The work continues...

Chris has made excellent progress on the trellis and irrigation system.  The newly planted areas now have a trellis in place!  Next he needs to finish hooking up the irrigation lines.

First, and most importantly, the vines are doing well!  The newly planted vines are coming along.  You can see in the picture below that there are bamboo stick holding the vines in place.  This is part of the training.

These photos show the different between 5/3 and 4/13.  All of the metal posts are in place and the main irrigation line is run.  Next the irrigation lines must be run down each row with a dripper at each plant.

5/3/14

4/13/14

Chris was finishing up the trenching for the north facing hill.

The vineyard looks beautiful right now.  One element of the cover crop is crimson clover.  It blooms this time of year with a deep red flower.  We were excited to see it since we did not know it was part of the mix.