Wild Grapes

We have wild Muscadines & Scuppernongs growing along our fence line at the Country property. They have been there for a long time. We decided to build a couple of arbors to try & train them to grow where we can pick them instead of putting a ladder in the back of a pick-up truck to pick them.

We built a couple of arbors on what I hoped was 1 of each. Here's the Muscadine arbor (very basic) waiting for the vine to spread across the top.

I had grapes on it soon after.

But they just didn't ripen very fast.

Greg went to the Country House to mow in preparation for our Labor Day long weekend & harvested some that finally ripened for me.

This is the Muscadine vine which he brought some home for me to have for a snack today.

Here is the Scuppernong one that I had only hoped was the white variety & it seems to be. I will find out this weekend.

After only pulling a few vines from each wild plant, they seem to be taking hold. Cross your fingers that we will have enough to make wine in a few years!