Grafting Old Wine With a Modified Cleft Graft

April 24, 2016

As I have mentioned before, we have a number of different wine varieties in one vineyard. Some of these varieties …

Multi-Bloom Again

April 4, 2016

As happened in 2014, we again this year have a mult-bloom. Four fruit trees, peach, cherry, plumb and pear are …

March 22, 2016

I stained and painted some old wine barrels for decorative garden elements around our house. This year a chickadee (also …

February 22, 2016

Two days ago I noticed that our almond trees started to bloom. Almost a month earlier than last year!

April 17, 2015

I like spring wild flowers. I even like dandelions. I like the yellow flowers of dandelions, and the little puffballs …

March 31, 2015

In the Tales of Two Properties series, new wine vines were planted. But some did not survive their first year. …

March 30, 2015

When most people see a patch of new stinging nettle like this, they think it is something to avoid. I …

March 27, 2015

On Tuesday workers from the power company arrived on our street with a crane and cherry picker to replace a …