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Skriven 2008-06-11 18:40:14 av Carol Shenkenberger (14855.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 8656 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Canning books
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 > >> hehe :)  Well, if they don't trim the vines back in the fall, they won't
 > >> produce as much in the fall, that could be the problem... with mine, I cu
 > 
 > > Trim them back just before fruiting time?  Humm.  I know little on grapes 
 > > the new renters back there know less.
 > 
 > The vines get cut back well after you are done picking the grapes.. when the
 > vines are dormant.. I normally do it in September, October or in January...

Ok, that makes more sense.  I'll pass it on to them to trim come about
November for our area.

How far back do you trim?

 > > Hope so!  For here it is getting hotter but my Sasebo experience with heat
 > > holding well.  Folks were bitching up a storm but i was comfy still.  Don
 > > even turned off the AC at 95F as there was a nice breeze.
 > 
 > That's something :)  Pretty muggy here for the most part, but we did get som
 > rain finally.. then just plain muggy (grin).  Relief is on the way though in
 > few days.. we should be cooling off to 70's and 80's by wed. or thurs. I thi

It's cooled down here and the AC is off.  Down to 85 and a house fan works
for that easily.  I turn the AC on at night though as i need it nice and cool
to sleep well. About 75-78 for sleeping.

 > > I let Charlotte free last night on a chat channel.  The rec.food.cooking o
 > > She had a blast and so did they, chatting with a 14YO 'eat' with a rather
 > > varied background on what constitutes 'food'.
 > 
 > I bet she has some good insights with her experiences in Japan now :)

Dunno what she chatted about other than she and they had fun!  Like here,
they dont stick to cooking too strictly but tend to come back to topic over
time.  

 > > I know this group and the chat folks are safe <g>.
 > 
 > That's good :)

Yup.  
               xxcarol
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