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Mark FH
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A father has mini adventures with his son on the autism spectrum.
Mark Ferdinand is the writer of the adventure novel "Fortune on the Spectrum". He lives on the South Texas coast with his wife, daughter and son. Fishing the surf, hunting, gardening, tiki-carving, and repairs occupy his spare time. He has written on the topic of autism spectrum disorder from a father's perspective in parenting articles and in other non-fiction venues. Having limited typical communication skills, his son introduced Mark to new ways of interpreting his needs and aspirations. As his son grew older Mark became fascinated by the story potential within these amazing children. This prompted the creation of a dynamic adventure story focusing on a character with autism.
After completing his first novel, Fortune on the Spectrum, he decided to compile a group of lifetime stories that brought him to the unusual occupation of snake venom extraction called You're Gonna' Get Bit!: Harrowing Tales of Herpetology.
Mark Ferdinand is the writer of the adventure novel "Fortune on the Spectrum". He lives on the South Texas coast with his wife, daughter and son. Fishing the surf, hunting, gardening, tiki-carving, and repairs occupy his spare time. He has written on the topic of autism spectrum disorder from a father's perspective in parenting articles and in other non-fiction venues. Having limited typical communication skills, his son introduced Mark to new ways of interpreting his needs and aspirations. As his son grew older Mark became fascinated by the story potential within these amazing children. This prompted the creation of a dynamic adventure story focusing on a character with autism.
After completing his first novel, Fortune on the Spectrum, he decided to compile a group of lifetime stories that brought him to the unusual occupation of snake venom extraction called You're Gonna' Get Bit!: Harrowing Tales of Herpetology.
Camminare Noir Grapes - Second Crop
I thought my grape season was over. But as they say, it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Camminare Noir grapes seem to want to give me a rather sizable second crop. Exploring Pierce's disease resistant grapes on the Texas Coast.
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Видео
Mini Tiki Carving #tiki #tikibar #etsy
Просмотров 914 дней назад
#shorts Small Kane-Inspired tiki kit from Texas Tikis.
Vineyard chores and Muscadine Grapes
Просмотров 192Месяц назад
End of harvest time for bunch grapes. Two lone camminare noir clusters. Trimming and spraying for fungus. Tasting cowart muscadine and noble muscadine grapes for the first time. Hall muscadine update.
Finishing the large tiki carving project!
Просмотров 21Месяц назад
Finishing custom Polynesian panels and signs for the home. My part is done! Smaller tikis available at: www.etsy.com/shop/texastikis tiki carving,large wood carving,custom carvings,wood tiki,polynesian carvings,tiki god,giant tiki,texas art,texas tikis,oceanic art
Backyard Grape Harvest 2024
Просмотров 96Месяц назад
Harvesting Camminare Noir, Blanc du Bois, Ambulo Blanc, Lomanto, Black Spanish. Harvest before hurricane Beryl.
Blanc du Bois Grape Update
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Pre-harvest update for Blanc du Bois grapes. We have one loser out of all of them. Not bad!
Brix testing Grapes Champanel, Camminare Noir, Catawba
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Brix testing Grapes Champanel, Camminare Noir, Catawba
Grapes Begin Veraison. Bird Netting. 2024- Camminare Noir, Champanel, Catawba.
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Grapes Begin Veraison. Bird Netting. 2024- Camminare Noir, Champanel, Catawba.
Staining the giant tiki in the front of the home.
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Staining the giant tiki in the front of the home.
April Grape Clusters & Thinning. B du bois, Camminare, Ambulo, Lomanto, Champanel, Catawba, Spanish
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April Grape Clusters & Thinning. B du bois, Camminare, Ambulo, Lomanto, Champanel, Catawba, Spanish
Huliki Figure Carving. Tiki and Hula Princess.
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Huliki Figure Carving. Tiki and Hula Princess.
Grape clusters and flowering: Cocky about my vineyard's explosive growth. Camminare noir, Ambulo...
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Grape clusters and flowering: Cocky about my vineyard's explosive growth. Camminare noir, Ambulo...
Spring Break Bud Break! - Camminare Noir, Ambulo Blanc, Blanc du Bois, muscadine, other grapes.
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Spring Break Bud Break! - Camminare Noir, Ambulo Blanc, Blanc du Bois, muscadine, other grapes.
Pruning New Grapes - Camminare Noir, Ambulo Blanc, Blanc du Bois, muscadine, others
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Pruning New Grapes - Camminare Noir, Ambulo Blanc, Blanc du Bois, muscadine, others
Late Dormancy Grapes - Camminare Noir & Ambulo Blanc. Others...
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Late Dormancy Grapes - Camminare Noir & Ambulo Blanc. Others...
Nemo Stalker 0-Degree Sleeping Bag Test and Review
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Nemo Stalker 0-Degree Sleeping Bag Test and Review
Cool do you sell these?
Yes right here: etsy.com/shop/TexasTikis
Pretty cool
Thanks. Those domes are awesome too!
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I've got a Jeep Cherokee sport 4.0 two-wheel drive. Am I right that you didn't have to pull the fans and loosen the radiator mounting bolts and all that crap?
