India is starting to produce grapes much more broadly; in the milder climates, vineyards are popping up on sunny hillsides, creating an abundance of highly acclaimed wines. Though they require a ...

If you’re interested in growing grapes it can be done on a smallscale with a mere handful of vines. If this interests you, now is the time to start planting: soon, warmer weather will bring the ...

People plant grapevines in their backyards to get a rural aesthetic or for the love of wine itself, or even just for the science of it all. By Alyson Krueger Craig Lemoine had a concrete slab in his ...

Drought is a persistent problem in Nevada. With our recent extreme drought conditions, we get many calls from homeowners looking for what they can plant to conserve landscape water. Grapevines can be ...

PENDLETON, Ore. — Like a lot of farmland surrounding Pendleton, Duff Ranches is dominated by dryland wheat fields that stretch over the vast, rolling countryside. About 10 years ago, Jim Duff decided ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. What is one of the most widely grown fruits in the ...

When deciding how to build a grape trellis, backyard systems with high angles achieve sunlight, airflow, and easy pruning. Growing grapes is easy, fun, and rewarding. A friend of mine once said that ...

The garden grapevine is an old-fashioned plant not much favored anymore. Your grandpa used to grow it because it reminded him of boyhood on the farm. But the farm is too far removed from most ...