Mrs Fiddlesticks
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grown your own wine!!Just got my December copy of Kitchen Garden mag and there's an article all about setting up your own mini vineyard on the old plot!! Looks very interesting! 
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Sarah D
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In the spring, I hope to set up the hexagonal greenhouse as a vine house; I only have one at the moment, and it's outside. Lost the label................but I know it's an unusual one.Would like to grow enough to provide for some of the wine, though. I like a challenge......................
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mrutty
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Strangly, my father has a couple of vines on a limestone wall and makes a dozen bottle of wine every year. I'll see if I can get some cuttings.
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Treacodactyl
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If you only grow a few outdoor vines make sure they get netted if you have a bird problem, or indeed a fox problem as most of mine got pinched this year. 
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ziggy searchfield
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Are you saying foxes will have it away with your grapes Treacodactyl ?
Or is "fox" a euphemism ? 
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Treacodactyl
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Sadly not a euphemism, in past years foxes have stripped my grapes. You know it's foxes as they leave tell tail signs behind with half processed grapes in. 
I think I'll put the electric fencing round them this year as there looks like a very good crop has set.
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ziggy searchfield
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Bother, I got a good set too,but they are at fox level & we do have a fox.
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Treacodactyl
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Foxes seem to be variable so your local ones may not get them. One year I lost most apples under a certain height to a fox but other years they've not touched them, on the other hand they've always got my Worcesterberries.
I do wonder if commercial vineyards have any problems with foxes, I've seen a fair bit of damage done by wasps and hornets and birds of course.
If the foxes do show an interest they'll get them the day before you're going to pick them!
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Sherbs
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We had vague ideas about trying to grow grapes in the sun-trap corner of our new back garden. We haven't got any further than thinking about it yet though.
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Lorrainelovesplants
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weve got 3 grape vines in the poly and an outdoor kiwi and fig....
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OtleyLad
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Have 1 vine in the greenhouse - it has no flowers on it yet though - is that late?
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