A beautiful day for post pounding

The new vines are in the ground, but the trellis is not yet in place.  Building the trellis is time consuming and labor intensive.  We hired someone to pound in the end posts with their tractor, but all of the metal posts (over 500!) had to be pounded in by hand.  Once the posts are in, the wires must be run and the irrigation must be installed.  It will take several weeks to complete the project.

The placement of each post was meticulously determined to ensure the vineyard is accurately laid out.  A string from end post to end post north to south, and another string east to west, is used to mark the post placement.  Once the spot is established, the post is pounded down to an exact height.  It is important that the location and height be very accurate so that the wire and the vines match up as planned.

Here are some pictures of the new are in the south east corner of the vineyard.

Metal posts are being installed for the rows

A row in the middle is completed first to help with measurements

View from the south side of the block

The block just north of the house site already has the poles in place.

Panoramic from the home site.  The vineyard will be about 40 feet from the house.