Monday, May 18, 2009

Lives Of The Vines 3

In the vineyard, where the combination of rainfall and 80-degree-plus heat is guaranteed to produce growth that one might swear is actually visible to the casual observer, grape flower clusters are poised to enter the critical period of bloom, during which the size of this year’s crop will be determined. Many of our neighbors have told us that both the size and the number of their clusters seem to be on the high side of normal which is the case in our vineyard as well. Let's hope so after last year's damage from frost. This a photo of what the vineyards looked like on Howell Mountain during the frost last year. Thanks to Jon, our neighbor, for the photo. This week workers will be suckering the vines to remove the vegetative canes with no buds on them to promote growth of the canes with buds.

3 comments:

  1. Just coming over to say "hi"! Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  2. That's wonderful news Linda! You and your fellow vine growing neighbors must be just bursting with excitement:) I'll be crossing my fingers too for a great harvest in... September? Or is it August?

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  3. I can't imagine the grief last year when the frost "day" took over the vineyards. Oh how that must hurt when the weather turns deadly for the crops!

    BTW, your blog is really growing, and you are one talented lady -- love your scrapbook layouts!

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