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Woot! It's all filling out Mike! Looking good Bring on the cobbler 😂

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Cobbler is on it's way!

@karenlatham4053

4 жыл бұрын

Mmm cobbler! 🤩

New to Mike Kincaid …. I’m hooked … such enthusiasm, down to earth and really engaging. Looking forward to learning so much more from a ‘hands on’ guy who clearly loves life and growing such a huge variety of plants and produce. Quite brilliant. Thank you

@MikeKincaid79

2 жыл бұрын

Really happy to have you here Tim. Enjoy the videos and start experimenting.

would like to see you propagate blueberries-have been trying for years with no success

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll work on it!

Yes, please give us the recipe and a video for Leon's Peach Cobbler!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Gonna have to happen!

@tombryant4518

3 жыл бұрын

Any update on the recipe?

Can't wait to be able to watch it in more detail when I'm not at work

I love our orchard! It's finally becoming what we visioned years ago. Great video!!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

It sure is, can't wait to try some of that strawberry jam you made!

Lovely!

I love your grapes! So cool!

dam love that rose thats another one on the list too get lol, cant wait too see u fully plant up and enclose that area be a nice place too relax and a vote for the cobbler also send some sun Scotland needs some more lol

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll send some sun if you send a little rain, lol. Cobbler video on the way!

Beautiful garden and a definite yes on the cobbler.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and cobbler is on the way.

You have everything that I want, can’t have breakfast without them! Awesome, including the background ‘music’!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Necy!

I'll have to look into your channel and see how you propagate these things. Nice planting looks good. Can't wait for your cooking video and the blueberry cobbler.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it'll be coming soon.

Love to see a video on the birds and rodents that roam your garden and how you control them (or not control them)

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

We have hundreds of birds around here that tear up the mulch in my rhododendron beds looking for worms. We've got moles, voles, and rabbits that tear up the lawn and chew on my vegetables and strawberries. Despite all of that, I love it all. We take the good with the bad and plant so much that there's more than enough to share. When picking our pickling cucumbers the other day, it seemed like every third or fourth cucumber had a bite out of it and had to be discarded, but my wife still managed to put up 21 quarts of pickles over the past few days.

Yes, yes, yes, blueberry cobbler recipe, PLEASE!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

Hi Mike, Wow, Those fruit are amazing, looking forward to your recipe.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll make it happen for you.

Yes I need your peach cobbler recipe! I am trying your rose cutting on the roses that are around my daughters new house. It was an old school house from the 1800’s and has a bunch of June roses, pink, yellow, and white. Simple to multiple petals. Nasty thorns. I hope some make it. Looks good at two weeks.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the recipe video will have to happen!

Thanks for the tour. Looking forward to getting that Leon’s peach cobbler recipe!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

Yay, a cobbler recipe! That sounds awesome, and the simpler, the better (or so the saying goes)! It is always fun when your daughters and Shellie are included in your videos. I don't like complicated recipes, the ones that use a bunch of odd ingredients (that I never have in the house) and take hours to prepare. Mike, your fruit orchard is really taking off! ~Margie

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

It sure is. We just went out today and picked a bunch of strawberries and blueberries. This recipe is simple, uses ingredients that everyone has, and I know you'll love it!

@greenthumbelina7331

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 My mouth is watering already!

Peach cobbler yum

Mike, I’ve learned so much from you. I’m in 6b Pennsylvania. You make me laugh and enjoy your Vlog. Keep them coming.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Marie, glad you enjoy them!

Beautiful blueberry n grape....😃

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we love how this orchard is turning out.

Love the colour of pink that rose is! Of course we want to see and have the cobbler recipe.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Coming right up!

I have a Duke, Toro, and Legacy, looking forward to them becoming established.

Let’s see the recipe Mike! I love cobbler. Yum 😋

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Coming right up!

Definitely want to see Leon's peach cobbler! I made a multi berry cobbler for Father's Day ....... It was very good! My family LOVES cobblers!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

We love it too! I'll have to do the video, it's a simple recipe.

Great video Mike, thank you from Epsom, Surrey! 🇬🇧 Yes I would like to see the cobbler video! We tend to make apple 'crumbles' here so be interesting to attempt a cobbler 👍

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I love apple crumbles (if it's what I'm thinking in my mind and I'm sure it is). I'll do the video for ya sometime soon. My daughters would love to get in on that one.

My 22 Legacy and Brighton blueberries are still putting on in Mid-Missouri. I just got them as liners this spring and they're still in the pots I transplanted them in! They're on my back deck. I rest and forage while enjoying my yard! 💙

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to look into those blueberry varieties thanks!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan, Heidi!

