One of the reasons we moved into our current home was because it had grape vines. I've always been a wine nut and have always dreamed of growing my own grapes and making my own wine from scratch... a private "Stevens Vintage". But to be honest it didn't go very well. I worked hard and I thought I was doing everything I needed to do. ... http://www.squidoo.com/howtogrowgrapes Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:06:34 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Thu, 17 May 2007 00:46:16 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/howtogrowgrapes One of the reasons we moved into our current home was because it had grape vines. I've always been a wine nut and have always dreamed of growing my own grapes and making my own wine from scratch... a private "Stevens Vintage". But to be honest it didn't go very well. I worked hard and I thought I was doing everything I needed to do. But I was lucky if I got a few grape clusters on each vine to show for my efforts each year :( Time went on and I had pretty well given up on growing my grapes... I thought it must be my soil or the climate in the town I lived in, but then one day when I was surfing online I came across a guide that showed you how to grow grapes. I must admit it promised a lot of things and the guy who ran the site wasn't very "humble" about how great he though his methods were but the guide was suprisingly cheap and even came with a guarantee so I though I'd pick it up and give his methods a try. Well it's now 4 years later and I must say my grape vines look wonderful (emphasis on the wonder "full")... I've got more grape clusters growing now that I know what to do with... in fact I simply give a lot of my grapes away to friends and family and I've got plenty for my wine (which I plan on finally sampling this year!). I must admit that this guy's grape growing guide is the reason :) Thu, 17 May 2007 00:46:16 -0600