Melissa Dimock / refashionista<p>We hauled out my grandfather's apple wood <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/sauerkraut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sauerkraut</span></a> stomper today and it gave me all the feels about why I love using vintage/antique <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/kitchenalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchenalia</span></a> and <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/handtools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handtools</span></a>. </p><p>It's made from wood trimmed from trees on his <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/AnnapolisValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnapolisValley</span></a>, <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a> farm, and has been used for <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/krautmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krautmaking</span></a> for several decades. He passed along his knowledge of how to make kraut and, when he died, my grandmother passed along his stomper.</p><p><a href="http://melissadimock.com/home/2023/4/2/patina-and-laugh-lines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">melissadimock.com/home/2023/4/</span><span class="invisible">2/patina-and-laugh-lines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/blogger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogger</span></a> <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/thisis47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thisis47</span></a> <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/lactofermentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lactofermentation</span></a> <a href="https://oceanplayground.social/tags/theoldways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theoldways</span></a></p>