Contrary to an earlier post about planting grapes next spring, we decided to throw in some grapes now so that they can catch the last of the summer and hopefully be off to a good start (then wine thereafter!).

That said, we got a green grape vine and a black grape vine off ebay for about a tenner each. Ebay is GREAT for buying seeds and saplings, and even trees, especially late in the season! They arrived a few days later wrapped up like an xmas tree, which was a suprise to all in our office. But they're kind of getting used to our green fingers by now.



Adam managed to get them planted up the back wall last night, so we hope it won't be long before they take over the entire fence and start dangling us some grapes of joy!

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On the grapevine...

What could be better than brewing your own booze? How about growing your own grapes and hops then brewing your own booze. Home grown and home brewed!

We've got a big metal mesh fence at the back of the plot, which faces south and gets sploshed in hours of summer sunshine. It would be ideal for some vine-like plants to climb up. Vine like plants such as grapes and hops.

Sadly, after much investigation, it seems we missed the time to plant them (early spring). So looks like we'll have to wait until next year to get them going. This means that it probably won't be 'our round' until xmas time 2011 - but it should be a very merry xmas at that!

Here's 2 articles that seemed useful: growing hops and growing grape vines