Backyard Concord Grape Harvest
By Mary G. Holland September 22, 2015 Wine or Juice? My five Concord grape vines recovered well enough from the
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Mary G. Holland
Artist, Designer, Writer, Teacher
Growing Wine Grapes in Zone 3
Mary Holland’s experiences organically growing northern wine grapes in pure sand in a mountainous, USDA Zone 3 climate.
Powdery Mildew Treatment
Powdery Mildew Treatment Using Biodynamic Preparations July 31, 2015 by Mary G. Holland Mid season, my biodynamic organic garden always
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Northern Wine Grapes Summer Progress
I pruned and tied up my northern wine grape vines a couple days ago. We went on a ten day
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New Grape Vine Growth Was Frost Killed
Bad news. All that lush new grape vine growth was frost killed when we had a sudden late frost
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Bleeding Grape Vines Pruned in Spring – Fixed! This is BIG!
By Mary G. Holland May 11, 2015 Quickly heal bleeding grape vines pruned in spring, saving last year’s growth I believe
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Tie Vines To A Grape Trellis
By Mary G. Holland May 9, 2015 Grape Trellis Milestone A few days ago it was time to tie up to
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Northern Wine Grape Vineyard: Part 2
By Mary G. Holland May 4, 2015 Second Vineyard: Success! (This is a continuation of the previous post on growing
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Finally, Northern Wine Grape Vines Earn Their Arbor
By Mary G. Holland April 27, 2015 Northern Wine Grape Vines: Starting a Vineyard After around ten years I finally
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