@wordvendor1

4 жыл бұрын

Oops, Brightwell blueberry! Not Brighton!

I’d love to learn to make Leon’s Peach Cobbler!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll get a video going soon!

Looks great Mike! Like the bewitched rose too! Henry crowed...great stuff!😉🤣 Hugs! 🤗💜

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Just for you!

@camicri4263

4 жыл бұрын

Of course, Mike! Missed it! 🤣🤣🤣 as long is not in my yard.

The blue razz are my favorite so far. Slightly bitter with the sweetness of the blueberry. Also growing here in western Washington north of Seattle.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, James, I'll check them out.

Yes the cobbler video would be nice. I can compare recipes.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I love cobbler and this recipe is a simple one. I'm always looking for new good recipes. I'll have to make the video!

Would love to see a grape propagation video or a propagation bourganvillea video as you always have such amazing results!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll keep it in mind, thanks!

Wowwww😋😋😋no skip😉

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for your support!

Love blueberries and would love to see a video of you making Leon's cobbler. Thanks.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll be sure to do it!

Hi Mike, Love your videos. Very engaging, informative, clearly explained. Kudos! im subcribing for more great content. thank you. Much the best,

Blueberries one of my favorite fruits..

@cpnotill9264

4 жыл бұрын

Mine too and maybe a tie with raspberries (Joan J variety). Duke variety is our favorite blueberry!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I really wish my Duke would perform a little better but it's been like 4 years and still not doing much of anything. Maybe I'll try transplanting it somewhere else. What part of the country or world do you live in?

@cpnotill9264

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 Northeast, upstate NY zone 5b 😊🌱

Yes post that coppler right after the green house video thank you

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I really need to get that one done, don't I.

I am hoping to see a video on propagating kiwi vines in the future. Love your garden, how do you keep the birds from eating your blueberries, i didn't see any netting over them. Would love the cobbler recipe too

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure why the birds leave them alone but I've never had a problem with them. Here's the cobbler recipe: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpmiqsF-dMa8iZc.html

I'm in WA too. Toro is a pretty good variety. A blueberry farm near me grows it. I've got 10 varieties (one of each) in my yard and chandler is my biggest berry and last year was by far the most productive. I got 7.5 lbs off the one bush last year. 5 lbs so far this year but it's still producing. Briggitta and Blueray are also pretty good performers. Never heard of coville. I have duke too and it's about average and is an older bush.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome! I think Duke may just need colder climate because I hear it grows well in New Jersey. Thanks for the confirmation about your Duke blueberry. I may just pull mine out and replace with a Toro.

The Duke blueberries do great in Michigan I've got several of them that all produce loads of quarter sized berries every year.

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. I think the one I bought was just a dud, haha. I just had my wife pick up a new Duke blueberry this morning while she was at the nursery so we'll give it another shot. I have high expectations for this one.

Decades ago in the 80s...I choked on my bite of squash casserole when you said that! 😂😂😂

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, time flys

Hey Mike it's me Glenda and I really have to tell you that I have gotten the bug, the Big Bug! Everywhere I go, I see beautiful plants that I would love to have one of. Went to get some test run this morning and I saw a gorgeous spearhead plant that was approx. 5 ft. Around and draping 3 ft. I had to ask for a tiny little piece 😍😊 the plant belonged to the director and he said sure take as much as you want. I took just enough to get me started and he hugged me and said, take care of my baby. I love my plants and I also wet my plants.... Hahaha 😂PS usually I am allowed to get a cutting or a start of whatever I ask for. I'm loving this 🤣🙃😂

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

That's so awesome to hear, Glenda! Glad you're having fun with it and that's really cool that the nursery owner let you take cuttings.

Amazing garden. I would love it if you would share the cobbler recipe!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of votes for the cobbler. I think it's going to have to happen. Thanks!

definitely want that cobbler recipe!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I better get the mixing bowl out!

Hey, I'm in Tacoma. Polaris did real well for me last year. Pink Popcorn tastes wonderfull.

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for your experience with Polaris. I don't have that one but the Pink Popcorn is a great variety here.

Cool video 😎

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

Toro blueberry is one of my favorites also!!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

It's an awesome variety in this area. Glad I found it!

I absolutely love blueberries and no way you're old enough to remember a time before computers, Mike! :-D I like blueberry cake and blueberry zucchini bread.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I'm still a pup but an old pup at 41. Computers weren't a thing for me in school until I got to highschool and then they were still just in the beginning. I graduated in 97 and our family still didn't have a computer. I was 22 before my Dad and I pitched in together and bought our first computer.

