Look what they've done to my grapes Ma!
Look what they've done to my Grapes, Ma
Look what they've done to my Grapes
Well they picked it like a chicken bone
And I think I'm half insane, Ma
Look what they've done to my Grapes!
Was it Possums or Lorrikeets I wonder??
ARTIST: Melanie Safka
TITLE: Look What They've Done to My Song
4 Comments:
Oh dear! I'd say that if the destruction of our 80 odd bunches of grapes earlier this year is anything to go by, then it's lorikeets. Little rainbow demons... :-)
Wrens ate ours, Peter was so disappointed. He put netting over them but the dear little things just hopped in under it. It was a bit rude because I leave kitchen scraps in the garden for them.
KLM
Just catching up on your great blog after a week in Victoria (Retreat etc)- what a dynamic household to be part of! Have you tried covering grape bunches with paper bags? Used to see this often as a child in Broken Hill.
Jean in Terrigal
Yes Jean we've tried the paper bags... here is the long history to our Grape Vines. I wanted to put in Ornamental Grape Vines when we built our home way back in 1981 but David's father said what a waste of a vine and we must put in fruiting grapes (he was an excellent gardener with a beautiful garden in Canberra... so we took his advice) He gave us several cuttings of several different types of grapes and we had about 9-10 vines growing up the Pergola... after trying paper bags, plastic bags with holes in them, tightly strung wire I'd had enough of the birds and possums getting into them and making a mess on the veranda then the kids walking in the juice with ants following... and so on. We pulled out all but two of the grape vines and planted Wisteria instead and for the last 10 years or so I or Jenny, our gardener, have cut off the little bunches as soon as they start to appear... this has the effect of bigger and thicker leaves and little or no mess with the added bonus that David doesn't insist on making wine but that's another story. This year Jenny missed a few so we thought we'd nurture them and see what they taste like because in past years they’ve been so bitter they've been inedible anyway! All we really wanted was shade in Summer and Sun in Winter.
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