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Got ya. I currently have 3 of 4 air layering experiments that are waiting for a complete dormancy in order to cut off. As far as I can tell those 3 rooted well. One was too low to the ground and (unknowingly) was getting water from the lawn sprinklers...so that molded through and fell off. I was...

Thanks Rice_Guy. I don't absolutely have to do any of the pruning now. I do have a free weekend coming up so I just wanted to make sure doing it in a week isnt too early. We have had about a week a below freezing nights so far but not consistently cold. Still gets in the 60s during the day and...

Fall update, though a little late: So I had a pretty decent harvest this year...well two harvests really. The first harvest was done in mid September. I got rushed into harvesting because birds started eating massive amount of the grapes. Much more and much earlier than they did last year. So...

A little update. This summer has just been crazy. With covid making everything a royal pain and screwing with my schedules. So I had no time to do anymore pruning or cleaning up. I did however choose 4 nice sturdy cordons and attempted the air layering technique so that I can plant some new...

So I couldn't leave it alone. Found some time and cleaned up as much as I could. Mainly just the top area. I cut out most of the lattice above and cleaned out all the dead stuff I could reach. I did very very minimal pruning of anything with growth on it and most of that was me accidentally...

KevinL & Rice_Guy. Thank you both for the help. Once winter comes I will be removing the lattice and not replacing it. I might even try to remove some of it now just so I can start cleaning. There was probably at least 2-3" of just dead stuff sitting on top when I first got it. There was no...

Kevin, Thank you for the detailed reply! You did a good job guessing where the vines are. Its pretty damn close. The one thing I didnt mention, and you cant tell from the pictures, is that there is actually lattice across the top of the pergola as well. This has mostly rotted away on the top...

Thanks for the advice Kevin. I do plan on keeping the pergola for shade. North central Washington gets very hot in the summers. The pergola needs some major re-supporting that will occur this summer/fall. Not sure if you can tell but the middle and right front posts have rotted completely off...

Long story short, I bought my current house a year ago and it came with a couple concord grape vines growing up and over a pergola. It was June, so I didn't mess with it at all. Come fall I harvested what grapes I cared to take off and made some nice grape juice. I say, cared to take off...