Yakima County residents live in an American Viticulture Area (AVA) known for growing amazing wine grapes. But with a little work and planning, you can use some of the same principles used by wine ...
“The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams,” Englishman Thomas Love Peacock wrote 200 years ago. He was onto something. Grapes are wonderful for eating, juicing and ...
The woody, climbing vines are planted in large, deep holes about six to eight feet apart in rows that are eight feet apart, although you also could plant one long row. Each vine needs to be staked on ...
People plant grapevines in their backyards to get a rural aesthetic or for the love of wine itself, or even just for the science of it all. By Alyson Krueger Craig Lemoine had a concrete slab in his ...
I grew up with muscadine grapes. I liked them as a kid and still enjoy them today. In my opinion, they are a southern late summer and fall treat. Not everyone shares in my fondness for this native ...
Watch a complete time-lapse journey of growing a grape vine from seed, starting with extracting grape seeds and using stratification to successfully germinate them. Follow each stage in detail, from ...
Gardening experts share the easiest way to tell if your soil is ready for spring planting and offer a few plants worth sowing ...
Q: I am an amateur gardener who is trying to grow grapes. I planted two vines. One was flourishing and the other was not looking as good. Now they both look nearly dead. It doesn’t help that I had to ...
Grapes are a fun and healthy snack and can grow well in Iowa. Experts have recommendations about which grape varieties to grow and offer best practices for harvesting and producing. They're ...