Benvenuto alla mia vigna!
Just to challenge ourselves, we planted a hardy variety of native Manitoba grapes in 2005. I was happy they survived the first winter. Last summer we had lots of growth, no signs of fruit but we enjoyed the shape and colour of the grape leaves as it wound its way up the trellis. This past winter was especially harsh and I had doubts that anything would come up. Well surprise surprise! June 4 and we have several clusters of little green grapes. Now to get my Lucille Ball outfit and a wood barrel ready for the stomping of the grapes this fall! Cheers!
3 comments:
Jonathan might be walking by then, so he can help you stomp the grapes....
Mmmmmmm grapes.... can you say wine??
Can I help you do the grape stomp?
bren
ps.. it seems that my blogger ID and PW aren't working... so I've become anonymous... sniff sniff....
love the pictures of joe and the kids... I had trouble picking out joe though.... all I saw was KIDS :-)
Umm yummy.. I remember a few years back the woman across the street gave us a huge grocery bag filled with Concorde Grpaes she grew in her back yard... YUMMY... Eddie then make the best grape juice I have ever tasted.
Alli
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