“He who’s afraid of the wild berry is only afraid to live.”
I am more than thrilled to boast that I was able to make it to my wild Concord grape vines this year. The bounty unfortunately was not quite as plentiful as last year. I was working with a very small time frame and I [...]
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Poison Grape Jam.
September 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
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Cider
October 26th, 2007 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
This month, we were lucky enough to try our hands at a favorite New England tradition, apple cider pressing.
The idea first came about when our good friends in Shelburne Falls obtained a cider press which was built years ago but apparently had been “forgotten” about. We were shocked to discover this, but later learned the [...]
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Through the mill
September 19th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
We’ve had wild Concord grapes on the mind for a good week now. While riding bikes around the city we came across a patch with literally hundreds. Unfortunately they we’re just out of arms reach. After trying to hatch a scheme to acquire these we finally moved on and decided to look for others.
Yesterday [...]
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