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Make the cut just below a bud at a 45-degree angle, then another about an inch above the bud. Don't use herbicides near the grapevine.At spring planting time, the end of the cutting should be in ground while that nearest the tip should be above ground.If...

Garden containers crafted from used barrels can add a whimsical accent to landscaping around your home or serve as way to edibles in spaces where you cannot otherwise dig. With the help of another adult, cut a barrel in half using a small handsaw or jigsaw.

A co-worker told me that birds seem to be intoxicated after eating berries from his shrub. A hardy, deciduous shrub or tree, the American variety grows to 12'. I can't say much about elderberry wine as I haven't tried it, but I have used the lovely flowers...

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, and stir well. It imparts more flavor than canola oil and gives the cake a light but moist texture. Allow pears to cool in wine. Yield: 8-12 servings Ingredients Pears 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1 cup red...

He always spoke Genovese, and I barely spoke Italian, but we had a nice friendship and he rattled on with a hundred stories of which I understood perhaps three. After a few minutes chat about Mario, I asked if perhaps I could get another cutting of the...

Or jelly, soup or a salad, or even a soft drink. Put a few leaves on a grilled cheese sandwich. Yummy!! Dandelion greens can be used practically anywhere you would use spinach. For the less health conscious, just pour the bacon fat over it all.

This allows you to check the drainage, and will make sure the roots are saturated for optimum growth when first planted. They are also available from online sources.Determine if you want the planter upright or on its side and place it where it will be...

One leaf is produced at a time but they are so closely spaced and around an enormous circumference that the end result is hardly and perceptible upward growth(left) Used flower spathes.

There will be many eco tours and wine and food festivals during the month of April. The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization created by the Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape...

There are literally thousands of grape varieties available, but only a few dozen are grown to any extent with less than 20 making up the entire world's production. Most of the modern varieties of table and wine grapes are derived from one or more species...

Sherry spans the spectrum from dry, light and crisp to dark and sweet. Unlike fancy investment quality wines, for which you need to build a wine cellar, sherry should be stored upright in a cool dark place.

(Dehydrating grape halves does the job, too.) If you don't have a fruit press, put the grapes in a large enamelware or stainless steel pot, cover with water, mash, simmer and strain.

I tend to prefer the mixtures that echo the flavors of the mulled ciders of my childhood, with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and ginger as the predominant flavors. Of the mixed spices for 2 cups of epsom salts or sea salts.

Some grapevine leaves, such as those of summer grape, are deeply lobed, while fox and riverbank grapes' leaves have shallow lobes. Fox, summer and riverbank grapes are hardy in USDA zones 6 through 9, 3 through 7 and 3 through 9, respectively.

They can provide soil analysis, free and low cost publications as well as verbal knowledge regarding what wine grapes work best for your region.There are also a large number of zone 5 grape varieties for other uses.

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Lots of herbs (like) are sources of all three when they're dried and added to your soap batter. Plants can be used to provide color, fragrance and texture, all of which are very important in soap making.

They simply are served cold, without ice, so forget the mixers, blenders, maraschino cherries and long-legged glasses. You put it up in the winter when citrus is best, and enjoy it cold in the summer.

Some of my friends have these machines, and they use them to squeeze the juice out of their grapes before they make it into wine. Photo by Rick Gush I inherited old wine bottles with my new studio and office.

They are available in a wide variety of sizes, so any garden can utilize examples from this group of shrubs. In part 2 of this 3 part series, I will discuss those hardy (zone 5 and colder) shrubs whose main claim-to-fame is their red to purplish foliage.

The aroma and flavor take us right back to those misty mornings, standing by a mountain roadside on the Big Island of Hawaii, drinking in the gorgeous scenery along with the best coffee in the world.For a little additional information, hover your mouse...

While a hydrometer is great for measuring starting and finishing gravities and figuring out final alcohol content, it offers no utility for on-the-fly adaptation. A Slight Limitation As I mentioned above, you're unable to use a refractometer to measure...

When I exclaimed at finding fuzzy, yellow quince at the local apple orchard, a fellow shopper asked me what they were and what they tasted like. I poached slices in white wine and lemon.

Courtesy Judith Hausman As I wait patiently for the summer's first tomatoes, squash and peppers (can eggplant be far behind?), it's easy to forget that new potatoes are ready to harvest first.

The white berries, although not as attractive to birds, are "honey" sweet.All types make excellent pies and jams.Beware if you choose to plant a purple or red mulberry tree. Another variety produces an off-white fruit.

I've tasted earthy Berkshire Bourbon from Great Barrington, Mass., and pear eau-de-vie from Ashford, Conn., but I can stay right here in my home state to explore this trend. Like the Hudson Valley, the East End of Long Island already has a respectable...

Our family does not follow kosher dietary rules, which gives us quite a lot of latitude. I'll also pass along the Sephardic version of charoset, from the Jewish cultures of Spain and the Mediterranean.