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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...

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?

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...

One of my grape vines was being eaten up. I got some Sevin and sprayed. About 30 of these insects drop out after the spray took effect. They are good bugs now since they are dead. What the heck are they?

It was a slow day at where I get my haircut Saturday so i had some time to talk to the women that work there. Got on the subject of wine and I pass the comment that I make homemade wine . I told them I will bring them a bottle of wine and they replied sure, a lot of people say they will bring...

Since I am small scale (only about 15 vines total), I am starting to plant stuff to "help" my grapevines. So far I am planting french marigolds around the borders and am planning on hyssop between the vines. In the fall I will sow red clover over my mulch. Any other plant that could help me.

who tries it except me. I made 2 batches of SP so far and have no problems with giving it away. In fact I have people who would ask for more. Today I got a phone call from an older gentlman who just happen to try my SP and loved it. He called me up and he wants to know how to make it. He does...

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/NewCrops/vinemanagement.pdf Looks to be good info. I will end up printing all 79 pages.

Is it better to bring one stem up to the top then split 4 ways or bring 2 stems up to the top and split 2 ways with Black Spanish? I planted my vines 10 days ago and they are starting to bud out so I guess i need to start trimming. Thanks

Since I only going to have about 15 vines this year I would like to know what type of mulch would be the best as far as not helping for the growth of fungis on the vines. I like shredded pine bark but would use something like cypress mulch if better.

If I got this right I will have to prune it down to one trunk. I plan on cutting 1,2,3 and leaving 4,5 How would you cut it.

This is my first try with muscadine. I got to pick my muscadines for the 2012 season before the birds got them. In 2011 the birds ate every one of them in less than a week. Here is it. I hope I done it right. 15# frozen berries, smashed 7.5# sugar enough water to make a good 3 gallons...

After searching the local nurseries for grape vines all I could find were Concord, Niagra and Mars. I liked Mars but wanted some other choices. I check a few online places and the Ison's nursery had what i was looking for. I ended up with Black Spanish and Blanc du Bois for wine grapes with...

I plan on buying 2 to 3 kinds of grapes to try out in my area. I can locate Blanc du Bois and Black Spanish but can't locate Victoria Red. Do you know where I can find it? Thanks

I plan on ordering an "allinonewine pump" today. I want to add a filter system setup recommend by WadeE. I would like just to use a 1 microin size filter for all whites/reds/fruit wines instead of using the 5 microns on the reds. What would I give up by using a 1 micron for all? All so how much...

I started to make skeeterpee as stated on thge skeeterpee website. I folllowed the directions 90%. I used walmart brand 100% lemonjuice, and did not have yeast energizer. I used 1 packet of red star Pasteur Champagne yeast following directions on the pack. Time line 6/20/12 pm mixture per...

a different name? I am on my second day of making some pee and want to give it a different name. So I came up with "pipi di gatto". It just sounds so sexy when the female voice in Google Translate says it:w. I had another name picked out but it may be on the edge. So what name do you call your pee?

I got this idea after looking at how I grow my trumpet vine looking like a tree. I bet some one did this before but here goes my idea. I am thinking of growing "grape trees" for landscaping purposes. I plan on taking a 20' length of 1/2 rebar, cut it in half, bend a 90 on each piece with about...

OK lots of info here. I am in the process of making my first batch of wine. I am making a blueberry wine. It has been sitting in the primary covered but not air locked for 6 days now. I keep reading about all this foam I should be seeing but all I get is a constant small bubbles and moving...