I don’t always get a great result but this Batch definitely turned out great. Thanks for the kind words

Absolutely. You staying out of the smoke down south?

@@NorthwestCatchWe don't have a lot of smoke just a lot of heat (over 100 degree days) in the central valley of California

@@holt8888 wow. We are finally starting to cool down up here.

Thank you. Couldn’t be happier with this chamber vac. I’m almost caught up on your channel. You have a beautiful place up there. I would love to see those big pines and ghost town someday.

@@NorthwestCatch Well you got me stoked to go fishing, and I dropped my camera to the bottom of Bonaparte. So no new vids. At least our smoker has been busy!

@@WestForkWoodsman oh that sucks. I’m sorry.

Wow 40 lbs. My blueberry addiction is real. How cool is that you can store so many blueberries for the year. The store bought stuff is not the same.

@@NorthwestCatch Hey, back in 2015 I found young whip plants in front of a Grocery Gutlet. They were all one variety. horticulture has it with blueberries pollinate well when there are numerous varieties. We have a 8' field fence on a 70'x70' orchard area) So I found a nursery and added 8 other variety plants for a total of 36 bushes. Rented a Honda pony auger and vacated 36 holes 4 feet 94 to a row) apart in rows 8 feet apart. They fruited in the 3rd year hardly a few pounds. They are hearty in Puget Sound area. want somei irrigation during drought otherwise do fine. I should have planted them a bit further apart, as they are growing together now and have come from one foot to 5 and 6 feet high. This Winter will be doing my first attentive pruning. Not unlike blackberries they have a first picking about three weeks ago, a second picking now, and a scarce picking later..Bird strike has been minimal. A couple of Robins like to drop in and chirp cautiously when I appear in the morning for harvest. My back gives me trouble bending, so I have a plastic patio chair for company, a coffee can with a string around my neck, and the low profile lets me pull the invasive buttercups from around the base. Ideally soil ph slould be 4-5.5. Cood carbon mulch layer and 90% sulfer treatment last years. Lots of Yt videos about growing BB. The orchard area has 7 fruit trees, a 70' grape vine run, raspberry patch, rubarb as well.as a vegetable growing area as well. Ten years ago the enthusiasm to farm was greater than today's ability to keep up with the Creators' bounty. Just Say=in. Did you hear about the Bigfoot Anti Litter Slogan? Leave Only Footprints.

@@oldandfound1 I want to do this. Thanks for the great info. This info would make a great video.

Great point. 3 to 1 is always my go to but Kokanee I tend to do a tad less salt. Most important is I keep an eye on the fish in the brine and pull it out when the skin starts to shrivel. It’s hard to explain but many different factors play a role how the fish will accept and absorb the brine. Different times if the year to Kokanee in different lakes can change how the salt absorbs. Sorry for the confusion Jake. Pull the fish out of the brine when it starts to shrivel around the edges and skin, then rinse and let air dry until tacky. Make notes for your next batch.

@@NorthwestCatch thank you for your help.

Thanks Pat