Articles for tag: Grape Vine, Muscadine, Roanoke Island

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How to Propagate Scuppernong Grape Vines

Many people are growing their own grapes to make wine, jams, and jellies. If you live in the south eastern section of the U.S., then the scuppernong grape, which is a muscadine grape variety, may be the one to grow. This grape often grows where other grapes fail. The U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones ...

Learning to Love Muscadine Wine

We live in North Carolina, a region not internationally known for its wines. Aside from the Western Carolina mountains, home to the Biltmore House Winery in Asheville, our state is notably lacking in the kind of flinty, slaty, gravelly, stony soil for which, as Backyard Homestead author Carleen Madigan puts it, grapes tend to “have ...

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New Healthy Foods ~ the Top 10 for 2010

Looking for some new health food ideas to add into your diet? Look no more. Here are 10 really awesome health providing foods from around the world. You can try these one by one adding them to your normal daily routine. All of the foods on this list are alkaline producing, and therefore by nature ...

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How to Make Muscadine Wine

As far back as I can remember, September has always represented a time of change in the seasons that I look forward to every year because of the many fresh seasonal fruits that are available in the area. I have some peach trees that actually don’t get ripe until late August and early September, but ...

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5 Strange but Effective Baits for Catching Channel Cats

One of the great things about fishing for channel cats is the sheer amount of bait you can successfully use to catch one. They are the “Mikeys” of the fishing world. You can feed them just about anything. In addition to worms, grubs, bait fish and crickets, I’ve also used hot dogs and other items ...

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Top Wineries in Northern Florida

There are many vineyards and wineries in Florida, all of which offer unique fruit flavored wines and gifts. Each winery is known for their own special wine creation and no two are alike. Check out some of the wineries in the Northern Florida area. Chautauqua Vineyards Be treated to a special day on wine tasting ...