[mlizzy]

Great idea with the straining bags; I didn't even know they existed. Do you have a favorite grapevine? We've never attempted them, but my dad always did, but his had seeds and none of us kids bothered with them because of it.

Wonderful about the mockingbirds. We had a hummingbird visit recently (extremely rare for us) just a foot or so away from my face; I freaked a bit and thought it might be one of One's drones. :)

[Silentgypsy]

I liked the Red Flame, the seedless Green (I think they’re called Thompson), the Zinfandel and Merlot. We have one Catawba vine now and the grapes aren’t quite ready yet.

When we lived in the desert, we had a pool in the backyard and a friend who liked to float around in it. The tangelo tree had a hummingbird feeder and one hummer who claimed the backyard as his territory. He apparently thought her head was a flower because he used to flutter around it all the time. He resided there for a couple of years. I didn’t know they lived that long. I should look that up.