Grape Buds Appear

Grape Buds Appear   What is always amazing to me is that in the cup of the first tiny leaves opening from the bud on the grapevine rests the tiny bunches which will bloom in a few weeks and, fertilized, become grapes.

Budbreak

Tiny bud. Within a couple of days, leaves will be unfolding.                 Budbreak Yesterday Ramon asked that the goats no longer walk through the vines as the buds have swollen into white fuzzy bulblike balls and will be unfolding within the day into tiny leaves (delicacies to a… Read more »

End of Crystallization Period Today, and Morning Meditators.

A hawk’s glimpse of Heaven on Earth.   End of Crystallization Period Today, and Morning Meditators. Sunny Morning. You can feel spring pushing. Ramon finished tying the canes the day before yesterday, six weeks to the day that he began pruning. He says the buds are developing little hairs and preparing to open. Meanwhile a… Read more »