My experience is that if you do a good job of netting you won't get any
birds in the net. I have a small hobby vineyard, (about 1300' of row) and
didn't have a single dead bird this year. (As training for wife, suggest you
get a good pellet gun and murder as many birds as possible. She may fund the
nets!)
"Joel R Anderson" > wrote in message
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> I have been making wine for about 3+ years now, by using purchased grape
> juice or wild berries. I just finished bottling blackberry wine, with
> berries picked by my "dear old momma" (key Italian music in background).
I
> am in Wisconsin, but I decided to plant 6 vines in the backyard. They
have
> been in for about 3 years and I get plenty of grapes, but they never ripen
> due to the fact they get overwhelmed by birds (I literally got one
> ...1!!!.... ripe grape this year).
> I want to put netting over the vines but my wife is afraid that the birds
> will get caught in it. Anyone have any experience in vines and protecting
> them? (And yes, I know the futility of trying to grow grapes in
Wisconsin.
> But I am stubborn that way.)
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