Bird Netting for Concord Grapes

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Orders can be requested for Concord grapes by emailing us directly at:  orders@ripplebrookvineyard.com

(But once the grapes are gone, they're gone!)

Our vineyard will be full of change this month and next.  This past weekend we've noticed a large population of birds beginning to spend time above our ripening Concord grapes.  Pictured above you can see our Concord clusters turning a nice shade of purple.  

We were able to borrow the 4-wheeler from our sister vineyard at The Long Shot Farm and Vineyard to run our bird netting down each side of the 12 Concord rows.  Behind the 4-wheeler we pulled a small wagon with baling wrap netting.  Toben was there to cut the net at the end of each row.  We use paperclips to secure the net to the high and low wire.  Here's to hoping we have a nice sized harvest despite the bit of bird and possibly raccoon loss we've experienced mostly on the upper rows.

Zucchini Bread

With very little effort this year, and despite a relatively dry first half of July, our garden did give us a small harvest of zucchinis.  We love to grill zucchini slices throughout the summer.  But our second favorite way to use our zucchinis is to make bread!(cake)

  Pictured above you see our 7th and 8th zucchini breads of the season along with a few smaller zucchinis that we will slice and grill up.  For our bread we use the simple recipe found in our 'Joy of Cooking' cookbook.  Comment below with your favorite zucchini bread recipe!