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Grapes ready for harvest. The majority were harvested the night before, we just gleaned the leftovers for 10-20lbs.
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Remember the individually hand-tied newspaper bundles Here? Proof that they work! (I returned three months later to discover one bunch still on the vine : D Lucky me .. life's simple pleasures.
We grow these grapes in our garden. The vines fruit prolifically and the fruit are delicious fresh and dried. The grapevines were already well established when I move to our home in 2001.
[2012-08-25]
As I was taking the previous photos, I heard someone walking toward me from the vineyard. It turned out to be the farmer.
I gestured me over into the vineyard. (The grape vines here seemed to all be made to grow straight up and then spread out after reaching about a meter high, making it quite easy to walk among them.)
He took off the one of the paper bags to show me the grapes, and even plucked one to have me taste it. All the while he was explaining about the vineyard to me. I don't know if he realized that I could not understand anything he said (he was not talking about JDE, otherwise I could have probably understood 40%), and I did my best to nod and grunt "hi" and make the "ah" and "oh" sound.
He was a very kind man, and it was a wonderful experience. I only wish I could understand and speak more.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
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Summer's end on the grapevine. Those flowers are now grapes. Good crop of Chasselas but we need more sun!