An unpruned grapevine can look like a tangled mess of random vines to those new to pruning grapes. However, grapevine pruning is actually quite straightforward, if you keep in mind a few basic ...

Spring is on the horizon. Gardeners are anxiously watching their plants to see whether they survived the December freeze, burned back or are dead. It has been encouraging to see blooms on tulip ...

For many home gardeners, pruning grapevines is a difficult, confusing chore. Fortunately, an understanding of the growth and fruiting characteristics of the grapevine should help simplify the pruning ...

This winter has been a long one for most people, including gardeners. Most gardeners are suffering from “gardening withdrawal.” However, the annual pruning of grapevines can provide a way to channel ...

My neighbor, John Crawford, is a fourth generation vintner. I recently asked him to share some advice on pruning vines for maximum grape production. Here’s what I learned. John Crawford pruning ...

Last fall, my brother purchased a home with a large, beautiful grape arbor surrounding the front yard. He picked buckets of small (1/4–3/8 inch) sweet green grapes and gave them to neighbors and ...

All are invited to the annual fruit tree pruning demonstrations next week at the UC Cooperative Extension office. Led by Mohammad Yaghmour, the free demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday will cover ...

A grapevine-pruning clinic will be held 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday in the education wing of the Reynolda Gardens of Wake Forest University greenhouse, 100 Reynolda Village. Reynolda Gardens' assistant ...

“The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams,” Englishman Thomas Love Peacock wrote 200 years ago. He was onto something. Grapes are wonderful for eating, juicing and ...