I Nearly Lost it All
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2016
- While repairing my 150 year old working antique Cider Mill a devastating storm rolled through my community causing untold damage to many gardens.
Find out what damage this storm did as it interrupted my family visit and Cider Press. - Навчання та стиль
Ohh wow, that's really scary weather! Probably the scariest weather for a gardener. I agree with you. Gardening is all about sharing. Beautiful cider mill! You have an awesome dad. :)
Hail is bad and I hope to never need to deal with it again!! that said it brings the best out of gardeners! Sharing and kindness.
Dad is the best ;)
Man, that hail can be really devastating! I lost my whole container garden some years back due to a massive hail storm, along with my roof! In fact, my roof has been replaced 3 times because of that nasty stuff, along with over 100 holes put into my greenhouse! That was before my YT days! I'm glad it didn't do any more damage than it did to your garden!
Oh its so damaging I am glad my roof has been fine as that is quite the expense!
I'm glad your garden survived the hail, Stephen! Love the cider mill.
Me to. Some of or crops have had to come in a touch early but still great !
Oh man! Im so sorry you had damage. You're so sweet to share with family! We are the same way. Family sticks together! Enjoy your cider.
Steven, your Dad is adorable!! You are blessed to have him in your life. Glad your garden survived,storms are scary as we have no control as to what can happen.
I sure love spending time with him :)
So far so good here !
Good you survived the hail storm. What a great old cider mill Stephan
The Cider Mill sure is a point of pride I have and show most people whom will spend the time!
Love it. I'm happy to see you survive the storm. Every gardeners worst nightmare.
Nothing we can do about it either ! I suppose that's why we share ! Improve our odds of survival !
Hail is just one of the things we gardeners have to deal with. This builds patience and tolerance. Glad you are able to share your good fortune with others that were not as fortunate. Looks like your apple pressing is a family affair, how sweet is that! The cider looked great (wish I was there to share). Saw that you used the "mash" as compost. You may also think about making some apple spice bread, that would be tasty.
Gardening is full of lessons !
It is a family effort to get the cider made and it is a family effort to enjoy it too!
Next batch I'll have to save some for an apple spice bread !
You are right, a gardeners worst nightmare!!! Glad the damage was not too bad. Cheers Stephen and Dad :-)
Thank you my friend!
good job, a greeting from Spain!!! like
Thank you from Canada !
I just saw in my email you have a channel. What's it about ?
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ecologic mmm.... farm? :P forgive my level, I'm learning English
Colorado Springs got almost 2 and half feet of hail just the other day, so feel blessed you didn't lose it all.
It could always be worse ! I sure hope they are able to salvage things there.
Hail is strange stuff for some reason very rare here. Lived here all my life and have never seen a damaging hail storm. Glad your garden wasn't too badly damaged. Looks like a great old press.
It's common in Alberta but usually a spot here or there nothing like the wave we had.
The press is from the Niagara falls area and my parents drove it out last year. I am quite happy with it !
Glad your garden escaped massive damage! I hope you saved some hail to enjoy in a hailstorm highball! :D
lol cider and ice don't go well together ;) By the time I finished worrying I was just glad it was over!
***** But apple cider, ice, and bourbon go well together! If your whole garden was destroyed, you might have wanted a little more than cider -- haha
So glad damage was minimal, but sad for other Gardeners :-(
This community will rally and share. No one will go with out !!
See the clip of dad checking the grapes. :) still my hero!
Hello my friend, condolences from central Alberta! Last year we had a huge hail storm and I'm not kidding when I say I shed a tear or two. So far this year, only 3 very small sized hail episodes and hoping that is all. I started a food forest this year in my front yard in addition to the gardens out back and hail is the last thing it needs! Love your channel as most gardening channels are in zones that I can only dream of. Keep up the good work!
I saw last years storm in central Alberta. It was rough ! This one was bad but I got off lucky !!
I am glad you enjoy my channel. It's one of the reasons I push so hard is to represent us northern gardeners !
I almost cried when I saw your hailstorm! Hope everything is going well now. Love your antique cider mill!!! Glad it is still producing cider. I used mine to press juice for making apple wine. Haven't given it a try yet, but soon.
I am still waiting to see if the damage is more severe.
The mill is doing me well. I just transferred the first batch tonight :)
I always enjoy your videos and appreciate your honesty. Well done.
Thank you my friend. It's nice of you to take the time to let me know that.
I'm so glad your garden is still there, losing a garden that way is no fun and the speed replanting is not something I'd wish on anyone.
