It's mind-boggling to think about how much the vines have grown in a week's time! The canes are almost up to the second wire already. The flower clusters are getting bigger and will be in full bloom any day now. When bloom occurs the vine's male and female parts will self-pollinate the flowers and voila...grapes! Both blocks of vines in the vineyard have been suckered. This year our vineyard manager brought in women workers to do the suckering. Since suckering is not such a difficult job and the wives and family of the male farmworkers can use the work, this has become more of a commonplace practice in this valley. The men are then freed up to take on the heavier jobs. All in all, the vineyard is looking great. Next sulphuring the vines will begin.
Credits: For background paper: http://scrapartist.com/, Redemption by IOD, Paper #1
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