I finally returned the Dithane that I decided not to use to the garden centre today, and part-exchanged it for a grape vine for our home garden.  I went for a black dessert grape variety that is self-pollinating, and have planted it against the south-facing fence in the hopes that it will be warm and sunny enough there to bear lots of fruit.  I was inspired to buy the grape vine after watching Bill Mollison’s Global Gardener video yesterday and admiring the great grapes being grown in the Village Homes community in Davis, California.