The G-Rated Barnyard?
Having a large family and farm animals makes for educational opportunities almost daily. This week, however, our attempts to maintain a G-rated barnyard have been…
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What You Don’t Want to See in a Budding Vineyard!
You would never know the vineyard was ready to burst forth with spring! Here is what you don’t want to see in a budding vineyard. Extreme…
Almost Finished Pruning!
Yeah – we are almost finished pruning the vineyard! The pruned vineyard still looks a bit bleak but clean and sunset is a beautiful time of…
Planting Grapevines – 2013
Guess what? We are planting grapevines again! We have expanded the vineyard another 5 acres this year! The grapevines that were added are 4 acres…
Preparing for Planting 2013
Our grapevines arrived Thursday – all 5 acres of them. And, it only took two FedEx boxes to hold them! We will be expanding the…
Texans for Good – Hopefully!
You may have noticed that there was no Family Friday post last week. I have a good excuse – I was in Georgia visiting my…
Cows, Wine and Woodworking
Today on Family Fridays I have a couple of highlights to share. The week started with decanting the Aglianico and Montepulciano wines we have settling…
Pruning the Vineyard 2013
Last week on Family Fridays, I explained about pre-pruning with our Pellenc 4560 grape harvester. After pre-pruning is completed, hand pruning is done to further…
Pre-Pruning the Vineyard 2013
It is that time of year again – time to start pre-pruning the vineyard for 2013! Time to break out of our lazy winter, no-work…