It’s quickly becoming my favorite time of year. The gardens and farmers markets are overflowing with their bounty, almost everything is fresh and in season, the days are becoming comfortable – not yet crisp, but not too hot. Time to preserve and make preparations for the winter.
The freezer down in the basement (shop) is almost completely stocked with goodness to keep me going well into next year!
I promised “more about this later” during my shop tour... so here it is.
I’ve read somewhere that it’s a good idea to freeze wood to make sure you keep any nasty foreign bugs away. Of course this pertained to imported handicrafts, but it still makes sense to me – especially where I have a lot of found and scavenged wood, as well as nearly half a fridge full of goodies from Texas (thanks Rob and BSB!) where admittedly there were Texas sized critters eyeballing my wares.
Shortly, I’ll be clearing out this lot, to put down some real food, (but that’s another blog) For now, that’s a ton (ok, literally 65 pounds) of Red Eucalyptus on the top shelf,
Ebony logs below, with a little Osage Orange and Juniper. All from TX. Below that is some local (NH) oak, maple and cherry rescued from the firewood pile. The door is filled up with Mesquite, pen blanks and such.
Oh what to do with it all???
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13 comments so far
MsDebbieP
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posted 826 days ago
you tease!! :)
I wonder if the bugs hibernate and wait for warmer weather?
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Bob Babcock
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posted 826 days ago
Yummy….I like my osage orange with a little chipotle bbq sauce on the grill.
Seriously though….nice stash.
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scottb
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posted 826 days ago
mmmm, smoked over meqsuite, with a cherry/maple/juniper remoulade!
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Karson
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posted 825 days ago
You guys are making me hungry. I haven’t had my smoked meat since I left KC last week. Time to fire up the smoker.
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WayneC
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posted 825 days ago
Tri-Tip would be good….
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 825 days ago
Karson, Did you eat at Gates & Sons, K.C. Masterpiece or Arthur Bryant’s BBQ in KC?
Now I’m hungry too. I’ll have a short end of Gates Ribs and some of your rémoulade, Scott (please, double steam bent and thinly julienned).
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
scottb
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posted 825 days ago
Double steam bent, you got it…
With the applewood chips, or walnut bits?
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Roger Strautman
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posted 825 days ago
Scott, that looks like a rank of fun in that there frig!!!! LOL! It looks to me like the problem here is what to start on first.
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
RobS
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posted 825 days ago
Glad I could help fill your cupboards..or.. uh, build your cupboards?!...
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
scottb
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posted 825 days ago
That does seem to be my problem Rog… where to begin…?
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Don
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posted 825 days ago
Boy, does this whet the appetite!
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Dorje
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posted 806 days ago
What’s for dessert?
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
scottb
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posted 805 days ago
Dessert? Why, Cookies of Course!
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