Even if I could a replant would not do me much good right now. Our season is far to short. This said I think we are alight so it's all good !
Didn't think about your area growing season, glad it's all okay, great looking garden.
Thank you my friend!
Me too. I am waiting to see the updates in a week or two. Great cider making episode. Best wishes Bob.
I will let you know
Sorry to hear about your garden. At least most of it is alright. I don't know what i would do if my grape died, honestly I would probably shed a single tear. I can't believe I haven't heard about any hail, I live just east of Edmonton and the weather has been perfect.
some of my grapes I can't replace. I would be devastated if I lost them!
glad your garden only got minimal damage. love the dancing leg carrots! hi dad! thanks for the update video!
lol my son loved the carrot too :)
Dad says hi back !
Close call with the grapes! I'm glad they were OK. I worried a little about your Dad running around out in the storm.
Hoping the rest of your garden recovers quickly.
hahaha... The drill lesson. I learned that one the hard way too.
There was no lightning just hail at that point. It put me at ease to know they were alright.
Great video, Stephen. Glad you had just minimal damage and glad you are reaching out to those who were less fortunate. We had a strong storm here in Maine yesterday. Many trees around came down in the community. The only thing it bothered in my garden is I have some leaning 7 feet tall corn plants, but I think they will survive. Thanks ahin and may the Lord bless you.
I am certainly glad your garden is doing well my friend! it is not easy to go through storms like that one!
Great to see you enjoying time with your family. That cider mill looks pretty cool.
it was a great visit!! that cider mill is wonderful! It is the best!
You got lucky, not too damage. Your Dad looks like a fun guy, it's cool you guys working together on the mill. Last week, a very strong wind/rain storm hit my area, NYC zone 7, I lost a few small plants and a few five gallon buckets almost got knocked over!
Weather sure can do a lot of damage quickly hey !
Hope you have an good rest of your season !
***** Thanks, you too!
Your attitude of sharing is amazing!
I think it is an trait that I like about most gardeners!!
You should build a simple temporary greenhouse, 20 foot bendable PVC and some greenhouse cover. Or you could even visit a place like harbor fright and get a cheap carport setup, under 400 easy
I was thinking about that but my wife insists it look nice as well thats all we see from the living room ;). Ill keep looking at it! Thanks!
Hello Stephen, Glad there wasn't a total loss! About the hopper...you might want to use a poly cutting board! it's not antique but easy to clean, durable, sanitary, and will last a long time! a 3/4" thick will do fine! if you need any, I would be glad to send you some! just send me approximate dimensions you would want! Take care
I wonder if I could line the inside of a nice wooden one with that stuff. Do you think it would work?
Sure...if you have a compound miter saw! Then use a 1/2" thick poly which I have as well! Approximate dimensions of the finished size would help! We custom cut these into cutting boards and have plenty of miscellaneous sizes laying around!
Shoot me an email at albertaurbangarden@gmail.com lets talk there.
At least the hail didn't stop the cookout! We got hit on May 30th.Tore my pepper plants up, left me with just stems, but they came back! They're flowering & fruiting now, should be able to harvest in a couple of weeks.
Nice looking cider mill. Between the cider and the wine, you must have 3 or 4 refrigerators, right.LOL!
Glad you didn't suffer too much damage. That apple press looks really cool.
I am glad too!
The press is so much fun! I love it :)
Nice mill. I'm of course not sure, but that turning wheel for the pressing seems to have two handles because a lever is intended to nestle between them for added mechanical advantage.
I am afraid to add any more pressure as I broke it last year and this piece is irreplaceable !
wow, that was a mean hail storm! Good to see that your garden survived. We recently had a thunderstorm too so I was eyeing my garden as well. All is well...but we didn't have those massive hail!
It was not a lot of fun my friend !
glad you made out OK but there's more to come be safe out there nice press by the way.
Yup ! Storms keep coming every night about 6 pm and let's hope no one has any more damage !
I really love that cider mill :)
That so cool. I lost all of my tomato plants due to blossom end rot. Would love to have someone share theirs with me. I have a overload of okra I could exchange for them. As far as I know, I'm the only gardener in my area. Glad to see your plants are ok.
Look for local garden groups on social media like Facebook. You will be surprised how many people enjoy gardening. Who knows you might get a nice exchange going !
Keep this show up buddy. I enjoy it lots and I am sure your viewership will continue to grow!
I am so glad you enjoyed the clip. These ones are for you guys !
Got my cider mill out today. Three of us did three large garden carts full of apples. Results three carboys of juice. siphoned off 2 gallons from a carboy that has been sitting for 2 years for the helpers to take home besides the the carboy of fresh juice.
