Saturday 18 January 2014

Labour In Vine

This is actually rather an unusual picture as you can see blue sky in it, a rare sight indeed at present in the environs of Swanvale Halt. But that's not the point. I didn't actually realise I had a vine until a friend pointed it out several years ago. On occasion since then it has even produced some palatable grapes; but in common with everything else in the garden it's gone a bit wild and straggly and needs restraint. In a book on medieval gardens I came across the idea of training vines across a frame so that in summer they form an area of shade and the grapes can be easily reached, and so this is what I'm attempting with mine. I will now wait to see whether it responds as intended, or just dies of pique.

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