We had to harvest our Valiant grapes a bit earlier than planned this year because of an unseasonably early snow and heavy frost in early September. Apparently, waiting to harvest until after a frost is not good if you are looking to make jelly as this leads to the grapes losing their pectin and then you will have a harder time getting it to set, which was a problem last year.

Naomi’s Vineyard had an decent harvest for our first year of having a proper trellis for our grapes. The vines were planted four years ago and their yield is increasing each year.

We harvested about 2.7 kg (6 lbs) of grapes…

…and Naomi turned them into this!