Correct. That was not necessary for me. Maybe the key was renting the puller from Oreilley's to pull it? I don't have anything else to compare my experience with but FYI mine was a 2wd also. Just try it. Good luck!
Wow, I'm glad I saw your video because this other dude had taken all his fans out and the radiator and all this other crap and made it look like an all-day next day job damn !! You didn't seem to have to take any of that stuff out? All you did was went straight for the harmonic balancer. Seemed pretty cut-and-dry to me. The other video I watched of this other fellow, I wasn't understanding why he was taking so much stuff off just to get you the harmonic balancer? Thanks and again I'm glad I watched your video instead of going with this other guys video
What part of Texas you in? Zone wise.
Zone 9B on Padre Island.
Eat it !!!!
Just FYI, neither what you have as champanel or what you have a Catawba appear to actually be those varieties. The real champanel has seeds, and in the video you mentioned what you have as champanel doesn't. Also champanel pretty much never goes above 15-16 brix, and it's not uncommon for it to be lower than that. Clusters are smaller too. Your Catawba variety also appears incorrect. The leaves of what you have appear to be something vinifera, and Catawba is a labrusca hybrid. The other varieties appear correct.
After rewatching your video, I suspect what you have are champanel is actually the variety mars, and what you have as Catawba may very well be the variety chamborcin.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time Lowe's mis-labeled their plants. I'm not finding Mars to be known for having brix levels this high either though. The Champanel was a one-time purchase a few years ago. The Catawba, however, are sold at Lowe's as Catawba year after year. So if they are not, they haven't corrected it yet.
Mars isn't known for being a super high brix cultivar no, but it is usually higher than champanel. You also said what you had was seedless, and if it's seedless there are only a handful of options for seedless labrusca type grapes that are black.
Can i grow one in Indiana? Or will winter time ruin it.
Winter will kill it unless you create an indoor climate and bring it in.
@@MarkFerdinandAuthor but, after some time, don't those end up being really tall? It will get to a point it becomes too heavy, and can move it, or is there breeds or species that stay small and still give me a coconut a time or two per summer? I was in Florida on vacation about 20 years ago, and some of those palm trees looked like they were 75 feet tall.. I suppose, I could start looking up some of this info, is a palm tree the same as a coconut tree? If different, do they both give a coconut when ready?
@@drubradley8821 That would be a cool problem to have if it got that big indoors in Indiana ten or 20 years in the future. Most die outside the tropics. There are hundreds of palm species, coconut is just a unique variety that creates giant seeds. Most palms don't.
@@MarkFerdinandAuthor ahhh, I see. Thank you for answering my oddities of questions... I guess, the grocery store coconuts will have to work then... Lol . Bummer, it would be so cool having a coconut tree and a coconut bush in the back yard.. one right in the middle of my 2 rows of sweet corn... Lol but, oh well, geographical issues dictate our food.
Complaining about a stuff sack 😂
You don't climb the mountains I climb, Twinkles. Every ounce counts.
Where are you?
This piece is in Port Aransas.
Looking forward to this. I’m in HOU also and want to see if a tree could be cultivated enough to produce fruit. How’s the progress thus far?
Deader than disco! (But I'm starting a new one)
One person used a rope in the #2 cylinder piston at dead bottom center
where did you buy them? i'm looking for replacement vines for a few that didnt make it. cant find anyone in tx with cam noir
I bought them on Etsy but they no longer have them there. You can get them from Double A Vineyards. If they are out of stock then order months in advance for next year.
@@MarkFerdinandAuthor thx. AA screwed up our order and didn’t send all of our order. When we called they applied the $$ to next year :-( plus the two that didn’t make it this year. The cam noirs are 40 days old and already at about 40” and very vigorous.
That sucks. Not many shops carry them and they are getting more interest. While waiting for cuttings and the rest of your order you can start air layering when you have shoots long enough. My casual attempts at it have been successful since they are so vigorous!
Nice work bro, also how are those coral snakes you hatched doing?
Thanks! They all died. Could not find anything they would eat and we tried force-feeding them. Just too small and fragile.
Lmao…….
Hi Mark! Just have some camminare noir coming in this week and trying to make a decision on trellis design. Was planning 14” water line, 36” inch line and double line at 60” ish. I’ll have 4’ bamboo with tubes. Based on your experience where do you think the cordon line should be? No info online. Not sure if they will grow up or grow down. Tia
Oh and I’m in East texas :-)
This is my second season with most of my grapes. I am learning as I go. I can tell you that my single top wire is 5 ft. On the camminare noir I am noticing that some shoots are wanting to grow up and some sideways. Last week I added a catch wire at 30" high and I am already using it to bring shoots down and tie them to it. This variety is really growing vigorously already and I have over 20 potential clusters already forming. Hoping to update soon.
Молодец! Приятно видеть, что человек пытается что-то сделать самостоятельно.
bol'shoye spasibo
Im going to try and grow one in north centrap florida haha. Im going to try wrapping the trunk with quilts in the winter and the top with plastic.. ill see if it works haha. It. Has gotten to 19° here before, but its super rare..
