The fellas traveled to California to see the Pellenc Precision Pruner in action. This baby will save us months of work and the fun they had on the trip was icing on the cake! Using an infrared eye, the Pellenc Precision Pruner does what we do hand pruning in a fraction of the time! Here are some photos of the sights they saw.
Hand painted ceramic tile murals from Spain are here! We have begun importing from a small family business in the Barcelona area that we found while living in Switzerland. These are beautiful and come ready to hang or the tiles may be removed from the backing and used in tile work.
Dragging ourselves out of holiday mode and gearing up for vineyard work is the challenge for the month of February! But, as we begin pruning and begin looking forward to this year’s grape harvest, momentum builds.
February is the month to drag ourselves out of holiday mode and gear up for vineyard work. Except for watering the vines, installing the drip irrigation for…
Our barnyard is once again complete – we have a new family milk cow! Meet Margie, a full Jersey who is seven months pregnant and due to calve around March 20th. After two days, she has settled in and calmed down even during milking times.
Planting another five acres of grapevines this spring means the underground drip irrigation system must be expanded. The expansion was well underway when snow hit!
Although we are not planting new acres of grapes until April, there is a lot to do in preparation for them. We like to have this prep work finished before pruning begins! The first step in preparation is laying the drip irrigation tape to water the new vines – come see how it’s done!
The last hurdle in making our goal of moving into the ICF basement expansion before Christmas was making the windows doors and moving the windows to the new exterior walls. Sound confusing? It really isn’t. We added new walls around the existing structure that are 14 more feet out and these became the new exterior walls!
You might think we have been loafing since grape harvest, but we haven’t! Once vineyard work was over, we started on the house. I can’t wait for you to see the progress! We just might make our goal of moving in by Christmas!
There is something new around the farm, a Kubota 8540 narrow tractor! The New Toy I got a new toy! It is one you probably…