I have wild grapes in the woods behind my home and I waited patiently till they were ripe. I was only able to get a small bunch as once again foiled by the birds flying through on their way south.
This year I found wild grapes growing on Belle Isle in Detroit, the Northeast side of the island right along the shore, where I can see Canada (Hi Jason!). It's my favorite place on the island: a marble lighthouse, a field of milkweed, water always close. I made ink out of fruit after picking some that was growing high up, draped like holiday lights on nearby trees, and shared it with a bunch of new ink makers who fell in love quickly with the color. A week later, I went back to pick some more but they were gone ( I think the birds were hungry). But yesterday I went on a run in the rain in the city and I saw them growing on a fence. Color has a way of finding you when you least expect it.
“Shards of the moon.” Award winning sentence. Friday night inspiration complete as the wind howls and we wait for the rain of the kind that you don’t leave your house all weekend.
I have wild grapes in the woods behind my home and I waited patiently till they were ripe. I was only able to get a small bunch as once again foiled by the birds flying through on their way south.
This year I found wild grapes growing on Belle Isle in Detroit, the Northeast side of the island right along the shore, where I can see Canada (Hi Jason!). It's my favorite place on the island: a marble lighthouse, a field of milkweed, water always close. I made ink out of fruit after picking some that was growing high up, draped like holiday lights on nearby trees, and shared it with a bunch of new ink makers who fell in love quickly with the color. A week later, I went back to pick some more but they were gone ( I think the birds were hungry). But yesterday I went on a run in the rain in the city and I saw them growing on a fence. Color has a way of finding you when you least expect it.
Hi, thanks for all your interesting posts! I don’t think we have wild grapes in Australia. Will commercial ones do evaporated or simmered down?
Do you know the difference between fermentation and just going off and mouldy please?
Best Bettina 🟡🔴🟠🟣
“Shards of the moon.” Award winning sentence. Friday night inspiration complete as the wind howls and we wait for the rain of the kind that you don’t leave your house all weekend.