a few grapes

[DavidBarkey]

This is what we got off our 4 grape vines this year . They grow up and over our pergola for shade in the summer .

got about a third of them through the juicier today . Me and Jake will finish tomorrow . He love his grape juice .
Juice will get canned and stored . I am not a fan of wine , but with local apples comeing now . Maybe some Grapple cider

[Eugen]

Grape vine grown on a pergola is very traditional where I grew up, everybody had it. I would like to do the same one day. Awesome!

[JSinMO]

That’s great! How old are your vines?

I only have one that’s trying to do anything so far. This is the 2nd year for them. I’m jealous!

[DavidBarkey]

That’s great! How old are your vines?

I only have one that’s trying to do anything so far. This is the 2nd year for them. I’m jealous!D89BC115-4D3C-4EC9-922A-6012FFC452F3.jpeg

ours are about 8 years old now . 2 Concord vines and 2 Niagara . The base of the vines are over an inch in diameter now .

[FUTZ]

How do you keep Raccoons away? I never harvest any grapes, just feed Raccoons, and they thank me by excreting mucky seeds in undesirable places.

[Eugen]

@DavidBarkey does it have a story how you got it and did you multiply it yourself or what?

[Gordy]

How do you keep Raccoons away? I never harvest any grapes, just feed Raccoons, and they thank me by excreting mucky seeds in undesirable places.

Some here are trying fence and electric fence combo. I rely on traps and a Ruger 1022. The neighbors (gardeners) and local farmers have thanked me. 10 or 15 years ago we had a hug problem with mange and other diseases related to overpopulation. Not to mention gardens and fields being torn up, oh and the bird feeders trashed too.


Gordy

[DavidBarkey]

How do you keep Raccoons away? I never harvest any grapes, just feed Raccoons, and they thank me by excreting mucky seeds in undesirable places.

This year we got to them before they did . And it helps that the neighbor bagged a couple . So population took a short term dip .

[DavidBarkey]

@DavidBarkey does it have a story how you got it and did you multiply it yourself or what?

The pergola came out of a pile of ceder logs my dad gave us for getting rid of them . The vine were the idea and she picked them out . We planted them at the 4 corner post. A little fertilizer and nature done the rest .

[Harry]

David, how do you keep the birds out of them?

Keep the Peace
Harry