its sad to me that an offer like that would be turned down, i can't grow
squat, but if it were offerred to me i would take them and at least make
juice for later use, Lee
"gloria.p" > wrote in message
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>
> 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