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This week, Emily Farris’ Casserole Crazy competition, Handyman Eric : Green Painters in Brookyn with Benjamin Moore Natura line, why bridges freeze before roads, the Real World Green minute, and s’mores with AmyBlogsChow at The Amber Show party

Eric and the Labs check out the Ford Escape Hybrid. neat!

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While my Ford Fiesta was on the CBS News, Ford Motor loaned me a new Ford Escape Hybrid. So, we piled the Labradors into the Escape and went up to the house. Here’s my video review of the Ford Escape Hyrbrid, and of course, shots of the Labradors

America’s Test Kitchen, The Tasting Lab, a parody

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Our friends at Ford Motor and the Fiestamovement ( who have provided us with a Ford Fiesta and funds to produce videos ) suggested we do a 2 minute take on our favorite TV show, and I’m a big fan of Chris Kimball, America’s Test Kitchen, and Cook’s Illustrated, so we had to do a [...]

If you kill your battery, how many times can you kill it?

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Eric and Charlie talk about the new website, and the changes at our Viewer Forum, and Eric thinks out loud about using Ning as a platform for Gardenfork’s viewer forum, following a phone call with Marc and Nicole of The Wood Whisperer

Balsamic Vinegar Reduction, make the cheap stuff taste like the good stuff

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I’m calling this the Balsamic Vinegar Hack, or cheat. Chris Kimball of Cook’s Illustrated and America’s Test Kitchen posted about making grocery store balsamic vinegar taste like the expensive kind, so I wanted to try it and see. So check out our balsamic vinegar recipe video here and let us know what you think. Here’s [...]

Hiking the Appalachian Trail with the Labradors

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As part of our deal with Ford Motor, helping them get out the word about the new Ford Fiesta, we took the labs to Falls Village, CT for a hike on the AT. The Labs love to hike, as you will see. You can learn more about the Ford Fiesta here, and you can see [...]

Teaching our Labrador Puppy Charlie to Swim

Not all labradors like to swim, but all of ours do. So we have been taking Charlie Pup to the lake, and she wades around. Today we thought we’d go in with her, see if she would swim a bit. You should never force a dog to swim, just don’t toss a dog into water [...]

Beginning Beekeeping : Hive Inpsection

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As part of our series of beginning beekeeping videos, here we did a hive inspection this summer. Bees are easy to raise, you just have to maintain a few things thru the season, and a few hive inpsections are necessary. Watch here how how are learning to raise bees and become beekeepers.

How to make and cook a hamburger, the Eric recipe

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Hamburgers and Cheeseburgers are all the rage right now, with all these fancy chefs making their own versions of the hamburger, so we had to do this, The Eric Way. Thanks for Barlow Beef @ Wike Brothers’ Farm for the great free range, grass fed beef for our show. The Barlow Beef is located in [...]

How to bake bread with Tracy

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My sister is the bread baker in the family, so we do what she says. Just watch here and you’ll see. here is the link to the bread recipe: http://www.breadworld.com/Recipe.aspx?id=463

Eric Makes Rice and Beans

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I cooked up this simple rice and beans recipe after making beans for a few years. These are great, cheap and healthy. There are many recipes for beans, so let us know yours. Quick rice and beans recipe cook one bag of black beans, drain, and reserve liquid chop one large onion and saute in [...]

How to install a bathroom faucet

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Installing a new bath or sink faucet is not hard, you just need a few tools and the knowledge you will gain from watching Eric. or maybe not. who knows what can happen when Eric tries something.

Tomato Fresca, a fresh tomtato pasta recipe

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Got a ton of tomatoes? Here’s a quick and simple pasta sauce recipe to make with all those tomatoes.

Beginning Beekeeping : Harvesting Honey

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Keeping bees is pretty cool and not that hard to do. even i can do it. Here is our how to harvest honey episode. Our teacher, Jim, sent us an email after he saw our video with the following comments. Jim has strong opinions, like most beekeepers, I agree with most of what he says  [...]

How to make a potato cannon or potato bazooka

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“My husband must never know of this” is the best comment I’ve had on the Bazooka video. Whatever you call it, this is FUN. be very careful and have an adult around to make sure everything is done safely. wear safety googles and ear protection and never point this at anyone or anything. A big [...]

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