It's been almost 3 months since the last update. The t-bud (former pinot noir) vineyard has been growing and growing and growing. Some of the more robust vines have grape clusters. The clusters are still very green and most likely will not ripen this year. Next year we should get production from these vines.
The new vineyard, which we started from rootstock last summer and grafted to chardonnay earlier this summer is also doing very well. A few plants still are lagging and have their white grow tubes, and some are not going to make it. It could be that they were hit harder by the frost or gophers or both. A new problem that popped up about 3 weeks ago is deer pruning. The four legged farm workers started to munch on the plants in the north east corner of the vineyard. My farm manager quickly sprayed "Surround" on the plants and the deer damage has stopped. Surround makes the leaves taste bad and turns them white (see photo).
Speaking of farming pests, the gopher score is now 89, up 11 since the last report,
and moles 9, up one - a very important one I might add. This bugger dove into my front lawn about a week ago kicking up two big mounds. My lawn had just started looking nice after last summer's mole invasion. Adrian started setting traps and had the culprit in about three days.
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