Bud Break: Beginning, Again

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Bud Break: Beginning, Again

Bud Break: Beginning, Again

The season’s fruit and leaves are all wrapped up in this baby bundle.             This week the Chardonnay vines are pushing tiny buds, some already unfolding to reveal miniature leaves and future grape bunches, baby bundles of the season’s riches. Today we begin the Biodynamic sprays. The moon is in… Read more »

Root Days

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Monday (fruit/fire day, moon in Leo) we sprayed the third of the Barrel Compost earth sprays in the vineyard and orchard. The next few days (until Saturday morning) are root days (moon in Virgo, earth sign) and are ideal for making compost or compost tea, planting carrots, rutabagas, turnips, onions, or digging onions and potatoes…. Read more »