Channel: Charles Dowding

Category: Howto & Style

Description: This simple way to make cider vinegar needs few tools. A large bucket, hose, then bottles or demijohns (one gallon glass jars). We used a combination of cooking and cider apples. I show you the different colours. Adam (ads_wood on Instagram) and I crushed the apples 12th November, since when they have been in the 30 litre/7 gallon containers for 32 days, in the warmth of my conservatory. Fermentation was rapid but now has almost stopped, so I show one way of extracting the liquid, by siphoning. . Next I leave the cider without a sealed top or cap, exposed to the vinegar bacteria present in air. A vinegar mother will form - or we could add some from any unpasteurised cider vinegar, where they are often present. Filmed by Adam on the phone, 14th December 2021. For the first stage of how we crushed the apples, I uploaded a video on my Instagram account instagram.com/charles_dowding, scroll to 12th November. My work is about growing great, no dig vegetables. See my other videos and also books for information about this easy method charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/books To buy one of my online courses charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/online-courses To join an in person Day or Weekend course at Homeacres charlesdowding.co.uk/product-category/courses Plus you can buy collections of my videos from Retrieve, who add AI to enable easy finding of content that interests you: charlesdowding.retrieve.com/store/# CD MODULE TRAY DISTRIBUTORS UK: Containerwise - containerwise.co.uk/charles-dowding-propagation-trays The Refill Room - refillroom.com/product-category/garden The Netherlands: The Farm Dream - thefarmdream.com/?s=books Denmark: FantastikeFroe - fantastiskefroe.dk/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage%2Ccollection&q=CD60* Norway: Lindholm gård - lindholmgard.no North America: All About The Garden - allaboutthegarden.com Australia and NZ, pallet arrives late May: Contact Julie Jones julie@hardingheirlooms.com.au This is the dibber I recommend: gardenimports.co.uk/product/charles-dowding-long-handled-ash-dibber/?v=79cba1185463 We also have a stockist in North America, All About the Garden: allaboutthegarden.com/products/long-handled-dibber To buy t-shirts and hoodies with my exclusive no dig designs, use this link charlesdowding.teemill.com More from Charles: You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members: youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join