Good Grapes!

Want to grow and stomp your own grapes? Learn the art of growing and breeding grapes for the prairies with Tyler Kaban, a passionate grape breeder at the University of Saskatchewan.

I recently paid a visit to Tyler and his grapes (since it was winter, in the greenhouse at the U of S). Those are his grapes in the picture. Tyler is looking for folks around the province willing to grow his grape varieties to see which ones do best in real prairie conditions.

The seminar is April 1. Information and agenda will be posted here as they become available.

No sour grapes

Yes, we do have a vendange in Saskatchewan! I spent a wonderful hour in the sunshine this afternoon picking grapes. My friend, David, who lives on the next block, invited me over to pick his grapevine. We popped them into the freezer and this winter, he'll juice them and I'll make grape jelly. But I saved a few perfect bunches just to eat...

Now I'll have to try my hand at making dolmades with the grape leaves, that Middle Eastern equivalent to the cabbage roll.