December Garden, Warm Soup

December 14, 2014

Our garden produces peppers and squash through the fall or until the first freeze, which ever comes first — this …

The Data Driven Farm

December 1, 2014

I was reading an article today in the NY Times about data driven farming. Being myself an entrepreneur who has …

November 28, 2014

We acquired another property recently for wine production. Of course the property, like others we have acquired, already had its vines …

October 2, 2014

As our recent wine plantings should start to produce their first modest harvest next year, we are currently in the …

September 22, 2014

Today is the fall (autumnal) equinox in the northern hemisphere. And it rained again last night dropping 4.5 cm (1.8 …

September 16, 2014

It finally stopped raining today. My records show it rained 8 days in the first two week in this month …

August 21, 2014

Last year I wrote that downy mildew was relatively uncommon in our vineyard. However, it has been cool and raining …

August 7, 2014

One hundred years ago this year, on July 28th, World War I began. Both the immediate and long term affects …