I am already getting excited for next summer's garden. I am ready to apply the things I've been learning this year (for example, tomatillos are great producers, but they need a cage, just like tomatoes, or they fall over and break) and make new strides as well.
Next year, I will make an official "berry patch" section of the garden. It'll be complete with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, perhaps also some boysenberries and a red currant bush. I also plan to purchse a pear tree, peach tree, and some variety of apple. I am beginning to be able to visualize my yard at its completion, and it's fun. Well, along the back wall of my garden, I plan to install a grape trellis and permanent grape vines. So, I am on the hunt for excellent wine-making grapes. I want to be able to make (not tons, but a little) white and red wine. I've been looking up recipes for making herb-based wines, as well, and might attempt a lavender wine. I have SO much lavender in the yard, and I am planning to plant more when I get the garden landscaped the way I want it. All in time, yes, but each day is a little slice of time. :)
Some day, I'd love to have a real chunk of land in the mountains and be able to grow our own small vineyard and make wine from the grapes there, maybe even sell a little. Who knows.
I've also found a great website that seems to have all the supplies and information on how to make wine, as well as some delicious sounding wines that are made by this company. It's called Midwest Supplies Home Brewing and Wine Making.
I'd love to also get to know a local beekeeper and help with the work of keeping bees so I can harvest some fresh honey and bottle our own mead. Oh, this could be so much fun. Next year seems to be the year to put things away and plan for the future.
This post is primarily intended to be a reference-point so I know where to look when I am looking for my wine-making information. If it's helpful to you, then YAY!
Next year, I will make an official "berry patch" section of the garden. It'll be complete with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries, perhaps also some boysenberries and a red currant bush. I also plan to purchse a pear tree, peach tree, and some variety of apple. I am beginning to be able to visualize my yard at its completion, and it's fun. Well, along the back wall of my garden, I plan to install a grape trellis and permanent grape vines. So, I am on the hunt for excellent wine-making grapes. I want to be able to make (not tons, but a little) white and red wine. I've been looking up recipes for making herb-based wines, as well, and might attempt a lavender wine. I have SO much lavender in the yard, and I am planning to plant more when I get the garden landscaped the way I want it. All in time, yes, but each day is a little slice of time. :)
Some day, I'd love to have a real chunk of land in the mountains and be able to grow our own small vineyard and make wine from the grapes there, maybe even sell a little. Who knows.
I've also found a great website that seems to have all the supplies and information on how to make wine, as well as some delicious sounding wines that are made by this company. It's called Midwest Supplies Home Brewing and Wine Making.
I'd love to also get to know a local beekeeper and help with the work of keeping bees so I can harvest some fresh honey and bottle our own mead. Oh, this could be so much fun. Next year seems to be the year to put things away and plan for the future.
This post is primarily intended to be a reference-point so I know where to look when I am looking for my wine-making information. If it's helpful to you, then YAY!
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