Monday, August 26, 2013

Making


Razor and I picked maybe 1/4th of the grapes on the vine and ended up with 23 pounds of grapes.  That made lots of jelly and three gallons of juice for freezing.  Homemade grape juice in the dead of winter tastes divine.


-dana

17 comments:

  1. Ranch WifeAugust 26, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    That sounds amazing! Details please. I'm filing this back with my dream to one day live where grapes grow wild. :)

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  2. PegDAugust 26, 2013 at 1:12 PM

    Oh this makes me homesick for my childhood when the kitchen would be filled with jars and jars of grape jelly. Sigh.

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  3. KarAugust 26, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    Sounds absolutely delish! What a treat to have in the pantry and freezer. :)

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  4. LeilaAugust 26, 2013 at 2:10 PM

    There is nothing better than "real" grape juice! I wish I lived closer so I could mooch off your vines. ;) Today I am canning peaches - on the hottest day of the summer here, of course.

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  5. MeganAugust 26, 2013 at 2:16 PM

    We grew up with home pressed apple juice in the freezer. But grape sounds more exciting!

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  6. em's scrapbagAugust 26, 2013 at 2:38 PM

    Looks yummy so jealous. I have lots access to grapes. Used to do tons of jelly and juice each year.

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  7. JackieAugust 26, 2013 at 3:59 PM

    Fresh grape juice sounds amazing!

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  8. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.comAugust 26, 2013 at 6:43 PM

    isn't it fantastic to prepare and put up your own home grown food?

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  9. BethAugust 26, 2013 at 7:41 PM


    Your juice looks so good. My DD would drink it nonstop.

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  10. UnknownAugust 27, 2013 at 3:24 AM

    Mmmmmmm.....

    Makes me so hungry to think of it on warm waffles with melted butter waiting for the jelly to land....


    Argh....sneaking in to borrow a few jars..I'll return them...empty? :)

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  11. ClaireAugust 27, 2013 at 3:52 AM

    Ok so jelly is jam, right and I've never had grape juice - spring, summer, autumn or winter but it sounds delicious.

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  12. TrudiAugust 27, 2013 at 3:53 AM

    I need to get busy making too!

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  13. sallgoodAugust 27, 2013 at 11:29 AM

    yum.....

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  14. AliceAugust 27, 2013 at 2:30 PM

    They all look so pretty!!And yummy! We just planted grapes this year with a pretty arbor--fingers crossed for next year.

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  15. NitaAugust 27, 2013 at 3:27 PM

    Just the thought of living somewhere where one can grow and pick grapes and make their own grape jelly/jam gives me goosebumps! I will be moving to such a place this winter!!!

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  16. ToniAugust 28, 2013 at 6:47 AM

    I just love seeing full canning jars. Your grape goodies sound wonderful! I'm hoping to get quite a few grapes and berries planted around here next spring. I wish we were neighbors! You probably get that a lot, don't you?

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  17. CitricSugarSeptember 1, 2013 at 11:48 PM

    That looks sooooo good. I can't even conceive of having grapes in the backyard but then I'm just so far north.

    You take such great photos, Dana... I still have that cherry on a mini-jar as my desktop background. :-)

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