09/27/2017 TimberGardener

The first blueberry wine turned out great, and we need room in the freezer, so we’re doing a second batch of blueberry wine!  I wish I had enough for a 5 gallon batch!  Check out the first one here.  Like the second child, there are nearly no photos of the…

09/14/2017 TimberGardener

In Canada, there is a winery that produces several varieties of fine tomato wine.  It is said that tomato is one of the most difficult wines to place in taste tests.  Since Omerto does not ship to Idaho, I guess I will have to make my own.  Our zone 3…

09/11/2017 TimberGardener

One of my friends is getting married on the Salmon River in May, and I told her if she could pick enough blackberries I would make her blackberry champagne (which I have never done before).  She missed the berry season, but a mutual friend gave me 6 quarts of steam…

09/10/2017 TimberGardener

There are elderberries all over our area, from big trees down on the river to bushier types in McCall.  The berries are a proven antiviral, the rest of the plant is varying degrees of poisonous…sounds like a great wine! Elderberry wine is a fruit wine that can stand up to…