Sunday Gardening
Another beautiful Sunday, and Jellina and I did some gardening. The temperatures were near 100 F. and she was dressed for 50 F. She is aware of the sun’s damage and likes to maintain her skin nice and fair. Me, I get sunburned 3 times a week. The focus was to be on the grapes, but the pine tree branches near the grapes are a bit low in some places, so Jellina took drastic action and pruned them. In my defense, I had to clean up the branches. Notice the effort and grimace. Maybe she was imagining cutting off something else?
The grapes are coming along very well and should be ready in mid-August. Jellina prunes the branches without grapes to make the branches with grapes much sweeter. We have 3 different varieties, and they are all eating grapes, not the type you would use for wine. I am really looking forward to when they are ripe. We use a drip system to water them, so the ground away from the grapes gets very dry in the summer heat
The grapes currently are only the size of a bean in a pod, but in another month they will be 4 times this size and ready to eat. I would guess we harvest at least 10 kilos. We hope to add more grapes next year.
-Flyfisher-
Bengbeng | Fly Fisher, Guest blogger
Hey, wow, I thought it was cold when I saw her in that picture. Anyway, the grapes turn out very nice. It should be interesting I guess. Well, thanks for sharing
Really enjoy those pictures of the grapes. Later and God bless~
Since when Bengbeng start rearing ponnies and growing grapes?
it is flyfisher’s post. he is my guest blogger helping me out when i run out of ideas
thanks a million flyfisher
I love grapes! But looks like not easy to grow them. Maybe because I don’t really like gardening. Now feel like going out and buy some grapes to eat!
My favorites are grapes too. But these are sour I guess
(Obviously because I am not going to get them. Hee hee!)
I’ll trade grapes for star fruit or those little limes (they make a mean gin and tonic).
-FF
where on earth is that grapes grown?
Rogue River, Oregon, USA