Great Grapes
Great Grapes

Author: Annie Proulx

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 1982-01-08

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1603424091

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Grapes are among the most desirable and best-known fruits, prized for their beauty, their succulence and varied flavors, their noble metamorphosis into wine, and their more utilitarian roles as sources of fresh juice and tasty jellies. For most growers, the triumph of harvesting fragrant clusters of dusky-bloomed grapes in rose, blue-black, amber, purple, or light red bunches is its own reward--a test of gardening skill. In Great Grapes, you'll learn all you need to know to grow superb grapes, including how to: -Choose the most suitable cultivars for your area -Choose the right site -Prepare the soil -Build trellises -Plant and train the vines -Prune for maximum yield -Propagate new vines -Control pests -Harvest the grapes at the peak of ripeness

An Unlikely Vineyard
An Unlikely Vineyard

Author: Deirdre Heekin

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1603584579

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An Unlikely Vineyard tells the evolutionary story of Deirdre Heekin’s farm from overgrown fields to a fertile, productive, and beautiful landscape that melds with its natural environment. Is it possible to capture landscape in a bottle? To express its terroir, its essence of place—geology, geography, climate, and soil—as well as the skill of the winegrower? That’s what Heekin and her chef/husband, Caleb Barber, set out to accomplish on their tiny, eight-acre hillside farm and vineyard in Vermont. But An Unlikely Vineyard involves much more. It also presents, through the example of their farming journey and winegrowing endeavors, an impressive amount of information on how to think about almost every aspect of gardening: from composting to trellising; from cider and perry making to growing old garden roses, keeping bees, and raising livestock; from pruning (or not) to dealing naturally with pests and diseases. Challenged by cold winters, wet summers, and other factors, Deirdre and Caleb set about to grow not only a vineyard, but an orchard of heirloom apples, pears, and plums, as well as gardens filled with vegetables, herbs, roses, and wildflowers destined for their own table and for the kitchen of their small restaurant. They wanted to create, or rediscover, a sense of place, and to grow food naturally using the philosophy and techniques gleaned from organic gardening, permaculture, and biodynamic farming. Accompanied throughout by lush photos, this gentle narrative will appeal to anyone who loves food, farms, and living well.

An Article about How to Grow Grapes in Minnesota
An Article about How to Grow Grapes in Minnesota

Author: Samuel B. Green

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1447484568

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This vintage text contains a detailed and easy-to-digest guide to growing grapes, with a special focus on growing in Minnesota. Complete with handy tips, invaluable information, and a plethora of detailed illustrations, this guide is perfect for the novice grower, and also contains information of much use to those with more experience. Although old, the information contained within this book is timeless, making it both a practical resource and a great addition to collections of antiquarian literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Northern Fox Grape', 'Frost Grape', 'European Wine Grape', 'Propagation', 'Layering', 'Spring Layers', 'Location of the Vineyard', 'The Best Vines', 'The Distance Between the Plants', 'Planting', 'Cultivation', 'Pruning and Training', 'Trellis', 'Third Season', et cetera. This old work is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: United States. Office of Experiment Stations

Publisher:

Published: 1900

Total Pages: 958

ISBN-13:

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The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook: 150 Home Grown Recipes from the Green Mountain State
The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook: 150 Home Grown Recipes from the Green Mountain State

Author: Tracey Medeiros

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2013-05-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 158157732X

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For farm-to-table cooking and dining like you've never seen it, Vermont is the place. Small, independent farms are the lifeblood of Vermont’s agriculture, from the sweetcorn grower to the dairy goat farmer to the cheesemaker whose locally sourced goat milk chevre becomes the heart of a new dish by a chef in Montpelier. While this farm-to-table cycle may be a phenomenon just hitting its stride in the United States, it has long been away of life in Vermont, part of the ethos that Vermonters use to define themselves. As such, Vermont exemplifies a standard of small-scale, community-minded, unadulterated agriculture that has become a national model. When Tracey Medeiros wrote Dishing Up Vermont in 2008, she wanted to showcase the chefs and restaurateurs who were dazzling taste buds with their fresh, whole-food creations. With The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook, Medeiros has traversed the Green Mountain State once again, in search of not only those celebrated chefs but the hard-working farmers who provide them with their fresh and wholesome ingredients as well. Collecting their stories and some 125 of their delicious, rustic-yet-refined, Vermont inspired recipes, Medeiros presents an irresistible gastronomic portrait of this singular state. Classics like Vermont Cheddar Soup and exciting innovations like Ramp Dumplings or Raisin Hell Pie will send you racing to your local farmers’ market in search of the ingredients. And with dishes that shout “only in Vermont,”like Wood-Fired Blueberry Pizza or Beer-Battered Fiddleheads, no matter where you are you’ll want to transform your tried-and-true menus into fresh and flavorful Vermont farm table suppers. Tracey Medeiros is a freelance food writer, food stylist, and recipe developer and tester. She writes a weekly food column for the Essex Reporter and the Colchester Sun and writes the Edible Farm column for Edible Green Mountains Magazine. Medeiros is also the author of Dishing Up Vermont. She lives in Essex Junction, VT.