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I am using jute twine here to train my grapevines up this arbor. Now, the jute twine will decay, but by the time it does decay, the grapevine will have already grown and establish itself and take it hold of my arbor. I have another grapevine that I have put in the front of this arbor and I am going to train it up. I love using materials like jute and other naturally growing materials, because since there an organic material, it is going to compliment whatever you are doing in our garden.
Now the grapes that I am growing are grapes that are great to just to be eaten as fruit. There are different types of varieties of grapes and grapevines. And you want to make sure that you got the proper variety for the proper use. So, I could make one out of these grapes, but I am better off making jelly or jams or grape juice with this variety of grapes.
Now if I wanted to start my own mini-wine vineyard, I will have to get the different types of grapes that taste much better when they are fermented. The ones that I have picked are really good for this one. That is one of the number one mistakes that I think people can not tend to make. They tend to get plant that really can not grow in their climate. We are here in Boston and New England, and we do tend to have some pretty harsh days in the winter. So, you want to make sure that you are getting plants and vegetables and fruits that actually can grow in your climate.
Now, as I am tying—I am not tying it too tightly, I am making actually relatively loose, just to give the string, the ability of being able to also shrink, because when it gets wet, things tend to shrink. When they are wet, and they are heated by sun, they get warm, and it is gong to shrink a little bit. So, this is going to give a little bit of give and also as the grapevine grows up, it is going to need that kind of give, as well.
Whew! By the end of the summer, I am going to have the beginnings of a beautiful, great arbor trellis.
I am Patti Moreno, the garden girl. Thanks for watching.
