Spring in 2020 has been interesting, to say the least.   On March 16th, we were told that Santa Clara County would go under a ‘Shelter In Place’ directive, which meant all schools sent kids home for ‘remote learning’, all places of business that were deemed ‘non-essential’ had to temporarily shut their doors, and all… Continue Reading

It’s been a year since we planted our little vineyard, and the second growing season has gotten underway.  The buds have broken, and we already have vines poking out of the grow tubes. Since this spring (and this past winter) has been pretty wet, we haven’t had to water the vineyard at all.  We are… Continue Reading

One of the things that CRV (Coastal Range Vineyards) told me early on is that after the first growing season, they will prune back the vines to one small trunk with only a couple of buds.  I knew it was coming, but it still was a little hard to see them cut back the vines… Continue Reading

Now that the vines are in and have been watered and gotten lots of sunshine for the last month and a half, we have lots of them poking through the grow tubes!  It’s looking pretty green out there, now. One surprising piece of this is that the water bill has blown up on us.  The… Continue Reading

Yesterday, the crew spent most of the day digging holes for the fines.  They were about 10″ deep, and 10″ wide (my shoe size is 10).  The CRV guys were careful to make sure that there weren’t rocks directly below where the holes were, because if a large rock is there, the roots can grow… Continue Reading