The Organic Backyard Vineyard: A Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Your Own Grapes Kindle Edition

This book is okay. I live in the Midwest, and this book seems geared towards folks growing grapes in more temperate climates. (I sort of anticipated this would be the case when I bought it, though.) I primarily purchased this book expecting to see comprehensive information on training methods. Surprisingly, I found more information on grape training methods from a different book on pruning and training plants, generally (which is sort of a shock, given that grapes comprise maybe eight or nine, not all, of the pages of that other book). Regardless, this book nevertheless is useful for other purposes, such as providing tips and guidance on placement of plants, creating support systems/trellises, watering methods, dealing with weeds organically, soil preparation, etc.The name of this book is a little deceptive. Many of the images and directions in this book depict growing grapes in a much larger area than I presume many people have available in their "backyard" (at least those who live in a city -- not sure if folks who live in more rural areas call the expansive stretches of land around them a "backyard," but I'm open to being wrong on that). Not that these methods aren't scaleable, though, to a smaller area. Just FYI.

I am interested in developing my 10 acre pasture into a real vineyard. First, I intend to put in a test plot and see what if I have what it takes. This book is exactly the right tool to get started and avoid ripping it all out later. In particular, the layout of vineyard spacing and dimensions is very good and gives lots of options. I can take the most conservative approach for the test plot and optimize in future plantings. I also liked the year by year maintenance program. If you follow this book, I have no doubt your vineyard will look exactly like a professional did it all, which is what I want. This was an outstanding purchase and a shame I can't give it move stars.

Bought a home with lots of grapevines. Had no idea how to care for the, previous owner made wine. I did make grape jam. Delicious.

Excellent and thoroughly understandable book of putting together your own backyard vineyard. After reading the book twice, I’m now ready to actually do one. Thank you.

The section on popular grape varieties and their hardiness is worth this books weight in gold. The section on pruning, detailed. I am unsure as to the purpose of pruning to two cordons diagram, in the first year of pruning.

Simply written, and well organized for the person who wants to grow a small vineyard, Right down to making wines.pretty much an A to Z book.

Really good info. Covers all the areas of grape growing and then some. I recommend this book. The only drawback is it is not up to date enough to cover the latest varieties of wine grapes like Marquette, La Crescent, etc. Hopefully the writers will publish a new edition. Great book!

Lots of good, basic information. Several additional resources given. Looking forward to putting the data into practice. Definitely increased my interest level

Very interesting and helpful.