gloria.p wrote:
>
> I am sitting here looking out the patio door at Concord grapes that are
> just turning purple and the raccoons haven't attacked yet.
>
> We leave Saturday for an almost month-long trip and I hadn't planned to
> do anything with the grapes except offer them to anyone who might want
> them for juice or jam. I went to the bus stop today because I knew a
> mom would be there who might want them. She thanked me profusely for
> the offer, but said their 2 yr. old vines have already produced over 40
> lb. of ripe grapes (they have quite a few varieties.)
>
> We mentioned to the other moms (8 of them) that I had Concord grapes
> ready to give away and they looked at me like I had two heads. I guess
> it's a generational thing wanting to preserve free bounty. :-(
>
> I'm going top pick them and make juice tonight, freeze the juice and
> decide what to do with it when we get back.
>
> gloria p


There are wild grape vines all over the place up here, but I've never
seen more than one or two grapes. This year there are lots of grapes.
They are a little bigger than a pea, in long loose clusters, and they
taste pretty sour.

Might be enough to be worth picking -- probably will make jelly with
them. Steam-juice them?

Bob