@johnlogan1022

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't encounter computers until college in the early and mid 80s. Got my first home PC in 1994. Can't believe how much technology has evolved since then. Kids these days are learning how to use computers before they can even read. Compared to me, you are a pup! :-D

Loved the roses! Make more roses videos pls.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Working on it!

My favorite blueberry cultivars are Darrow, Chandler, Spartan, and Misty. You should definitely try Darrow and Spartan. Darrow is my absolute favorite! Anyway, my father was a machinist too! I was also in the Navy and stationed in Italy! I love wine though.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like we've got some things in common, Frank. Being stationed in Aviano, Italy for 6 months was definitely at the top of my list of great life experiences. I do have Darrow but it hasn't produced a lot yet. I'm finding that blueberries respond in different ways based on the climate. Are you in a colder climate? I'll work on the wine part, haha.

@amourdeparis

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 Yes, we do! Not to mention our love of gardening. I was in Gaeta for 2 years. I'm in Olympia and all my Darrows are doing wonderfully. They're a late variety and now they're just beginning to ripen. I love the taste, size, and leaves of Darrow. I find that they like an eastern location and moist soil. From my understanding, they are a southern highbush variety. I would recommend Pinot Grigio for white wine and Pinot Noir red wine. Beaujolais is also a great red wine. That's my favorite.

No such thing as too much coffee! ☕ The grapes look amazing!! Yes!!! Please make a 🍑 cobbler video!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Coming right up!

My children love berries and especially blueberries, strawberries, raspberries

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than growing your own berries.

yes.....let’s make cobbler!!!!!!!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds good!!!

I would love to see Leon's cobbler recipe and more propagation videos.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Your wish is my command

@Kacey90

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 Yay! I'll keep my eye out for it! Also, maybe the laws on propagating certain varieties of plants?

That looks good. you still need to do a video on your grafted apple trees .I just would like to see them. how big they got and if they made apple yet ..thanks I love watching your videos

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Justin, unfortunately I haven't done anything with the apple trees I grafted since that video. They're still in the 1 gallon pots and basically just sitting in a state of suspended animation, lol. I need to either get them up potted or plant them in the ground but haven't figured out where I want to do that yet.

@justinmarick382

4 жыл бұрын

O I grafted 5 apples this spring for the first time ther about 6 feet tall now 👍the wind got one of them and broke my grafted but they are doing good thanks

Yes make a blueberry cobbler.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan, Linda!

☺ I have blueberries too my favorite. Also Im living in zone rural where is a thousands birds and I have a grenhouse made with glass and some windows are broken well some types of birds ate my blueberries and left me only the half plant. Lol Grapes need prune to have fullest and sweet grapes.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I think I'm going to have to prune my grapes next year.

@barbaracarreon9758

4 жыл бұрын

I have 12 grapes vines- bunches lol yep My favorite is Niagara the leaf is so pretty color and Eastern Concord are sweet too. .Your grapes looking Gorgeous too one more for my collection ☺

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I may have to look into those varieties, thanks!

Thanks Mike! I have a few Chandler and they are the best producing, big berries! Midwest Zone 6A. Question: What is the success rate of propagating blueberry by layering? So far my softwood cuttings are not looking very promising.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Blueberries will root very well by layering. If you're struggling with cuttings then do the layering for sure!

I've propagated my grapes every year with pretty much 100% success rate. It doesn't matter if it's green growth or old wood, usually around early summer when I'm trimming off new growth and I give away the baby plants. Maybe it's because of the variety (purple valiant)??? I'm curious as to how other varieties fair . Also that's a yes on the cobbler recipe 😁 you gonna demonstrate the baking too?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, we'll do it all, the baking and the eating!

@icecap9056

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 love it! Looking forward to it. 🙌

Def want see that cobbler! Got 2 questions. 1) Do you cut back your bluberries or is that their natural size and 2) can you propagate and sell plants that have names, do they have TM or CW?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Cobbler coming right up! I pruned the blueberries once but otherwise, that's just the size they've reached since we planted them about 3 years ago. They were originally in 1 gallon containers. They will eventually get really big if left unchecked. You can propagate and sell plants with names as long as they're not trademarked or copyrighted. They're all different so you'd have to look each one up.

Mike, i'm having so much problem with my blueberries, would you please make a series on that? Propagation and care!

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Coming right up!

@josauce3566

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 realllyy?? Omg! I'm so excited!! Can't wait!! Thank you!

I would love to see you propagate the blueberries. I would like to know when, I have a few plants I need to propigate; Chandler and Pink lemonade. Thanks.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

You can take them through the summer but the earlier the better.

@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 I think I will be doing that this week! Thanks.

