The Grapes of Wild Jelly

Generally I would not pay any attention to the prolific wild grape vines we have here on both our properties, but this year was an exception. Last year, we really pruned down the fence grapevines, not really thinking to much of it. But, as luck would have it, wild grapes are like cultured grapes. That means this year, because they were on second year wood, we had an abudance of wild grapes. Now, I have always found these wild grapes to be very bitter and sour, though the birds love them. But this year has been an anomoly and I had a bumper crop of wild grapes I could harvest before the birds. And so I did... and will now make wild grape jelly...yum

So, I'll keep you posted, but I stripped all the grapes off the clusters, and have them ready to process this weekend in the fridge. After them, maybe some crabapple jelly, they sure look nice this year!

So much to do - more soon!