{"id":550,"date":"2011-11-25T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T06:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.my-grape-vine.com\/blog\/?p=550"},"modified":"2012-09-22T06:03:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T06:03:26","slug":"more-reasons-to-grow-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.my-grape-vine.com\/blog\/more-reasons-to-grow-grapes\/","title":{"rendered":"More reasons to grow grapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

More Reasons To Grow Grapes Than Just The Fruit And Wine:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the last post<\/a>, I received hundreds of emails from subscribers asking about how to grow grapes<\/strong> and answered as many as I could, but haven’t gone through half of it yet!\u00a0 Anyway, I will make some time over the weekend\u00a0to\u00a0read a couple more.<\/p>\n

One really interesting mail was from Marie, they grow grapes<\/em> in the USA and she told me about\u00a0the basket her husband made from canes they pruned off her grape vine.\u00a0 Since it’s Thanksgiving and the Christmas season is on hands, you can decorate your house with these lovely grape vine wreaths.\u00a0 Marie, thanks for sharing your pictures and the basket looks really nice.<\/p>\n

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When I did a search online for grape vine wreaths, I was shocked to see that these things sell for up to US$49 – more reasons to grow grapes<\/span>?<\/p>\n

Okay because I also grow grapes and have these thousands of canes lying around, I decided to make my own wreath.\u00a0 I was surprised to learn how easy it really is!<\/p>\n

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Here’s how I did it:<\/p>\n

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  1. Take about 8 to 10 long canes and cut them back to about 4 to 5 feet.<\/li>\n
  2. Tie the ends of the first cane together to make a circle – as big is you want the wreath to be<\/li>\n
  3. At the opposite side, tie one end of a cane to the wreath and start twisting it around the “circle”<\/li>\n
  4. When finished, tie the other end to the wreath as well.<\/li>\n
  5. Go on with this until the wreath is the size you like.<\/li>\n
  6. Start each cane at a different position – this will ensure you have an even wreath, with cane-ends in different places (with my first attempt, I didn’t do that, and had to start over again)<\/li>\n
  7. Decorate the wreath as you like – see the video below (I’ll let my wife decorate this one and post a picture on my blog)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n