May 31, 2010 Dad's Birthday

John, Scott, MJ and Rob, Trish and LMC met on Monday morning to get some work done in the 2007 crop.  The grapes are growing, the branches are heavy so we spent time tying up the sagging branches to prevent the cordons from breaking. The Duratool guns save so much time...I think we used about 3000 staples.(picture to follow) Rows 9-16 are up to date but Rows 1-8 need another sweep) Scott worked on the 2007 crop tying up the new growth and we put out 2500 gals of water from the storage tank.  The kinks are getting ironed out with the watering system due to due diligence and "sheer dumb luck" (Prof McGonagagal-HP). John applied the first round of fungicide on May 29...next round in 10-14 days.....Work to be done....continue to tie up 2007 crop, finish the double trellis wires in 2008 and on and on and on.  By the way...it was hot!