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

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

I'd take you up on the offer if I lived near you!!!

With almost no rain this year, we didn't get any wild grapes.

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
...
>
> 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