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Wild grapes (Vitis riparia), also called riverbank grape or frost grape, are one of the most resilient native fruit vines in North America. In this video I show how to grow, harvest, prune, and preserve wild grapes for a healthy food forest.

Many people see wild grape vines growing along fences, trees, and forest edges and assume they are weeds. In reality, wild grapes can be one of the most productive and reliable plants you can grow in a food forest.

In this video I share how we harvest wild grapes here at Willows Green Permaculture and how we preserve them so we can enjoy fresh grape juice all winter long. I also show how we mix wild grape juice with elderberry, chokecherry, black currant, nannyberry, and other native fruits to create delicious and nutritious juices.

Wild grapes are not only productive for people — they also support birds, pollinators, and wildlife, helping to strengthen the entire ecosystem around your garden. In many cases, they can even help protect your vegetable garden by providing food for wildlife away from your crops.

If you're interested in growing resilient native food systems, wild grape is a vine that truly deserves a place in your food forest.

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Time Stamp Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Processing and preserving wild grapes
02:15 Different fruit we mix with wild grapes
03:53 A little about chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
04:37 Harvesting wild grapes
05:14 How to attract beneficial wildlife to your garden
05:57 How wildlife helps plant wild grapes
06:46 A little about Vitis riparia (riverbank grape)
07:22 Why wild grapes are anything but a weed
08:27 The correct time to harvest wild grapes
09:00 Guiding the growth of wild grape vines
09:24 Why wild grapes are considered a weed
10:08 Getting wild grapes started in your garden
10:42 How Wildlife Planted Our Grapes & multiplied their abundance
11:30 Propagating wild grapes from cuttings and leaf nodes
12:34 Planting wild grapes strategically to protect your garden
13:08 When to harvest wild grapes
14:22 Why grapes are a pillar of the food forest
15:16 Using pressed wild grape juice
16:32 Preserving wild grapes
17:17 Pressing grapes after freezing
18:38 Canning wild grape juice (please excuse typo at on the screen)
19:37 Pruning grape vines for fruit and health
21:45 Thank you
22:54 Orchard scenes and quiet music
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