I would like to see you make the peach cobbler.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

We'll make it happen, Lanell!

@lanellmclemore7491

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

I "stuck" three varieties of grapes this winter...Zone 4b grapes. Just waiting to see if they take this summer.

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Grapes are so cool and such a beautiful screen when grown on a fence.

Need help pruning my grapes. I'd love to have you teach us how.

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

I just pruned mine this past winter. I guess I should have filmed it. Maybe in a couple years.

Awesome garden brother, I'm just starting out but I'm way down south, what was your rate? I was MA3.

@MikeKincaid79

11 ай бұрын

AMS2

Hello Mike, I have 2 blueberrys that were given to me by a friend. I would like to share with another friend . My question is if I dig up the suckers that have sprouted from my plants will they be true to the mother plant ?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they should be true to the mother plant. I don't know of any grafted blueberries. They grow well on their own roots.

Do you prune your 🍇 or have you done one great video thanks for your time 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't pruned them yet since planting. It's getting to be about time though so I'm thinking this winter I'll prune them.

I have a blue berry bush that I have to use a ladder to pick can I prune it back ???

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, but wait until winter. If you prune it back, it will grow more vigorously and produce huge quantities. The first year it may send out a lot of green vegetative growth and then produce fruit the following year.

looks like you are going to need to make a lot of grape jelly and raisins to save them all.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I'm gong to have to figure out something to do with them.

what is the base I use to start my blueberry cuttings in

@MikeKincaid79

2 жыл бұрын

Here's a video I did about rooting medium: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4CMqtttcZeTqM4.html

i’m the one who ask about grapes and rhododendron I live in Portland Or Thanks

Blueberry propagation video time! Is that a magnesium deficiency or pH issue with the Chandler plant?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's an iron/nitrogen deficiency. I have never fertilized these blueberry plants and the manure and woodchips may not be breaking down fast enough for some of them. I may fertilize next year.

@RWSBrowning

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 I would suggest foliar feeding with kelp and a bit of magnesium to help the strengthen plants that need a boost.

Please do the cobbler video.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

You got it, Aliza!

I'd sure like to get some cuttings from your grapes lol

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'll ship some out in the winter.

@dukebaggerly7820

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 That will work, By the way Cobbler sounds good

What kind of sand do you use for blueberry clippings?

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Any sand that drains well

@elizabethmeng3510

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. So play sand will work? Should I add anything else.? Your videos are great.

Mike I have also grape vine but ,it doesn't gives any fruit or flower,.other hand it's more bushy than other plant .what can I do for it ?.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Make sure it's got plenty of sun, and the nutrients it need to flower like phosphorous. You can add bone meal to the soil to help.

@Unseen883

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

Hi. I live in Michigan, what do you think is the best blueberry that I should plant? And when is the best time to plant blueberry? Thanks.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Hard to say. Your area gets much colder than mine so different varieties might do better there. I'm fairly certain that Duke is a great variety for cold weather. I'd start with that one.

@elmormonteiro5780

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Kincaid thanks.

I think I will try blueberries in a pot when I can actually buy acidic soil for them

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people grow them in pots and seem to do well with them.

I live in Keystone Heights, Fl., northern part. I need to know what kinds of blueberry bushes I can grow.? I have rabbit something....forgot name.

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

I'd have to dig into this one. I'm not as familiar with the specific plants that grow well in your area. We're on exact opposite ends of the country.

Mike? Many years ago I tough you had a grapes like Sweet Sapphire grapes ..Wanted ask where you buy it.... Is hard to buy the plant, only sells seeds but I don't know how to germinate those is really a challenge maybe you are interested to figure out and want to have a another project in youtube and share lol .-BC

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea, I appreciate them. No sweet sapphire grapes here but I'm always open to suggestions.

Whats IS your top 3 Chandler & toro and the Fird ?

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure, I'd have to think about it. I'll watch them closely this summer and try to remember to give you a third variety.

Do you keep grass cuttings under your blueberry bushes all year and why?

@MikeKincaid79

2 жыл бұрын

We mulch with grass clippings to keep the weeds down and build the soil.

Bought blueberry bush this year. Suppose to be self pollinating. Nothing this year. What could be wrong?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

There are several things that could be going on but I'd also want a second bush for pollination regardless. Bartlett pear's are self pollinating as well but you'll get way more production if it has a cross pollinator nearby.

I want a garden tour

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I've got multiple garden videos on the channel. Just search for them with my name and you should find them.

Can you propograte blue berries?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, as softwood and hardwood cuttings.

