Several weeks ago I shared with you pictures of my grape vines. I was so thrilled to see that the vines were full of teeny tiny little grape clusters! I mean, they were just packed! Because most of our old garden bed is now just an overgrown weed patch, it was exciting to see that nature was producing something on its own without human help. Well, I got too greedy and spoke too soon - the grapes are gone. Gone, gone, gone.
I spotted these insect galls in one spot, but that is not what destroyed the grapes. They are pretty aren't they - like little jewels?
And I happened to see this tiny caterpillar, but he is not the culprit either.
My guess is that the weather has been too wet. The grapes were getting bigger and looking beautiful and then two days later, they looked like this. It happened so quickly! So no grape jelly, jam, or pictures of great grape clusters. I am hoping that the vines will survive and at least look pretty throughout the season. I shouldn't be too upset because I didn't even plan on having any grapes in the first place, but it was such a tease!
Do you have any grapes growing? If you care to post a photo of them on my Life With The Crew FB page, I'd love to see them! Don't worry, it won't rub salt in the wound.
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