http://bridgetonmill.com The Bridgeton Mill Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have tried to get Purple Corn several times in the past.  Finally, I found a supplier that handled it.  It is so dark it looks like coffee beans.  Why is corn different colors?  The more vitamins in a grain the darker and more colorful it becomes.  This is the ... http://bridgetonmill.com/748/ Time to dig out the Ole Mill Truck.  Maple Syrup Fest. is coming.  Feb. 27 - 28 and March 6 - 7.  I like to deliver the mill products to the festival with the mill truck.  Ethan (age 10 - grandson) is sick and spending the day with me at ... http://bridgetonmill.com/744/ When I first built the big gate ... I bought a 2 ton hoist to operate it.  The gate only weighs around 550 #s.  However, when the head race is full of water there is a lot of hydraulic pressure on the gate.  So, I used the big hoist and ... http://bridgetonmill.com/repair-for-gate/ The mill is closed for the winter ... we still do mail order.  And, we are doing a farmer's market in Indianapolis on Saturdays.  Yes, it is indoors.  Today, Sunday - 27th of Dec......  We went sledding with the grand kids.  On this run I told Karen I was going ... http://bridgetonmill.com/winter-fun/ Here is Chris (Our oldest son) helping me with the work.  I am pushing the broken concrete and rocks away from the fallen wall.  I'm also trying to direct the water away from the work area. The water came back up the next day so we had to stop.  We got ... http://bridgetonmill.com/728/ Here I am with the jack hammer again.  Maybe I should have bought one years ago.  The water in the creek went down so I diverted it away from the concrete wall I found lying in the creek and started hammering on it. http://bridgetonmill.com/725/ As the water washes out more dirt I see more and more of the bedrock and ....... stuff.  I am looking for a channel.  Hansel (Former owner of the mill (1938 - 41) blasted out a channel with dynamite  so he could get more horsepower.  I know where it should ... http://bridgetonmill.com/new-discovery/ Someone kicked a few boards off the covered bridge so they could grab the Christmas wreath.  It was 8 ft. tall.  Since we have restored the mill dam and mill pond the only way to get to the wreath was from the inside.  Fortunately the boards didn't fall into the ... http://bridgetonmill.com/bridsge-vandelized/ Larry and Pete stopped by to give rides to folks.  Well ... they didn't give them away!  Covered Bridge Christmas was very good this year (last weekend of Nov and the first weekend of Dec.) ... lots of folks came to stock up on Bridgeton Mill's fresh stone ground products.  ... http://bridgetonmill.com/christmas-at-the-mill/ This is a photo taken by the Indianapolis News just after we bought the place.  The only time there was water on the south side of the creek was during a flood.  This brought in lots of dirt, mud, sand ...etc.  The south side silted in and there was grass, ... http://bridgetonmill.com/before/