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Billy wrote in
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In article ,
enigma wrote:
Johnny wrote in
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So, those are grapes? Excellent! Can we eat them?
of course, but i can't guarantee they'll be very good.
depending on where you are, they would be different
varieties. for example, i'm in New England, so wild grapes
here are generally Concords, good for jelly. in NY they
might be Concords or they might be fox grapes, which are
tiny & sour (i like them better than Concords). down
South, you get wild Muscat grapes.
Check that. Muscadine grapes, sorry, muscat, with their
honeysuckle flavor, are a vitis venifera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_rotundifolia
thanks Billy. i'm not a southern girl. muscadines are also
used for jelly aren't they?
i was noticing how the hops & the wild grapes along the front
stone wall are so intertwined yesterday... the grapes are
blooming now, the hops bloom in late July.
lee
As far as I know, all grapes are edible. Their sweetness atones for any
dissonance of flavor. Adding a little pectin can't hurt. It's only when
the sugar is fermented out of them, that esthetics come into play.
This used to be hops country, after it was prune country, before it
became apple country, and today wine country. Did you plant the hops or
are they volunteers and do you have a gigantic trellis for them to climb?
The grapes are flowering here as well but since they don't have petals,
one needs to invade their privacy to notice them;o)
The solstice is behind us. The days are beginning to shorten again (at
least here in the northern hemisphere). The next three months are as
good as it gets. The days are animated by the activity at the bird bath
and the feeder, the flitting of butterflies, and the reassuring drone of
the bees. Dinners are al fresco and soon a cricket's chorus will be added
to the sound of the wind chimes. Plants that I've never had the pleasure
of knowing, are appearing among others that are, by now, old friends.
Now with the hard work behind us, we can commune together. Like all
relationships, you never know how it will all work out. You can only try
to make it work and hope for the best.
I can hardly wait to see again the the dent corn in it's glory, or the
unlikely looking Zucchetta Rampicante, or the delicate trailing petunias
dangling from their lofty nests, or taste the bergamot tea, or the fresh
tomatoes, or (the holy grail) sweet corn. It feels like a Disney cartoon
with so many little friends under foot.
With so much of the world in stress, under water, or burning up, at
least here, a little soil is healthy, the bees and the butterflies can
ply their trade, and hopefully there is a little more diversity. I only
hope that I can do it well enough to encourage the next resident of this
land to continue the dream.
--
Billy
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