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Continue reading →: Biological Pest ControlI am a firm believer in integrated pest management. The basic idea is not to eradicate pests, but rather to maintain and live with them within an acceptable level of control. One method to accomplish this end is to treat the farmed land as much as an ecological unit as…
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Continue reading →: Powdery MildewI do routine walks through the vineyards every few days. Not just because I enjoy walking amongst the vines, which I in fact do enjoy doing, but also to conduct minor management tasks such as dealing with wayward shoots that fell outside the trellis and scanning for any hints of…
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Continue reading →: June In The VineyardJune is a good month. Our cherry and mulberry trees ripen with fresh fruit for the picking, the vegetable garden is producing, and the grape vines have set their fruit which is now rapidly maturing for the fall harvest. And the weather in June is overall nice, not too hot…
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Continue reading →: June Mulberry Wine – After The SoakingAfter picking and crushing mulberries for wine making, I let the berries sit in a vat for about 5 days, stirring at least twice a day. After this time I strain out the mulberry berries, using three strainers from course to fine mesh, leaving only the mulberry juice to continue…
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Continue reading →: How I Build Round Wood PilesAs anyone knows who follows this blog, we heat with wood. And for the past few years I have been stacking our firewood in round piles. There are many sites and videos one can find that describe this method in its various forms. And I have to say I agree…
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Continue reading →: June Mulberry WineFor two reasons it was raining mulberries this week. One reason was a wind storm that knocked quite a few of the ripening berries out of our trees. The second reason was I was harvesting mulberries to make mulberry wine. And the easiest way to harvest mulberries is to place…
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Continue reading →: Spring Dandelions in the VineyardI like spring wild flowers. I even like dandelions. I like the yellow flowers of dandelions, and the little puffballs of seeds you can blow off with a wish later in the month. And dandelion leaves make a great salad green, and the flowers can be used to make a…
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Continue reading →: Replanting a Wine VineIn the Tales of Two Properties series, new wine vines were planted. But some did not survive their first year. This video shows the replanting process of a new wine vine to replace one that did not survive. Of if you do not want to watch the video, below…
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