it suitable for outdoor...
Mar 17, 2015 | Beehive, Home & Garden, Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone for all of the great comments on Jon’s top bar beehive that unfortunately didn’t make it through the harsh New Jersey winter. Tons of great info, and it’s nice to see so many avid beekeepers tuning in and commenting so...
Mar 13, 2015 | Beehive, Special Projects, Uncategorized
Well, unfortunately the bees didn’t survive the winter… kinda sad news for anyone who’s been following the first year of Jon’s top bar beehive project, but it’s also been a great learning experience. The comments coming in on YouTube...
Feb 26, 2015 | Reicpe Thursdays, Uncategorized
This is one of our favorite winter recipes and an awesome soup that can be served as a starter, or as an entire meal topped with a bunch of extras like the toasted seeds from the squash itself, crispy bacon bits, croutons, goat cheese, dried cranberries, a little...
Feb 13, 2015 | Reicpe Thursdays, Uncategorized
Porterhouse steaks on the grill in the dead of winter? I just couldn’t resist, given how awesome these looked in the butcher case, and how huge the sale price was… $6.79 per pound for that day only, and while they lasted, which wasn’t long…and...
Feb 5, 2015 | Reicpe Thursdays, Uncategorized
Here’s a meaty-tasting, umami-packed mushroom dish that’s great as a side for steak, a topping for burgers, or as a filling for an omelet. White button mushrooms are perfect but mix it up with whatever’s fresh. Criminis (baby portobellos),...
Jan 29, 2015 | Reicpe Thursdays, Uncategorized
Here’s my grandfather’s famous meatball recipe that we made just about every weekend growing up as part of our Sunday pasta and meat sauce dinner. I loved hand-blending the ground meat mixture and pan frying a few patties first to be sure the seasoning...
Jan 27, 2015 | Home & Garden, Uncategorized
We’re bracing for a big winter storm in the Northeast and I need some firewood. Here’s a quick video of cutting down a dead locust tree in the yard and splitting it for firewood. Locust makes really good firewood and the timing is...
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