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Continue reading →: Budding AmbitionsThe spring brings with it the budding of the wine vines. Photos below of new spring growth in the vineyard this year.
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Properties: Spring PlantingThis is the third installment in my Tale of Two Properties serial. Progress on Property 1: I have already posted about this site’s preparation work including removing the old wine at the site. Next we drilled holes at least 50 cm (20 inches) deep to accept each new wine vine…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Properties: The Rip OutThis is the second installment in my tale of two properties series. Here I will mention a few few words on the preparation of property 1, which already had an existing vineyard. At least a vineyard in theory, not so much in practice: Even before we finalized the purchase of…
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Continue reading →: Spring Equinox and a CometToday is of course the Spring Equinox. The first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. And with the presence of a comet (having the unpretentious name of Pan-STARRS C/2011 L4) visible to the naked eye each day at sunset, it has certainly been a March not to be forgotten.…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Properties“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore” — Mark Twain Taking the advice of a fellow American, I have been investing in extending our potential vineyard lands in Hungary. One of the interesting factors in this process has come from the historical small land ownership traditions in Hungary, further extenuated…
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Continue reading →: Wellness 1stI once knew a nature reserve manager who said his PhD really stood for “plumbing and hardware degree” given all the repairs he did himself around the reserve buildings. From the amount of time I spend on the skinny side of a shovel (i.e. holding the handle) I have found…
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Continue reading →: Texas Chili and Hungarian Pörkölt: A cultural parallel with CapsicumPreface : I met my good friend Dan Henklein during an unforgettable summer job working for the US Forest Service. All that summer Dan would never fail to amaze me not only with his extensive knowledge about western flora (he has a graduate degree in range management) but also by…
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