Grapes

[Pop_Rivit]

We picked 2 bushels of these from our home vines this afternoon. There's probably another bushel or two that will be ready to pick in a couple weeks.

We'll save these few for casual eating and the rest of our home grapes will be turned into jam by this time tomorrow. There's nothing better on a cold winters day than home made bread topped with home made jam. We make ours sugar free and freeze it rather than can it.

We'll be harvesting grapes at the winery in a couple weeks-we should have a good harvest, and with the moist spring and (mostly) temperate summer they should be quite good. We've also contracted with local growers to provide us with additional grapes.

 

[OVERKILL]

Those look fantastic!

 

[JavierG]

Nice. One thing I love about living where I do is the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables year round. I wish I knew how to make bread though.

 

[redhat]

Looks great! One of my goals when I have a house is to keep a good sized garden going with all kinds of good vegetables.

 

[Chris142]

Too bad I can't do anything with tumblweeds. I'd be rich!

 

[OtisBlkR1]

I like your countertops.. you tomatoes and grapes look good to.

 

[Hermann]

The grapes in the Midwest should be excellent overall this year. We had a wet spring and now a very warm and dry late summer, Ideal grape growing conditions.

 

[tom slick]

Around here table grapes are in harvest and wine grape harvest is just starting.

 

[JHZR2]

Very nice - love the tomatoes too - our recent crop has been absolutely delicious.

Raspberries, grapes and figs are on my list for the next items to grow. Plus a couple more blueberry bushes so were 120% self sufficient (3 of us eat them nearly daily for breakfast).

Do the grapes have seeds? Will the plants reproduce?

 

[daves87rs]

Yum! Look good..

 

[BTLew81]

You have winery? Where is it? Big wine guy here and I am near Chicago.

 

[Mr_Incredible]

Those grapes look great!

I was unable to beat the robins to the ones I grew. Any that got even 80% ripe were quickly gobbled up. Eventually, the pruning, watering, worrying wasn't worth it. I pulled the vines out with my truck.

I think it had PP 5w30 in it at the time...

 

[pandus13]

+1 on the countertops too.
back home they would use for preserving aspirine pills .
my brother tried even some coarse salt as preserver. the jam hold out for 2 years. no it was not too salty.
auntie used to take white grapes, dried them up in the sun and have raisins over the winter.

what yeast you use for your bread?

 

[SatinSilver]

Havn't been able to enjoy any of the ripe grapes yet. All the wildlife eats them before I have a chance. I guess birds and/or deer.

My neighbor has a huge garden with all sorts of things. He's surrounded it with orange plastic construction fencing. Not only around it but on top also. Since I'm thinking the deer were jumping over the fence. Probably had racoons going under the fence I'm imagining.

 

[Whitewolf]

Oh wow.

 

[Pop_Rivit]

Originally Posted By: OtisBlkR1
I like your countertops.. you tomatoes and grapes look good to.


Thank you.
Originally Posted By: JHZR2

Do the grapes have seeds? Will the plants reproduce?


These happen to be a seedless variety. The vines could be rooted, but there are no seeds.

Originally Posted By: BTLew81
You have winery? Where is it? Big wine guy here and I am near Chicago.


I'm a partner in small local winery in Iowa.

Originally Posted By: pandus13

what yeast you use for your bread?


Normally whatever bread yeast is available at the grocery store. My wife is the baker of the family-she has a number of bread recipes that are great.

 

[ueberooo]

that looks grape!

very healthy too (super high in boron!)