Sunday
Jan172010
Gourmet Grapes fresh from the Vine
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 09:43AM 
Flavoursome, with a soft, juicy flesh, our home-grown grapes are quite different to any other grape we’ve tried. Fresh from the vine, they’re tantalisingly sweet like a lolly. We’ve even likened the very ripe grapes to tasting like the bright coloured lollies called ‘nerds’ we used to eat as kids!
Grapes are such an incredibly rewarding plant to grow – we planted our two grape vines only 16 months ago, and we’re already enjoying the fruits! We also love how they provide shade over our front deck this summer, but let the sun through in the winter as they’re deciduous and die back in the cooler months.
For more information about growing grapes see our fruit tree profile on growing grapes.
Reader Comments (4)
Like many other crops in my garden this year, the birds have discovered my grapes! The rotten sods are sitting on the netting and pecking at the ripe ones through the holes. I'm going to have to go with paper bags or similar next year I think - do you have any bird issues?
Yeah birds can be a real problem with grapes - sorry to hear they have been getting stuck into your grapes Julie! We only had a wattle bird take a bit of a nibble at our grapes a couple of times - no major problems. We reckon paper bags would be worth a go if the birds are proving a problem.
Hope you can get to enjoy some grapes for yourself next year!
Hey guys, just thought i'd drop by and have a look at the site, and i must say it is looking great! Nice job, keep it up :) xx
I'd love to grow grapes. I'm planning my fruit trees and bushes at the moment - so am finding all your information on fruit trees and garden planning very useful. Thanks.