Hello there! My hubby and I are about to dive in and start gardening in with permaculture principles. We're in design/selection mode right now and would very much like to include a grape vine or two in an area of our yard that would work. I've sourced cold hardy organically grown vines from a nursery north of Montreal, however I would like to ask if anyone has experience with growing grapes in this climate.
The nursery suggests that after pruning in the fall, you bend over the main stalk and lay it flat on the groun. I imagine this is to allow the inevitable snow dump over winter to insulate the plant, but is there an alternative to this? Where we thought this plant would work is along our walkway from front to backyard and if we bend it over we'd be stepping all over it all winter taking out the garbage! Would wrapping it in burlap or other protection throughout the winter work just as well?
Thank you in advance everyone!
Stef
