Now that the weather is starting to feel a little more like fall and the days are getting shorter, many gardeners should start to think about pruning and other fall gardening activities. This week I ...
A home vineyard, and in turn, a home grape farm, proves to be one of the most gratifying gardening adventures you can ever embark on, especially if you get to witness firsthand your very own grapes ...
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 ...
So in one of your weaker moments you have decided to grow some grapes. I have met many people who buy the “dream” of owning a vineyard. “Honey, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to look out over our ...
At first that’s how I thought it would feel to write about wine in Pennsylvania these past few weeks: a place and people I love, but wine? From that place? Pennsylvania ends up being fertile ground ...
Pruning grape vines is a midwinter job that keeps plants shapely, healthy and fruiting well. Climate change means that grape vines, once the preserve of large conservatories and warmer hemispheres, ...
‘Fine wine is made in the vineyard’. This is an often quote in wine industry and the best growers and vineyards are dedicated to this truth. The development and management of a vineyard is not rocket ...
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 ...
On a clip of biodynamic vineyards in Grand Isle, Vermont, farmer and winemaker Krista Scruggs is crafting wine from the soil up — in an environment once believed to reject grape-growing entirely and ...