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.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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