The roses are still blooming. I pruned them again last weekend.

May 30, 2009

Leon and I met Scott at the vineyard about 10 AM. The vines were so tall in the 2007 crop it was an hour before we saw each other. Leon used his weed eater on the first 12 rows of the 2007 crop. Scott and I finished pruning and tying up the last 16 rows of the 2008 crop. We also knocked off all the new growth on the 2007 vines and tied up some up the growth to the two wire trellis lines. Believe me, these vines are going crazy. There are still some flowering clusters but many have bloomed and have started forming the grapes.

jack colville visits the vineyard...

sunday afternoon I took jack colville to the vineyard, he didn't get out but I drove around slowly and described the operation in detail to him. he really enjoyed the trip and I had fun visiting with him. saturday morning john and I pruned 6 rows of the little vines before the rain came. we got 6 tenths of an inch. check out the flower clusters in the big vines!

new campsite addition...

Eco-Friendly Transportation

MAY 2009

More pruning.....and more pruning. The vines are growing everyday. They need attention everyday also. The warm weather and the recent rains have really helped. The green nursery tape is used on the tender growth and the ag ties are used to straighten the main stock and the cordons. We finished the 2007 crop after working from 8 AM to 5 PM. Scott and Leon went for lunch for us...the manager makes us work without too many breaks!

5-9-09 workday.......

saturday was overcast and chilly but we managed to get to prune all of the '08 vines. lots of dead plants though and also noticed a bunch of "rootstalk red" vines. the rootstalks probably need to be dug up... some discussion was had on transplanting some of the plants that are too close together and using them to replace dead plants or rootstalks. john and i found two rootstalks in the '07 crop, they look different and have absolutely no flower clusters on them.

we do have some extremely healthy plants that are loaded with flower clusters, they are so thick that they will have to be thinned soon.

edward ortega also showed up to work but he left as soon as he heard leon wasn't frying fish...