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Continue reading →: Winter Solstice 2014Did you feel it? Today, December 22, at 00:03 this morning for those living in Central Europe (CET – one hour East of Greenwich mean time) we had this year’s Winter Solstice. Last year, the Solstice occurred on December 21st. As is did in 2012. This year it marks this…
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Continue reading →: December Garden, Warm SoupOur garden produces peppers and squash through the fall or until the first freeze, which ever comes first — this year it was the freeze which happened last week. Meanwhile soil vegetables, such as onions and carrots, are less affected by late fall or early winter freeze, and they continue…
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Continue reading →: The Data Driven FarmI was reading an article today in the NY Times about data driven farming. Being myself an entrepreneur who has made a livelihood in IT and data driven information systems I was of course interested in this article. And I was then disappointed in this article. First, data has been…
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Continue reading →: Grafting VinesWe acquired another property recently for wine production. Of course the property, like others we have acquired, already had its vines removed by the previous owner. Since we had to apparently replant anyway, we went through the paperwork process to get official permission to change the designated vine types that could…
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Continue reading →: DIY Wine RackAs our recent wine plantings should start to produce their first modest harvest next year, we are currently in the process of finalizing our official cellar plan required to bottle and sell this wine commercially in 2016. Yes, we are planning two years in advance. The wine business is a…
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Continue reading →: Storm Front and Autumnal EquinoxToday is the fall (autumnal) equinox in the northern hemisphere. And it rained again last night dropping 4.5 cm (1.8 in) of rain. The storm was a northerly, which typically come in fast, hard and with a lot of wind and rain. The storm front moving in almost turns day…
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Continue reading →: Weather That Is Good For Mushrooms Is Bad For WineIt finally stopped raining today. My records show it rained 8 days in the first two week in this month (September) with a total of 14 cm (5.5 in) of rain. And August was not much better. Not only do we have mushrooms growing in the ground: but also fungus…
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Continue reading →: Downy Mildew ReduxLast year I wrote that downy mildew was relatively uncommon in our vineyard. However, it has been cool and raining regularly since mid July this year, with another 3.5 cm last night and more rain predicted through the weekend. Ideal conditions for downy mildew. And not too unexpectedly, there has…
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