Lost 4 big heigh limbs from my 100 year old trees plus the apples that are falling so there is still a cart full of apples on the ground so I hope fore some more helpers tomorrow.
And yes I put my pulp in the compost bin. there is a lot of dry weeds and spent plants in there and I don't water it enough but the pulp is damp and heavy and gets the worms to come up and start working each year.
Hans it sounds like you and I do very similar work !
I currently have three batches running just waiting to see if I can find more trees to harvest !
***** Yes but mine is spread over 5 acres and my winters are much milder. When school starts we will again have the students and teachers bring apples to experience the process.
That would be so much fun! I have kids around but mostly mine ;)
I lucked out here too. At one point on Sunday, I saw twin funnel clouds come down and go back up. We received some hail but 7 miles to the west of us, the farmers lost everything to golf ball size hail. Quite a few farm buildings were knocked down but no deaths or serious injuries. The wind chewed up my tomatoes a little. I had to harvest quite a few green ones that were on broken branches.
These summer storms can be nasty eh. Glad you did ok !!
***** Me too! I have lucked out twice this season. I storm that was carrying baseball size hail, dropped all its hail as it crossed over Lake Sakakawea which is an impoundment on the Missouri. The same storm devastated the town of Killdeer.
oh man thats terrible! Glad you are surviving. My stress level can do with out another one of those storms!
***** At least, I have not been hit hit by hurricane force winds here this year. Last year, I got nailed twice.
Very inspiring!
Sorry man. I moved from Calgary to NB about 6 years ago. Hail in summer, crazy. You're continuing to lean out, good for you.
Thank you friend ! I'll do a clip on it soon :)
Does NB get much hail?
We had it yesterday. Golf ball size, I am trying to upload a video.
email me a link when you do. albertaurbangarden@gmail.com
+Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable I email you couple of before and after videos shot from master bed patio, and a picture of some hail sent by my niece. My iPhone is now allowing to upload any videos somehow. It's raining as we speak and Calgary has seen a year's worth rain only in month of July.
Ill take a look. Thanks for taking the time to send them to me!
Central Edmonton got hit really bad on Wednesday, and all I could do is stand at the back door almost weeping! I lost all 4 of my cucumbers types, my peas, kale, and dill. My big beautiful cabbages look like they have been shot with machine guns, and the potatoes and beets pretty much have no greens left. It's hard to say if the carrots are ever going to stand up again, same with the onions. Only the celery came away unscathed, being under a lilac tree. An hour after the storm, there were still marble sized hail in a thick layer on my black heat sink of a trampoline.
I am sorry for the loss you suffered. We got our hail Thursday night and it devastated large areas.
Get out there and harvest what you can. No use it going to waste.
wow! i fall in love with that mill! 150 years! thats a lot of time! where did you find it?
It's such a beautiful mill and has such history !
I had been searching for it and finally found one that a fellow in the southern most part of one of our Eastern provinces. It's about 3 days of 12 hour driving away.
My parents were so nice as to bring it back for me !
Love this channel 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I am sorry for your garden. I like cidrum.
I feel for you Stephen, last year hail took every cherry off my Romeos. This year it was the deer and magpies, lol.
If its not one thing it is another. Keep your chin up my friend!
I guess the "No deer allowed" sign didn't work as well as expected.
My neighbourhood doesn't have back yard fences so can't keep them out. But there is a 6ft deep ravine across the back end of the yard and I can fence off both ends. I don't think they will jump down there. That will have to become my orchard.
if thought here in England had it bad you all take care 😀😀👍
I am sure you have rough patches as well my friend!
Skål to you! Glad you're garden did not get to damaged by the hail! Sweden is a beutiful country! Are you're grandparents from Sweden?
We have a long Swedish heritage that is proud to have come from Sweden. That said we have been a LONG term Canadian family.
we are in Calgary and got hit hard with golf ball sized hail. many cars and gardens are damaged. about 50% of our garden has seen better days. I guess it is not bad considering we could have lost everything.
That's how I look at it too. It was not great for me but I have family whom lost 100% perennials and annuals.
Great vid with your dad!
Thank you !
I really liked the videography in this vlog!
Thank you my friend. I have been expiring
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At least you got some apples this year. my crop was destroyed by a scrub Jay, he pecked at them before they ripened.
I lost all of my apples this spring to a late frost. The ones I have are from a friends !
My garden got pounded here in Saskatchewan at the end of June! Some plants bounced back some didn't. I have a video of it if you care to see it!
