Nope, it's not a sickness, it's grapes. Wild grapes, that is.
Mustang grapes are all over my fence this year. The birds have been munching on them for a couple of weeks so my Cowboy suggested that I really needed to get out there before all was lost.
Among the grapes are lizards, spiders, a snake or two & my favorite.....wasps!!
I dawned my hunting gear (minus the shotgun), a pair of shears and some wasp spray to harvest the grapes.
Here's how much I've cut off so far. I'll be canning jelly & my Cowboy wants to dabble in some wine.....we'll have to see if that pans out.
Now I've picked all the stems off & will pour sugar over top & allow to sit over night. I'll add a little water and Pectin and pretty soon we'll have grape jelly!!
There are tons of wonderful jelly recipes on the Internet to try out, this is just one of many.
4 comments:
Hmm....when you said "let it sit overnight" I started to think "fermentation" and wine-making. I wonder if that will give it a little extra zip.
Oh I love fresh grapes and jelly making. We don't have vines here. But their is a winery nearby that sells theirs reasonably that we go to and pick they have the big muscadine grapes.
Yum Yum Rhonda. I love grape jelly right after blueberry jam. Yum. Love your hunter outfit. Enjoy the grapes.
I think I'll drop by when you have that jelly ready/
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