On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:43:28 -0000, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"martin" wrote in message
.. .
Bob Flowerdew says he now advocates growing vines in big containers
and keeping them inside in summer and outside in winter. Yes that
way round. I forget the reasoning but have heard him say it more than
once on GQT. It is probably in one of his books somewhere.

Our vines grow in the garden without any protection.

You get better weather there than we do in Scotland

but not as good as in Chateau Neuf du Pape. Perhaps why our little
vineyard is not famous?

Despite which we do get very low temperatures occasionally. The ground
was frozen here from tDecember to March in 1978-1979. My vine was
living in an exposed third floor balcony wooden home made flower box.
It survived without a problem.
--
Martin