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OK. I'll cut it back some more this fall.

Thanks for the comments. My trellis is a cheap wooden fence I built when the plants were small, and is practically invisible now. Today the trellis is likely held up by the old growth that was not pruned away. The whole thing looks like a hedge. I'm not enthusiastic about the idea of laying...

I thought I was doing research by asking people who know more about it than I do.

I don't prune to the ground. Most of the old growth is dead and dry after winter. The branches left are ~4 feet high.

I have five Valiant grape plants , (concord style, supposedly the most hardy grapes I could have here, Alberta ) They are planted on the southeast side of my house , with an automatic watering system . The pants are 5-6 years old and seem to winter OK. They start from the ground again each...

Thanks. I'm sure the process we used resulted in some broken seeds, so I will change that this year.

I use a recipe from Winemakers Recipe Handbook C.1976, attached here For the last two years we have dried the fresh hips because we do not have enough equipment to make two batches at once, then crushed them when we were ready and followed the dried recipe, including the raisins. The...

Does anyone have any experience with wine from wild rose hips. (That's the little red buds after the flowers have gone) We have picked them late in the fall, preferably after the first frost so they are very soft and wrinkly. They can be used immediately, or dried and used later. they make a...

I have made wines from various fruits over a period of several years. Most recently I have used a white wine kit from concentrate, home grown concord type grapes and rose hips. All are drinkable, and am hoping to get some info on the rose hips to make it a bit 'gentler', if there is such a...