Noobie over the edge?

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Hello:10gal. of 3 different wines going and can't wait for the strawberrysand rhubarb to come along.  I look in vacant fields and everyones yardfor lilac.  I've found a ton of lilac but it's not available, beingcared for and loved by the owners.Last weekend my mother-in-law gave us some prunes, 6lbs.  Of course wecan't eat 6lbs. of prunes (yikes!) so 4lbs. are bubbling away.  So farit tastes like Dr. Pepper.  Hmmmmm   Is this madness going to end orwill the obssession continue?I have read references in the archives to Lum's recipe forstrawberry/banana but can't seem to locate it.  Any pointers would beappreciated.Steve Vegos

Lum · Accepted Answer

Try here Steve

spud · Answer

Why thank you very much!Steve Vegos

Dar V · Answer

Welcome to the club...I was the same way during my first year of winemaking. Now, it is just a very controlled obsession. Lum's site is very good - I usually go back forth between his site and Jack's site

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. Darlene

Ray · Answer

No, there are no limits. I tend to add 1-3 carboys each year. I have been making wine for 25+ years. Think about that. I am currently madly trying to bottle as much as I can to free up carboys so I can be ready for this summers fruit with out adding to many more carboys.

Ray

spud · Answer

Thanks for the insight to the future. But it's even worse than I can imagine.

Been walking around the house after work trying to figure out where to plant raspberrys, blueberrys, reading to see if I can grow cranberrys. Went up the canyon to see if the elderberrys were flowering yet and eyeball the wetter areas for dwarf Oregon grape. Staked out a blackberry patch and tried to find blackcaps and wild raspberry patches. And all of a sudden that one Oregon grape in the back I've been trying to get rid of is a treasure to be nurtured along with the dandilions! Oh my... there's not enough time for all the possibilities.... :-)

Steve Vegos

Ray · Answer

Yep, you've got it bad.  There's a funny thing about having enough time, ifyou are over 50 you know that you only have 30-40 active years left to doall these things.  If you are under 50 you know that you don't have time todo anything.;o)Ray

Alfonse · Answer

Well said and true, Ray.

The Kingston's · Answer

you are not over the edge you have joined the club!!!!"spud"  wrote in messagenews:   wrote:

spud · Answer

The Lavender is just starting to flower and SWMBO was getting ready to pull the flowers, you know to promote vegitative growth instead of going to seed. "Uh..., hey, honey, let me take care of that!"

Spotted a huge patch of untended, unloved lilac yesterday.

I got it bad.

Steve Vegos

Dar V · Answer

Steve, I was going to do lilac, in fact I pulled the recipe off Jack's site.Be careful of the lilac - some is poisonous; check with someone, okay.Ended up, I have not made it yet.Darlene

spud · Answer

Hi Darlene:Thank you for the warning, I appreciate it.  Your concern made me goback to the site for a re-look at the plants and re-search the databases, which is a Good Thing!  Thank You,Steve Vegos

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