Hello from Honduras are those table grape varieties or wine grapes variety

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Table grapes

@dwightmann6297

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Try starting air layers on the grapes now. Should be easy.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like fun. I need to get a bunch of those air layer pods I keep seeing all over Facebook.

@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 black one gallon pots cut in half with a hole in the bottom will work.

@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 I also have a couple of those pods on the way.

I like sweet wine too. I don't like dry wine....

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Two peas in a pod

@camicri4263

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely !

I'm struggling with my blueberries 😩 I love them but they don't love me, lol

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

The roots need to stay moist during the summer and they prefer acid soils so a good rhododendron fertilizer will work well.

👏👊👍🇧🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧

Mike, are you interested in some HWC of Siberian Pea Shurbs? They make excellent privacy hedges and are easy to propagate. Fast growers. I can send you 50 HWC (that's how many I can get in a Priority Small Box). It's $8.45 for shipping if you are interested. I just love my SPS and so do the birds!

@MikeKincaid79

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, cool plant, I had never heard of them before now. Thanks for the offer but I've got so many projects right now that I can hardly keep up as it is. I may come back to this when things slow down though. Thanks!

Hi Mike can i buy your red grape planting material..

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to get some cuttings rooted but it will be next winter.

How do you keep birds and squirrels off your berries

@MikeKincaid79

2 жыл бұрын

I use the "shock and awe" method. I grow so many fruits and berries that they couldn't possibly eat them all, lol. Seriously though, I just never seem to have a problem with squirrels, as they seem to look for seeds and nuts. The birds are occasionally a problem but not too much. The biggest problem I've had are deer but I build a fence around the orchard and that solved that problem. The only other problems I've had are ants early on in the season and hornets later in the season. Again, there are so many things growing here that there's more than enough to go around so I don't really worry about it much.

@thomascrompton7775

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 I killed 20 plus squirrels here I'm my yard this hunting season they just keep coming. Apple trees, strawberries, blueberries they destroy them.

Have you ever trained a grape vine into a tree?

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

No, but it sounds like a fun project.

It’s too bad Toro, Chandler, and Covell won’t do well in zone 10b. They all look quite nice.

@MikeKincaid79

3 ай бұрын

I didn't know blueberries would grow in such a warm climate. What varieties are you growing there?

@c17360

3 ай бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 , hi Mike, I have mostly Southern Highbush and three rabbiteye plants. I’m in Southern California.

I want the recipe!!!!

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Coming right up!

being from italian descent, the odd thing is i do not like red or white wine, and your right grappa is better. in the fall gramps got giant whiskey barrels and burnt the insides to get the alcohol out of the wood and cleaned them well. we went to the railroad market and got 40 crares of grapes. from outside we passed the crates through the basement window where the hand-cranked crusher was smashing stems and grapes. we'd pail the grapes into the barrels in the wine cellar where the fermentation happened. gramps had a fig stick that looked like a hand. we called it the purple hand and we were told never to touch it which became the horror of the cellar. if ya go into the wine cellar the purple hand comes alive and attacks ya. striking fear into all the grandkids. the wine doubled in the barrels and the wooden press was prepared. gramps constantly testing the flavor and smell of the grape, he knew just when to start the process. we'd be there to turn the wheel and smash all that juice out from the husks and it would dribble into buckets and pour into the new barrels and some into giant glass jars. as long as gramps was around the purple hand stood stiff on a special place he made for it on the wall. once the barrels where full he'd cork the barrel with cloth and wax and of course the cork itself. he turned the barrel's sides up and waxed the joints and turn down the barrel and waxed the other side. they weren't gonna leak for him no how. in stages, he would roll the barrel's side to side. by Christmas the wine was ready and he'd tap the barrels and out came the dark blood-red zinfandel right into the bottles and used the hand corking machine to close the bottles. the wine in the glass jars went oublic and that was vinegar with lots of mother at the bottom. gramps always had purple lips and drank a beer bottle full every night. sometimes he'd put a stalk of anise part into the bottle and or it from bottle to mouth in the air. all the wood that was saved and use was for a bonfire in the yard and the ashes spread across the field. those were the days. carmine p. ps: sometimes we threw someone in the cellar with the lights out and they'd scream " the purple hand ". -- have a good one.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, "The purple hand"! Great story. Was that in the US or Italy?

@carminepetracca7518

4 жыл бұрын

that was in the u.s.a mike. he lived in north n.j. he was an immigrant from italia.

Grapa is a distilled wine.

@MikeKincaid79

4 жыл бұрын

It sure is good stuff

@sandieweatherup

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeKincaid79 Average wine alcohol content is 11-13% Grappa is 35 to 60%! (70-120 proof!) 🤣 It's liquor made from what's left after they squeeze the grapes.