Kem Ormond’s garden: How to grow and prune grapevines for sweet homegrown fruit

Kem Ormond is a features writer for The Country. She’s also a keen gardener. This week, she’s grappling with her grapes.I have been slower than usual tidying u…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-27T17:00:00.000Z

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Ben Sullivan2026-06-27T17:12:00.000Z

My grapes always get eaten by birds before I can even pick them. Any tips for keeping the little buggers away?

Sophie Ngata2026-06-27T17:28:00.000Z

mate, netting. Or get a cat. Cats love bird murder

Taylor Wright2026-06-27T18:04:00.000Z

ffs Kem, it's winter now not like we can just pop out and prune. bloody clickbait timing mate

Sage Lawson2026-06-27T18:35:00.000Z

lol cope, it's called planning ahead. summer's not that far off

Sage Lawson2026-06-27T18:19:00.000Z

Yeah nah, I just let mine go wild and they still produce heaps. Overthinking it aye

Taylor Wright2026-06-27T18:39:00.000Z

nah mine too. reckon they like the neglect

Sophie Ngata2026-06-27T18:39:00.000Z

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Kem Ormond’s garden: How to grow and prune grapevines for sweet homegrown fruit

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My nana used to swear by pruning on a full moon. Dunno if it works but her grapes were always tops.

Ben Sullivan2026-06-27T19:10:00.000Z

old wives tale but honestly I'd believe it. plants are weird

Luca Reid2026-06-27T18:55:00.000Z

love a good grape vine but they take over everything if you don't stay on top of it. Ask me how I know lol

Quinn Murphy2026-06-27T19:12:00.000Z

Anyone else just buy their grapes from countdown? Way less effort 😂

Luca Reid2026-06-27T20:05:00.000Z

pfft where's the fun in that. nothing beats homegrown

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