In article >,
Becca > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
>
> > We picked some Muscadine grapes off of our vines over the weekend.
> >
> > They are ready to pick normally around the first of August. I was
> > letting the birds have them but dad wanted to juice a few.
> >
> > I saw ripe grapes the 3rd week in July this year.
> >
> > If it was not for all the rain, they'd have long been raisins by now.
>
> My mother would make muscadine jelly, so I would climb trees to pick the
> muscadines. When I was a kid, I could hang on the vines, they were so
> strong. I was also a small kid.
>
> Becca

Heh! Some of my Muscadine vines on the fence are up to 3" in diameter.
My mom used to make Muscadine Jelly too. If Jelly were something that I
ate on a regular basis any more, I might make it too.

I have considered juicing them and trying to make wine with them tho'.
They would need some added sugar.

I planted the vines for fence cover. Now they are trying to take over
the world! They have grown up into some of the back trees but I like the
way that looks.

We prune the ones on the fence every year or as needed.
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