[Ag-eq] Grapes

Susan Roe dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
Thu Apr 18 02:06:37 UTC 2013 

Hi Nella,

Our grapes are muscadine grapes.  We have three verieties, two of each three 
types.  They are native to the United States, most varieties are rather 
large, thick skins and large seeds.  Their colors can range from deep 
purple, bronze to a pale green.  Some people eat the thick peels, but most 
people just toss them away.  We use them for wine, jelly and preserves.  The 
process for all three call for the grape hulls to be used.  The wine and 
jelly process discard the hulls, but with the preserves, you slice them up 
thin and they are part of the preserves.  When we are cooking them, the 
whole house smells like the welches grape factory exploded in my kitchen!  I 
sure hope we get more grapes this year.  I want to make more jelly and 
preserves and try making a grape hull pie.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
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>
> Susan:
>
> What kind of grapes do you grow?
>
> I didn't know there were thornless black berries, I will have to look into
> those.  I don't know if they would grow here, but I'm going to find out.
>
> The fan flowers sound beautiful; I'm glad you were able to get some.
>
> Nella
> Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
>
>> Nella,
>>
>> I don't have anything in the ground yet.  We decided not to do the early
>> garden because we have had too many late snows, frost and infrequent rain 
>> so
>> far.  Although, Matt has already trimmed up the grapes in February and we
>> are seeing real good early budding.  He will probably get fertalizer on 
>> them
>> this weekend.  Matt has 5 thornless blackberries that he is going to get 
>> in
>> the ground and between now and May 10th, he will hopefully get some seeds 
>> in
>> the ground as well.  We can't put out plants until after May 10th due to
>> frost, but that can still be a gamble.
>>
>> There is a flower I have planted for the past two years that I just can't
>> get enough of them.  They are called Spanish Fans and their blooms look 
>> like
>> colorful fans spred open.  They are in bright colors and do extremely 
>> well
>> with our high humid heat.  The local family here that is now in their 
>> third
>> generation of owner/workers usually has these flowers.  Last week, Matt
>> called to see if they had certain plants and he asked about my Spanish 
>> Fans.
>> Jimmy told him he didn't think they had them this year until his daughter
>> who is about 18, piped up and told him that she knew I wanted them, so 
>> she
>> made sure she planted extra for me.  Yay!  I am going to plant them this
>> year in two half whisky barrels on either side of my bench swing.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 10:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] test
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Susan:
>> >
>> > I'm glad to hear that Dober is doing so well.  To bad he won't be able 
>> > to
>> > make
>> > all of his wonderful hound sounds.  I love the sound of a baying hound!
>> >
>> > Have you been able to plant any of your garden yet?
>> >
>> > Take care.
>> >
>> > Nella
>> >
>> > Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
>> >
>> >> Hi Jody,
>> >>
>> >> Dover can wine, do a bit of a low growl and a quieter version of what 
>> >> we
>> >> call hound talk.  He can't do the loud sort of yodel howling that a
>> >> walker
>> >> hound can do and they also can be rather vocal with wines, moans, 
>> >> huffing
>> >> and other sound vocalizations that almost seems like they are talking 
>> >> to
>> >> you.  Dover can still do some of this still along with pushing and
>> >> rubbing
>> >> his face, head, neck and shoulders up against you.
>> >>
>> >> When I'm sitting on the porch, he stands tall enough that he can just
>> >> plop
>> >> his head and neck right across my belly and he canpress his chest and
>> >> shoulders all across my knees.  You might as well give him a minute or
>> >> he'll
>> >> just stand up on his hind legs, put a paw on your arm and shoulder and
>> >> litterly be nose to nose with you.  The silly dog.
>> >>
>> >> When Dover was laid up inside, he wanted to do the same thing with 
>> >> laying
>> >> and rubbing his head and neck all over you.  The only problem with 
>> >> that
>> >> is
>> >> he had the two open drains and all of those exposed stitches.  Now I 
>> >> have
>> >> a
>> >> thing about tuching stitches, they just creep the crap out of me.  So
>> >> when
>> >> Dover insisted on this sort of attention whenever I was sitting down, 
>> >> I'd
>> >> just catch him at the chest with my sock feet and keep him at that
>> >> distance
>> >> so I could still pet and rub his head, ears, and muzzle without 
>> >> tuching
>> >> his
>> >> stitches or being covered with his drain liquids.  He unfortunately
>> >> thought
>> >> this was a fun game for me to slide him backwards with my feet on the
>> >> slick
>> >> wooden floor, so he blessed me with doing it quite frequently until I 
>> >> had
>> >> to
>> >> call for Matt to rescue me from the goofy beast.  LOL
>> >>
>> >>   We're thinking about downsizeing the garden this year because we 
>> >> have
>> >> had
>> >> two locations and with the terrible drout we had last year, we just 
>> >> about
>> >> lost everything because we couldn't irrigate because we lost power the
>> >> first
>> >> of July for 1 week.  No power ment no running water anywhere and the
>> >> generator couldn't help because the pump is hardwired into my house 
>> >> fuse
>> >> box.  We had a hard enough time bringing in water from about 10 miles
>> >> away
>> >> for us, the animals and his one row of grapes.  The grapes got enough
>> >> water
>> >> to survive, but they didn't produce any grapes and we were expecting
>> >> about
>> >> 25 gallons of grapes.  I would like to see him cut back on volume and
>> >> increase his veriety.  With him working 12 hour nights, 4 nights 
>> >> straight
>> >> and then off 4 days straight, it really messes with your awake and 
>> >> sleep
>> >> times.  To keep up with a place like this, it has to be enjoyable and 
>> >> not
>> >> a
>> >> non-ending burden.
>> >>
>> >> Susan
>> >> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Jody Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>> >> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 7:10 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] test
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Hello Susan,
>> >> >
>> >> > Oh I am so glad hat Dover is better but what a shame he will never 
>> >> > bark
>> >> > again.  Can he make any sound at all?
>> >> >
>> >> > Why do you want to shrink your garden?
>> >> >
>> >> > JODY
>> >> >
>> >> >
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