What a wonderful grapevine, it must be spectacular in autumn and winter as well. Your video and the information you provided were also wonderful, I had no idea grapes had so many benefits and possibilities and your photography is always so beautiful.
i’m delighted. my pleasure! we are just on the verge of a massive harvest, and all the rain in early summer yielded a mad crazy growth of leaves that have kept us cool in the heat. happy growing!
This is so inspiring! I watched because I enjoyed your duck video so much, and as we removed an old and crazily overgrown vineyard but the vines keep popping up like crazy. They do grow with literally no help at all! We are in Italy, so our summers are getting ridiculously hot, and my plan is now to build trellises over the walkways, with vines and a few other climbing plants giving us shade. But I had no idea that they were so popular as an animal fodder! Even more useful than I realised. Have you ever tried making vinegar from the grapes? I don't really drink much, so have no real interest in learning to make decent wine, but vinegar seems like a great use. And I've also been pondering on syrup... I need an alternative to maple syrup due to the food miles, and I've been thinking that grapes or maybe persimmon might be an option. I've also just planted a couple of jujubes which I hear are very sweet. Thanks!
shade and fodder will be great! and fermented leaves for you. you are perfectly aligned…i am working on a vinegar film! we make more cider here than we can drink…and other booze like wine from our (not wine type) grapes. syrup is a brilliant option. i thaw the grapes we’ve frozen, draw off the liquid and cook it down as molasses or to sweeten other preserves instead of sugar. you probably have citrus but ours are tiny still…so making verjus is good too. endless possibilities!
