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Upstate NY is famous for its grapes: concord and white Niagara grapes. We were given some Concord grapes from a friend who couldn't use them, and I used the steam juicer another friend gave me to make delicious grape juice! I think our mouths might stay purple for weeks!
Because we enjoyed the juice so much, and because I wanted more, and because it was so easy to make, we decided to get more grapes, and so drove about 45 minutes. It was only $0.35/lb of grapes. Pretty cheap!
The girls were AWESOME pickers, and in no time we had almost 150 pounds! Whew! I took home 5 boxes of grapes, but only kept four boxes (Another friend asked us to get some). I have since turned three of those into 6.5 gallons of concentrated grape juice. (13 gallons after mixing to a drinkable dilution).
Miranda getting ready to pull her wagon.
The row of concords we picked.
Megan showing her green Niagara grapes. They were not as plentiful, but were super sweet! Megan picked an entire box of Concord grapes by herself in half the time the rest of us took.
Nica in her Halloween garb (yes, she is wearing shorts over her pants- it is her signature fashion statement), eating a snack of Halloween fruit Gummies.
Zoë was a fast and hard worker. She found great clumps of grapes (purple or green).
Miranda flitted from side-to-side of the vines, picking here, and there. She loved being outside, with friends, and picking fruit.
We took our friends, the Morphy's (Mom on far left is Veronica, son Garrett, then Zoë, and Mya Morphy on far right).
Zoë was taking a video of the vineyard.
Grape field with beautiful fall colors in the hills surrounding us.
