Lovely Sweet Grapes

I am getting tons of grapes, okay maybe not tonnes but at least 15-20 kilos of lovely red sweet grapes. Last year I might have harvested the grapes a little too early as I didn't want to loose the fruit to birds or rats and they were not as sweet as this season. As the vine was heavily laden this year, I harvested some on the first week of February, just to be on the safe side and made some jams.

This week I waited until the grapes turned a darker shade of red (almost purplish in colour) and they turned out much much sweeter. It was quite nice eating grapes except the skin seems thicker than those from the shops. If only these grapes were seedless.

The wasps appears to have a little hive among the vine. I have already been stung three times.

What a gorgeous colour...picture perfect !



Just a fraction of the grapes harvested



Mouthwatering bunch



Too much to eat at one go so most of it will be frozen in ice cream containers. The frozen grapes will be used to make yogurt ice cream and jam. It is really refreshing too to eat the frozen grapes straight from the freezer.



That's the grape vine in the middle



The tv aerial was suppose to support the vines but I left it a tad too late ! Old net curtains 'trying' to cover some of the grapes.