Recent content by pg55

This is an update for 2014. I vines are looking great. Lots of grapes this year. i will let them ripe.

Looks like China is going to be a big player in the wine industry. I for one will not buy wine from a China owned winery or wine made in China. No telling what you will get. This year I plan on growing my own garlic after reading we import about 70% of our garlic from China. I know that I can't...

I will be retiring in a couple of weeks so this is something I always wanted to do with the bees. According to state law I can have 6 hives but 2 hives should give me way more for personal use. If later I feel like I can break even with sales than I would get more hives but I think 2 would be...

I got this bright idea of taking the plunge into honey bees. I have been doing research on the internet and now I will be going to meetings to meet people that are into bee keeping. I won't start in 2014 but plan on a couple of hives in 2015. This will give me a lot of time to do some actual bee...

I have 12 blueberries, 3 muscadines, 1 young pear tree, 10 black Spanish grapes, 2 mars grapes, and 2 figs(I am having problems with them????) I just ordered 6 blackberries and 4 more muscadines.

Here is a pic of the swelling at the base of the vine. This is black Spanish and was planted 03/12. Should I be concerned?

The idea behind the rose bush is that in very large vineyards looking at a rosebush planted at the end of the rows gives them an idea of the health of the rows.

Here is the pic of the rebar tree in my back yard. It sure did grow a lot for being the first year. I do not know if that is good or bad. I plan on covering the rebar with a lightweight green fence this winter and let the vines take over the top. I hope the grapes will hang down under the fence...

Yes. Marigolds help keep some pest away. Also the roots I have been told keep some soil pest away. I plan on just cutting the tops off and leaving the roots. I grew them from seeds. Very easy and cheap to do.

I plan on spitting it 4 ways which will give it 4 feet on each double wire. I plan on cutting all that growth on the bottom which is trailing on my drip system.

what should I do? This spring I planted Black Spanish 8' apart. This is a picture I took. These vines are growing into each other and this is their first year of growth on the trellis. Do I have to keep them trimmed hard to keep in place or should I dig every other up to give more room? I let...

I had some Sevin on hand and that is what got them. I only spray when I see a problem:pee. Thanks to every one for the info.

THANKS I would have rather me used them for fish bait but I wanted to make sure i got them all.

I got two reviews so far. They loved it. One said at first when I said "lemon wine" she thought she wasn't going to like it. Now she would liike to have more. I may have to perculate another batch. Need more bottles returned.

Pic of the two trees with french margolds. Wish the grape plants were growing as good. Next year I will repeat and by then you may see some grape vines. Need another plant idea for the center.