Concord grapes are in!

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

The Concord grapes are ripe! The first ones, anyway. If you don't know my address, send me an email.

I don't need to be home, nor can I reserve them for you. They're catch-as-catch-can.

Green or purple Concord grapes aren't good for anything. You want blue-black!

Concord grapes ripen individually, not by the bunch. Please don't take the underripe with the ripe just to save time. Consider it a meditative exercise or a treasure hunt.

Bring a box or something else stable to stand on, unless you're a basketball star. Please pick from underneath the arbor, rather than from in the garden (although if you were to pilfer some mint leaves, or a head of Egyptian walking onions to plant for yourself, I wouldn't mind.)

Comments

[dariusk.livejournal.com]

Hi! The email address listed in your LJ profile is bouncing, but I'd love to come by and relieve you of some grapes!

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

OK, that's weird. The address at which you DID reach me is the same as the one I use here. Anyway, if anyone else is trying and failing, it's

So just drop me a line there so I can reply to you privately. Sorry about the inconvenience!

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

I totally agree! This kind of thing, and the "guerrilla gardening" I see along the bike path, make this a magical place to live.

The vines were here when I moved in, gorgeous, gnarled old things that climb over the arbor and garage roof and up the neighbor's silver maple. I have no idea how old they are, but I'm thinking of taking a few cuttings to put in between them so that when they wear out, there'll be some fresher stock.

[10engines.livejournal.com]

I had fun writing a little bit on concord grapes a while back.. hope it will amuse http://kaufmann-mercantile.com/ephraim-wales-bull-and-the-concord-grape/

Cool article!

[redcolumbine.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's fascinating, and all news to me!