It's sunny, I need a new hat.
An English Vineyard: Good Earth Vineyard, Lincolnshire
I planted a small vineyard in May 2007 in the centre of England, near Peterborough. This blog is mainly intended as a record for my reference so I can look back and see where I went right or wrong and so in that sense it logs fairly mundane things from time to time. I also hope some other people will find it interesting or helpful if they are planting vineyards or if they are just interested in the subject.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Hard pruning
Roughly half way through pruning. Cutting right back to eradicate diseased wood which bears the mildew spores. Another year without wine but a necessary procedure to fix the health of the vineyard.
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Friday, 18 January 2013
Gate building
I've concreted in two 3m support posts to the one original post that was there when I took the plot on. Next step will be to build a custom gate using feather-edge boarding and hang it off this.
Monday, 7 January 2013
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Refractometer readings 10/10/10
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Refractometer readings 29/09/10
3: 15.7
5: 17.7
7: 16.1
9: 17.6
(Key = Row: Reading)
Average: 16.6
This is better than this time last year although I'm now purposely not testing grapes that look under-ripe so it may be due to that. I'll test every week from now.
