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| First-ever Chardonnay cluster |
Our four-year-old chardonnay vines (5 of them) produced one cluster of grapes. I checked them today and they are definitely not ready yet.
There was a bird firmly ensconced in the Rondo vines busily eating up the grapes we had left behind as not ripe enough. Clearly, they are ripening now.
It was a beautiful sunny day but was supposed to be cloudy and wet. I picked rosehips and cooked them with some fallen apples to make rose hip jelly tomorrow. It's flowing through the drip bag as we speak. Next week it will serve to separate the liquid from the must of grapes.
Meanwhile, I tried to pick blackberries for jam today but the berries have mostly succumbed to some fungal disease. Awful. In past years, they were amazing.
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| At least there was a beautiful Red Admiral butterfly visiting |
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