“The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams,” Englishman Thomas Love Peacock wrote 200 years ago. He was onto something. Grapes are wonderful for eating, juicing and ...

If you plan to grow woody plants such as fruit trees or grapevines, it is important to train them early. The first few years of growth determines the final shape and structure of a plant. I was ...

People plant grapevines in their backyards to get a rural aesthetic or for the love of wine itself, or even just for the science of it all. By Alyson Krueger Craig Lemoine had a concrete slab in his ...

Drought is a persistent problem in Nevada. With our recent extreme drought conditions, we get many calls from homeowners looking for what they can plant to conserve landscape water. Grapevines can be ...

Jim Duff grows several varieties of wine grapes in his Pendleton yard including this Malbec plant. At one time, Duff tried growing wine grapes on a commercial scale near Pendleton, but found the going ...

If you’re interested in growing grapes it can be done on a smallscale with a mere handful of vines. If this interests you, now is the time to start planting: soon, warmer weather will bring the ...

The garden grapevine is an old-fashioned plant not much favored anymore. Your grandpa used to grow it because it reminded him of boyhood on the farm. But the farm is too far removed from most ...

Grapes are popular for their sweet taste and versatility. They are consumed fresh as a healthy snack and are popular in fruit ...