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Category Archives: Grapes
Recipe for Grape Jam.
A few years ago, I planted 12 different types of grapes on the farm, including many plants that I cloned. This year I’ve finally started to taste the rewards of that effort, in the form of Grape Jam. Kassy and … Continue reading
Pruning and Soldering
The last few days have been bitterly cold, but before that, our winter was fairly warm. Since it has been cold enough to put the plants into a winter slumber, I’ve been pruning them on warm days. The grape vine … Continue reading
No Room to Move !
Bareroot Apple Seedlings in My Hallway Last Thursday I finally received the fruit tree seedlings that I’ve been waiting months for. The order contained 75 apple, 25 wild plum and 25 red elderberry plants which all arrived in a single box as … Continue reading
Posted in Apples, Chickens, Grapes, Pets, Trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Apache Blackberries, Apple, Baby Parakeets, Grape Clones, Grape Vines, Trees
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Starting Early
I’ve been waiting for several months to experiment with fruit tree seeds, and the time is about right to thaw them out and give them a shot. The seeds have been stratifying in my freezer for several months, which simulates … Continue reading
Posted in Cloning / Propogating, Fruit Trees, Grapes, Seeds, Uncategorized
Tagged Cloning Grapes, peach pits
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Seasonal Pruning
January is here, and so is my que to prune the fruit trees on the farm. I have been waiting for a good cold frost to put the trees in a deep slumber, and mother nature helped a week or … Continue reading
Tis the Season for Picking
I’ve been trying to keep up with the ripening tomatoes since the first red alert cherries appeared, but somewhere along that timeline I fell pretty far behind, and my garden that used to be a sea of green has been … Continue reading
Posted in Bell, Chablis, Flexnum, Grapes, Purple Vienna, Tomatoes
Tagged Grapes, peppers, tomatoes
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More Cherries and Berries
I took a look around to see just how much rain we had gotten from a recent storm. I was very happy to see that the soil seemed satisfied for the time being, and I had no obligation to carry … Continue reading
Posted in Blueberries, Cherries and Berries, Grapes
Tagged Cerises et les baies, Τα κεράσια και τα μούρα, Вишни и ягоды, चेरी और जामुन, 櫻桃和漿果, 체리와 딸기
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It’s Begun
I’ve been waiting patiently, restraining myself from starting any seeds till the time is right, and that time is now. The season begins for me with Celery, which should be started 11 weeks before the last frost, several weeks before … Continue reading
Posted in Celery, Chard, Cloning / Propogating, Fruit Trees, Grapes
Tagged celery, chard, grafting, Grapes
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Here Comes The Work Part of Winter
I’ve been thinking about getting a jump start on the winter season by pruning my fruit trees and grape vines before it gets too cold, but Mother Nature apparently has a different plan. This morning, just as the sun was … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit Trees, Grapes, Planning
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