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RE: Spring in Indiana - Grape Vines
Amazing! So much info packed in such a short article, with perfect pictures. I've never grown grapes because where I live in northern Maine they'd never make it. I didn't know they were grown in Indiana either despite spending a few years there in college in the Warsaw area back in the day. Great post. Upvoting and following!
Only certain varieties to grow them here I think. But I am not sure which ones will make the winter here. There is a winery at the Michigan-Indiana state line off I69 (Fremont, IN) that grows some of their own grapes. So the grapes can take more winter than you might think.
LOL...Yes. I was shocked to discover a nice winery on the north shores of the Nova Scotia mainland a few years back, but then they have the wrap-around effect from The Gulf Stream carrying through the Northumberland Strait to thank for their success, I suspect. Northern Maine is a whole different story though...
I would think northern Maine would be a lot different. Winter is too long here for me, couldn't stand it that far north.
We have a bit less constant wind than we had in Warsaw though....but yeah, it's actually hit 50-below raw temp here once a few years ago. Averages about -10F for a week or two in Jan-Feb...Usually five months of snow on the ground (December-April, or Nov-March.)
I'll stay with the wind.
LOL...I hear ya, Mike.
You really do get used to anything though. Splitting 8 cords of wood every spring. Lounging by a hot fire all winter. It's not so bad... Summers make up for it. Gorgeous up here May-Oct.