They make heat wraps for plants now I think.
Congratulations! Is it possible to remove the mount without compressing the spring? What do you think? Thank you!
I think you would remove the control arm to do it without compressing the springs. More work but maybe easier.
They look awesome
Thanks man!
A+ for your camera skills 👍
Held the camera with my teeth in certain shots as i recall. thanks!
😂 Nice. What don't you do for us clueless people
helpful! dont need to remove the radiator right?
Thanks! Nope not for me.
West Texans here. Looks good I just ordered black spanish they say you can plant them year round hopefully winter is easy on us this year
Wow, I was not aware of that. My one black spanish is coming along i'd say medium compared to others. Hope I get to try some next year!
My bezel didn’t come with a template. Where did you get yours?
Mine came in the box with it.
How’s the coconut plant doing ??
Deader than disco. Vacation watering mishap maybe. :-(
You sir are a CHAMP I was about to pull the whole front end off 💀
Wow thanks! Glad it helped you not have to do that.
strong work! do you have the website where you got both the hitch and bezel
Thanks! Got them on Amazon
Great video.. I'm assuming mine is squeaking because of this, but I did also remove it and it was not chirping so I'm going for its too loose
Thanks. Mine was visibly moving out of alignment as I recall.
Dude great video that coat hanger trick is awesome.
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
I'm a Polynesian boy that just moved here to Pleasanton Texas. I was hoping that we would be able to plant some Palms maybe even get lucky with this sandy soil and plant a coconut tree, I was wondering how yours is doing?
Talofa. I posted an update a few days ago. It is alive but suffering because it didn't get enough sun or I brought it out to early. It may live we will see. They need to be brought inside in the winter.
what temp did it get too?
I don't think it got any colder that 49 during the nights it was out. Lots of wind though so wind-chill maybe.
Doing this job tomorrow thanks for the video!
Hope it goes smoothly!
@@MarkFerdinandAuthor It went great the wire around the sway bar and balancer did the trick! Thanks again
This video was very helpful, dude. I did your trick with the coat hanger to keep the pulley from turning. I was skeptical that it would hold, but it worked great. I was worried that removing the harmonic balancer would have to be done from the top, requiring me to remove the fan, the radiator, etc. This method worked good for me on a 2000 Cherokee, 4l, straight 6 with 205,000 miles.
Awesome! Glad it helped and you got it done.
Can you update on the plant?
Yes I'll do that. It is inside and doing well!
No point if you're not going off roading in a TRAILHAWK. Just sayin🤷
Don't say Just sayin. Men shouldn't say that. It is not a trailhawk and it goes off road often. It is for getting to hunting and fishing areas off road where more clearance is beneficial. That kind of offroading.
This video gives me the courage and guidance I needed to fix my problem (squeaking, followed by belt). I could not get the new belt to stay on and This should do it. I'll get back to you after next weekend when I'll have the dry weather and time to effect repairs.
Good luck but you'll figure it out! Also check the pulley.
Pasa el link para comprar las piezas
Why it worth just lifting an inch? Great tutorial!
Larger tires for looks and a tiny bit more clearance Clarence.
Thank you for the vid. I will tackle this soon. Someone mentioned instead of the hanger, put the socket on with a long extension and carefully tap the key for a crank ... Not sure if that's a good suggestion. Great vid!
Thanks. Yes people do that. I did not want to do that in case I got things backwards.
let try this DIY. now My '. 14. shes ready
Coat hangers are very helpful and very helpful video thanks.
They are! Glad it was helpful.
Where you live , what time you have in your place for growing this palm coconut ?
I have about 8 months to keep it outside. This is one year and 3 months from sprouted seed.
@@MarkFerdinandAuthor yeah i have to a coconut palm at home ‘i dont know where you live but you have to be careful when the time change you need to put it inside if it is cold in December and January
Answer this question, so the dealership issued a service bulletin on replacing the harmonic balancer, all new balancers are machines differently than the original one, don’t know why, but the dealership said you have to remove the oil slinger behind the timing chain cover, if you don’t, the pulley/harmonic balancer will not be lined up with the belt and you will eat drive belts up, and cause more damage… I’d like to know if this is true… I’ve compared my old balancer with the new one from Napa, there is a clear difference in height between mine and the new one… can anyone confirm this…
I am between XJ's so I am not up on this. Maybe someone else can say. I never had an issue with that.
Helped out thanks
Glad to hear it!
Helpful video. I didn’t have a coat hanger, so I used a ratchet strap instead and that worked!
Glad it helped! I'm running out of old-style coat hangers too.
Worked for me too! 🙌
The further the video goes, the more you sound like Heath Ledgers Joker. Great video man! Lots of great info, and moments. My favorite is, "I don't know, guess it sounds normal. " 👍
Glad you enjoyed!
Didn’t come w a template. Couldn’t find a PDF. Any help?
Thx Man.... I was trying to beat it back on with a soft blow hammer. Negative ghost rider
Coconut update?
It's doing great but I'll post an update soon!