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Continue reading →: Grape BloomNot everyone knows this, but wine grape vines bloom. After all, they are a member of the flowering plant class Magnoliopsida. Our grapes are a bit late blooming this year. Some photos:
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Continue reading →: Vines N’ RosesIn some vineyards, you may see rose bushes at the end of the vine rows. The historical reason for this was for fungus control. You see, both wine vines and rose bushes are susceptible to the same fungal mildew diseases (such as downy and powdery mildew). The idea was that…
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Continue reading →: Rain Now, Drought Later?It is suppose to rain here all week. The “normal” rainy months around Lake Balaton are April, July and November. The last time we had a rainy May, we had a drought and heat waves all summer. I have a half hectare in new vine plantings, and a repeat of…
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Continue reading →: A Flycatcher Nest and Little Bundles of FluffTwo weeks ago I noticed something a bit different on our front porch. A bird’s nest. And today they hatched. See photos below and their captions for more.
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Continue reading →: The Leviathan of VinesOn the equality of man, Thomas Hobbes wrote is his treatise Leviathan: Nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind as that, though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another, yet when all is reckoned together…
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Continue reading →: Apple BlossomsThe title says it all. Just photos of apple blossoms this week. And they also smell wonderful. Enjoy.
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Continue reading →: Multi-BloomThis is the first year that I have seen all our different fruit trees blooming at the same time on our property. Normally they come in stages. First cherry, then apple, and finally peach and plumb. This year, they are are all blooming at once. See the photos and their…
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Continue reading →: Spring 2014Today is the Vernal Equinox — the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Last year, our cherry trees did not bloom until the third week of April. But as you can see below, these same cherry trees this year are about to flower within a week. A full…
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