It’s been a physical challenge to even plant 700 vines. Jen’s been helping me, Brody has been helping me, but even with their help it’s still been tough to get ‘em all in the ground. Mostly because I still have other work to do during the day. But I am down to the last 44 plants, and those will go in the ground today!

On Sunday night, the night when the frost danger looked to be high, the winds kicked up just a bit around midnight anf the temp actually rose out of the 30’s and into the 40s, and stayed that way all night.

I’ve learned a couple new things in the past couple days which I have to research and will post my findings here. Both of these learning originated from my friend Mark Greene, who is putting the finishing touches on his winery at his five acre vineyard.

1) For the first spray of the season he sprays a lime and sulfur mixture. I’ve never seen that on a spray program, but it’s a commerical mix. I don’t really know it’s purpose though.

2) Mark mentioned that copper could be sprayed to help protect against frost. I’ve never heard of this either.

Always learning something new!

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