I love grape juice

And heck, who doesn't love to eat grapes right off the vine. Anyhow, to recap I took some cuttings from our daughter's great aunt's vines this winter and wadayaknow, one has sprouted. The unseasonably warm april has turned cold and wet on us, so this little stick has to wait indoors for another few days, taking trips to the front porch to get used to being outside. I've got the spot picked out, (actually I planned on having grapes there to begin with.

If you can look past the stunning beauty of the dilapidated cherry tree for a moment, you will see lattice instead of a fence section. Its a full 8 feet that ought to provide better air circulation than I would otherwise have against a fence. Circulation being key with grapes which are prone to various fungal infections. It gets plenty of southern exposure and a toolshed for shelter on the western side from wind, which is where the winter snow assaults us from.

Here is one of the few spots in the garden where I really think I have an ideal location. EXCEPT...the ground can and does get soggy. The last piece of this puzzle will be to mound up some soil (or maybe split a wine barrel) to keep at least part of the roots high enough to keep from getting flooded.

And I have a hyssop plant that reeeeally needs to get in the ground. I've seen few references to any compainion plants to grapes but hyssop has been on that short list, so in it goes