Sure email it over to me at albertaurbangarden@gmail.com
I would be interested to see what was able to bounce back !
Ugh! Hail stinks! We've had hail baseball & softball size, utterly wrecked my garden. Really hate it.
It's great that y'all got the cider mill repaired, enjoy the last of last years cider, Skal!
At the end of your video, what is the pepper you pick at around 5:00? Terribly curious...
🌾 Green Blessings 🌿
That's terrible you had such large hail!
The cider is so good :) the historic mill just makes it better.
It's a sweet Apple pepper.
Yeah, the hail caused tons of damage to property as well as the garden. That was in 2013, we're due another ugly hailstorm. We've had from pea to quarter size so far.
Thanks for letting me know about that pepper, I'll be looking for seeds. Husband wants several types of peppers grown. =)
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They are sweet and good!!
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Did you mention before that you have bird baths in your yard, and that is how you keep birds from pecking your tomatoes and taking your blueberries?
No bird baths or feeders in the yard as I dont want them there and pecking at my crops ;) they are around but just the ones whom are attracted to feed on slugs.
You crushed it with those apples, Stubbs. (sorry, couldn't resist). Also, it looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in your case. I bet you are the apple of your dad's eye (oh, please, somebody stop me).
lol I just made that too easy on you lol.
***** Hail, yeah, you did.
A hail storm destroyed my garden in early may. thankfully it was early enough in year to start over.
That's rough ! But good you could restart. We are making do now and hopping for no more hail!
Let's see what it looks like in 2 weeks.
I am sure I will follow up ;)
gardening in alberta....always a challenge 😊
If it were easy we would enjoy it less :)
+Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable exactly...hail..frost..flooding...past...rodents...all keep us on our toes
great job making your own cider! was that some swedish at the end? skål? hope your crops bounce back from the hail.
It certainly was some Swedish. We have a strong family heritage from Sweden !
haha great! skål tillbaks! keep up the good work :-)
Thank you ;)
3 hail storms early this summer. my garden is still alive but not great. my tomatoes are about 1.5ft short
It happens I suppose ! Next year will be better !
Very cool that mill. Do not know anyone at this time that does woodworking on that hopper project. May I suggest Lee Valley. They haveaccess to vintage woodworking tools and manuals. They ship all over Canada and the USA. Steve I have been following you for a while now and I am interested in your electrical conduit for your trellesis. Did you use galvanized steel or plastic and what diameter do you recommend? Thanks Steve
I went to lee valley. They have the tools but I lack the skill to use them.
I do have an episode on that trellis and will link it.
Thanks for watching my friend.
ua-cam.com/video/TIrEaq49iXQ/v-deo.html
I just had a bunch of pine milled, how would you feel about a white pine hopper? Shipping might be a killer though...
That would be very cool ! I am sure shipping would not cost too much.
I have some lumber from my grandfather that I would love to build into part of a hopper I just lack the skill and tools.
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I could work with that, but then there would be shipping to the other side of Ottawa too...
Bad weather. You should be ashamed ;-)Nice apple juice - SKÅL to you too :-)
Thank you my friend !
Bro, any tips for mice control in the yard?
I maintain an active garden with a few bird feeders and naturally it's a heaven for mice. Any effective tips for eliminating these bugger mice? PS I can't have a cat in the house to help.
Live traps are fairly effective but must be maintained.
Other than that reducing their access to a food source may be of value.
You ever got that cider hopper
Yes sir ! I made it myself and am enjoying the cider
Did he just say "Skål/skol"?! :D From where do your family originate?
Nordic countries :)
you need a glass room for your garden
I agree it's on my wish list !
Did your dad just say 'skål'? Is he a Scandi? :)
We have a family heritage in Sweden that we are quite proud of!
And you should be! ;)
hmmmm....do you share your cider recipe
I did an older video on my recipe :)
ua-cam.com/video/7JuNcCz7EKc/v-deo.html
is your dad Swedish? skål!
Our family has a strong Swedish background :)
+Alberta Urban Garden Simple Organic and Sustainable. ah, so I heard right then.
You did :) We have family there still and my brother lived there for a year.
Here is the original patent document for your cider mill (I think). Yes, I am a research geek! Anyway.... It has an illustration that shows what the original hopper looked like, in case you wanted to duplicate the original design. Seems pretty basic.
www.google.com/patents/US57833
Nice mill. I'm of course not sure, but that turning wheel for the pressing seems to have two handles because a lever is intended to nestle between them for added mechanical advantage.
I thought so but I can put enough pressure already that I dont want to break it!