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the house of bickert bik air the house of bickert bik air this blog is for a lover of the fiber arts gardening herbal medicine and nature in general my hope is that this blog will help me get focused to be able too help any one with the same interests and if i ever get stuck maybe someone reading my blog can help me tuesday january 11 2022 pa farm show 2022 first i do want to apologize for not doing a new years day post i always do one and i completely forgot this will be that post today was our trip to the pa farm show normally we go on wednesday for the sheep to shawl due to schedules we just could not work it for that to happen we had to do a bit of math to figure out when was the last time we attended that was 2019 last year it was canceled no one went the year before 2020 e had car trouble and didn t want to chance it for us it has been three years since we had been there for those of you that are not aware this is the largest agricultural show in the country the state has built its own complex to hold it in there is no midway like other state and country fares just ag with that said when we arrive in the late morning we end up parking in the outer lots that is all that is available today we go to park in the front lot that is how dead it was this year as far as attendance with the crowds just not there it was very easy to move around with the lack of attendance there was also a lack of vendors and animals as well we figured it was about half full all of my fiber related friends didn t show this year it would have been nice to see them i get it also on the other side of the spectrum you have to praise the ones that did come out we had a really good time despite the lesser amount of things to see we still made some wonderful connections in the end we only spent half the time we normally do when we attend the show we look forward to next year being back to normal posted by chuck at 6 51 pm no comments friday december 31 2021 the end of another year each and everyone can conclude how this year was for them in the beginning there was still some apprehension which then diminished with the advent of the vaccine still in some areas you have to be vaccinated to enter others not then with all the variants people are still getting sick yet again even with some alleviation of restrictions at the end of this year in some places they are being put back and for some no changes at all a very hard year for many for us we were able to provide food to many homes we were able to attend the homesteaders of america conference we learned so much from and would like to go back to i was held up a lot this year with car problems in the second half of the year the car was in the garage more than not it is time for this year to end and for us to start a new one for our health may we prosper for our homes may they be safe and secure for our prosperity may it grow for ourselves may we find peace may the new year bring us this and more many blessings to all see you next year posted by chuck at 6 54 pm no comments tuesday november 2 2021 dye adventures something i haven t done for a while and love doing is natural dyeing i didn t check there was a class i took years ago with a bunch of friends i may have posted that when the class was since that i have not done any dyeing this time i did an experiment similar to that class i took five dyes and dyed white wool grey wool and cotton all three of those fibers would result in different colors cotton being the weakest of color absorption for the most part it is very difficult to get good color on cotton still that is the fun of experimentation i dyed enough yarns to go even further i took one of each color and dyed them in an indigo vat i did this three time with three different multi colored hanks each one in the vat for five minutes more than the last starting at five minutes this of course changed the color even further the indigo vat and the grey wool both are considered overdyeing with the case of the grey wool that was overdyed twice i got the idea from the class that i mentioned earlier the difference is i didn t use mixed dyes i used straight colors from that class i believe that when all was said and done i came home with over 200 different colors of wool in that class we didn t dye any cotton this time i only got 72 the dyes i made are brazilwood madder weld annatto logwood with the indigoover dye i also dyed with the undyed yarns as well that is how i got 72 including the undyed yarn it was a fun and enlightening experiment which i hope to continue doing more of later colors from the white wool from left to right brazilwood woad madder annatto logwwod the indigo is in the same order on the left side hank with the original starting color first grey wool in the same order as above cotton also in the same order as above posted by chuck at 7 15 pm no comments thursday october 21 2021 the star of the show or conference i m not sure if i ever shared our furry son his name is chewy we rescued him three years ago a couple divorced and neither one wanted him a friend of ours hooked us up it was a bit of a rough start over time he became very comfortable and safe with us we believe we were never told the whole truth about him when we got him they told us he was about five which would make him eight this year we believe he is a bit older he is starting to go blind in one eye still manages to get around very easily with only a little helo when needed back to the star you are more than happy to bring your dogs along at this conference which was perfect chewy was able to attend the conference with us let me put it to you this way people remembered us because they knew chewy he is a very handsome chihuahua isn t he everyone just loved him and many thought he was a puppy there were several people that came back several times to say hello the children loved him as well he was the star of the weekend this is the last post for the conference i am working on a project that i hope to have finished in the next week which i will post about until then enjoy posted by chuck at 9 50 pm no comments wednesday october 20 2021 shopping as with all good conferences there was quite a bit of shopping that could be had i have mentioned a couple of things i got the first is stacy s cooking with a smile cookbook this was put out by stacy from doug and stacy and if you refer back to the fermenting post you get their website and youtube page stacy being part armenian has several armenian recipes and many many others the fermented ketchup is actually in this book an excellent piece to have the next book is the dye book from janet garmen natural dyes on wool with timber creek farm a journaling workbook she had three types of dyes in the book kitchen foraged garden which gives you a full range of posable dye options some i have tried on my own just doing some experimentation some i have not but some i will just to see what results i get if you are interested in dying