the backyard GRAPES
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
December 26, 2018 3:40am CST
I think I have forgotten including in a previous discussion that my mother cut some of the grapevine and planted it in our backyard. Ahh! I believe that is on Bubblews where I made posts about it.
Anyway, the green grapes at our lawn are turning violet and soft now. The grapevine at the backyard is now ripe so I tried plucking it but my hand was unsteady so I asked my sister to pluck the grapes.
Here it is. There are about 10 pieces of small and medium -sized soft and ripe violet grapes. I offered some to my son and sister, and I took some as well. At first, they tasted sour. But after the first bite of a small grape, we agreed the grapes taste sweet, in fact, it tastes like sweet wine.
Tomorrow I will pluck out the grapes in front of the lawn. But the quantity is not even enough for a shot glass. Hahaha!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
yes, the one at the backyard bears sweet fruits; the one in front is sour
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
the soil is always moist, and that was where my mother planted it.
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
27 Dec 18
@ridingbet hahaha no, during the days, when a household has a grapevine, it is considered to be a mansion house. and you know. in mind , stereotyping, only mansion with hacienda has grapevines.
but with those fruits .. oh yeah, he is indded rich
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
really? hahaha! no. a male colleague resigned from being a clinical instructor because he has many dragon fruit trees, lanzones, and oranges. that is ''rich''.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
@Mavic123456 yes indeed, that was the perception of others when they have vineyard, like a TV series on ABS-CBN. my sister even kidded that we should sell the grapes to that family.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
yes. these are from the back, and this morning, i plucked the fruits in front of our house.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
26 Dec 18
That is rare here in our country. I have a college classmate who has a vineyard in La Union I saw in the news. I think there is a strain/species (I dont know what to call it) that can grow in our soil and climate. What is the difference with imported ones?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
i believe the vineyards in La Union are vast and bear many fruits/berries, maybe like bouquets. ours is just a small berry, now purple, and sometimes sweet.
i have no idea what is the difference from local and imported grapes.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
@leny34 yes they are sweet. the ones i plucked this day are from the vine in front of our house and they taste sour.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
yes but it is not a big grapevine. it is just a small one where my mother planted on.
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@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
27 Dec 18
@ridingbet yes but it looks like it's pretty good, is that sweet?
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
26 Dec 18
It`s nice to have some fresh fruits from your own farm yard 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
yes, but it is not a farm yard. just a small vine at the side of our garage.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
i agree with you. it is because they are truly organic, no fertilizers or insecticides added.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
yes, they are sweet, unlike the ones i plucked this morning---so sour.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
Really, violet grapes bear fruits in your place, they say its hard them to fruit. But green varie is easier to grow.
There's nothing sweeter to taste the fruit of our plant that we planted.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
that is so true, kabsat. the grapevine was planted by my mother in 1981 from Batanes. the ones i picked this morning are not sweet but a bit sour.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
26 Dec 18
@ridingbet
I used to eat grapes but for some reason I do not eat them anymore.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
why? did it do something bad on your health?
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
27 Dec 18
@ridingbet
Yes it was not good for my health to eat grapes so have not eaten them in a very very long time.
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