It’s probably going to be difficult to believe if you have no experience of such things but it’s true. Work in the vineyard is starting this month and there’s quite a lot to do. Thing is it’s not us that are doing the work. Now this is a first, well apart from the strimming that… Continue reading Vineyard 39 : It all starts again
Tag: winter pruning
Vineyard 31: Still more to do but it’s looking well
In December 2014 I attended a viticulture course called winter pruning. I wrote about it at the time and about the actual pruning that followed. Unfortunately for my commitment to learning more about all things viticultural, the funding for the Wineskills course have been withdrawn by DEFRA, I think. And this was just at… Continue reading Vineyard 31: Still more to do but it’s looking well
Vineyard 22 : The glamour of the vineyard and bird scaring
The months of winter, all quiet in the vineyard. Well not quite all quiet, first there is the on-going saga of winter pruning. I mentioned in a previous blog that I had been a on a course about winter pruning and that I was keen for both of us to get started on this aspect… Continue reading Vineyard 22 : The glamour of the vineyard and bird scaring