it s a fun little book to have there was a stand selling a couple of books and a lot of aromatherapy the beeyoutiful stand was run by a wonderful couple that we actually got to chat with a couple of times i was able to pick up a copy of the complete book of essential oils and aromatherapy not only did we make new friends but i was also able to help them out with a purchase one of the things ed found was a company that helps you manage an online farmers market they allow farmers to sell their items online and not only produce if you make things you can add them as well a customer can place an order online then there can be a pickup or delivery that is of course up to the farmer something interesting to check out especially if you want to purchase locally yesterday i talked about rory feek rory s sister marcy and wife jo opened up their own restaurant which they would share a recipe from their restaurant on their show interestingly enough marcy jo s was at the conference and marcy herself with friends worked the weekend and did very well we stopped there for some coffee and while we were there rory stopped to talk to his sister which was very cool i was able to pick up some wonderful young ginger roots when i first saw it i was under the impression that i could plant it when i got home and have ginger next year that is incorrect the babies needed to be planted immediately after the mother had been removed i actually didn t get it then after i thought about it i should have fo the ferments i was making i was able to get what was left the next day peace harmony farm also makes syrups fire ciders sells roots and plants she was a wonderful person to talk with and again a new friend while walking the vendor area we came across a woodworker s hand carving kitchen utensils we found out he was at the conference in 2019 he decided to double what he brought last time because he sold out he sold out again which shows how good a product he has and how many people were there riverwood trading co is a wonderful place to get some well priced hand carved wood pieces if you are so inclined another fun place was the mushroom tent not only were they selling dried mushrooms also mushroom kits and plugs we picked up one of their kits and some pink oyster mushrooms they are supposed to taste like bacon when they are fried windermere farms is a fun place to get your mushroom growing supplies after learning about elderberries i wanted to get at least one bush well wouldn t you know there were none to be had as i mentioned in the post for elderberries you can propagate them from cuttings walking around i found a nice southern lady selling clippings for cheaper than purchasing a bush i was able to get five cuttings which are planted and i can t wait till spring to see how they took there was another family that we picked up soap from they actually farm on two tenths of an acre they make soap body products kimchi and sell the produce they grow as well really nice people and fun soap rootbound farm has made you realize you can sustain yourself on very little land my last vendor to talk about is john moody he is the gentleman who presented the lecture on elderberries he has written a book on that subject plus one on sourdough weeds and frugal homesteading they were an excellent find we had a fabulous time shopping meeting wonderful people and getting some great bargains you would think that this would be the last post on the hoa topic i actually have one more till then posted by chuck at 10 59 pm no comments tuesday october 19 2021 apple jack update i thought it would be fun to share an update on my applejack i am sure you remember that layers of sugar and fruit in that order are all it is you fill it up tight with the layers cover it and let it sit for 10 months before consuming it it has been a week since i did the first one plus i made another one of just sugar apples and raisins a couple of days ago i thought it would be an excellent comparison to see what actually goes on the original one i started is three quarters full of juice and the fruit has shrunk about a quarter from the top the new one is only about a quarter full of liquid and has no shrinkage that i can see at this time personally i find these to be really cool seeing a jar just filled with fruit and a little bit of sugar fill up with liquid with no assistance from human hands is fascinating to me but then that is me this will be the most minor update until i bottle which won t be until next summer while i was at it the sauerkraut and carrot stick was ready last night i let ed taste it he liked both the kraut is nothing like you get in the store the carrots were nice and crunchy we added some garlic which gave some excellent flavor thinking about it if we had dill that would have been good too the fermenting experiments are going very well posted by chuck at 12 55 pm no comments end of the day the last event at the conference was a performance by rory feek rory is a storyteller songwriter and singer performer when cmt created the first country version of american ideal rory and his wife jo were contestants they won third and since that had a television show on rdtv seven years ago they were blessed with their first child a little girl with down syndrome shortly after having her jo was diagnosed with cancer soon after their daughter indiana turned two jo lost that fight for the last five years besides raising his daughter to help him cope with the loss of his wife rory has continued to appear on rdtv with a new show that records his day to day it reminds me very much of a video blog and helps him come to terms with his loss back in 2019 rory and his daughter attended that year s hoa conference he enjoyed it so much he was going to return last year we all know why that didn t happen this year he attended and performed it was a lot of fun seeing him live after seeing him only on tv the performance was a lot of fun he told stories sang songs and even shared some new music from his first solo album we unfortunately did not have the chance to talk to him we did see him around the conference besides at the performance it was a wonderful experience that was the end of all the events of the conference do not worry i still have a little more to share with you all until next time posted by chuck at 12 38 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom translate links farefarming farming alliance for responsible ecology weekly news letter sign up for our email newsletter for email newsletters you can trust followers blog archive 2022 1 january 1 pa farm show 2022 2021 15 december 1 november 1 october 12 january 1 2020 3 december 1 july 1 january 1 2019 3 december 1 january 2 2018 2 december 1 january 1 2017 13 december 1 may 4 april 3 march 2 february 1 january 2 2016 38 december 2 july 1 june 5 may 4 april 4 march 9 february 6 january 7 2015 25 december 2 june 8 march 2 february 7 january 6 2014 6 december 1 march 1 february 2 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