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Oct. of last year I pressed some apples and peaches from our trees in the backyard, enough to fill up two carboys. I did the camden tablet and added some yeast. Nov. last year I transferred to new carboy and they have been sitting in the basement ever since. I pulled them both out this weekend...

I picked a whole bunch of peaches off our tree over the weekend and pitted and quartered them. I then built a press for them and juiced the peaches. I ended up with just under 3 gallons of juice. I transferred into a 3 gallon carboy and added 3 campden tablets to the juice. I crushed the tablets...

2 weeks ago today I planted 8 vines I received from Double a vineyards website. How long before I start to see growth, or something green peeking out. Should I be worried?

I finally got a few vines in the ground over the weekend. That was a lot more work than I had envisioned. Now its a wait and see process. I keep telling myself "4 more years".

Out here in my neck of the high desert, the gound I will be planting in is a combo of rock and clay with a little road base mixed in. Would I benefit by tilling the ground and removing the majority of the rock, which is the main ingredient in my dirt, and adding some compost, top soil, and sand...

I ordered my vines today and they will be here towards the end of April. Do you build the trelis before you plant the vines or wait until they are planted. I was going to use 4x4 pressure treated post and cement them in the ground. Can I plant all 4 vines on one stretch or do I need to add...

I have narrowed it down to a 2 varieties of grapes they are Edelweiss and Traminette variety. I live in SLC UTAH and had questions about the heat for these grapes. Everything I see concerns the cold but what about the 3 months every summer were the temp is in the mid to upper 90's with little or...

Hi, I live in Salt Lake City Utah and with a little help I plan on planting my grape vines this year. I hope to be an informened poster and contibuter in the near future, until then I am going to be like a three year old with more questions than answers.