Exciting times at Heritage! We are planting a new block of Tempranillo. Keep following this post to see how they progress.
Week starting October 21, 2019
During this week we put the posts in the ground and started stringing wires. John, Lahcen and Rob have a week of blisters and aching muscles. Luckily Hoffee dug the holes with his skid steer. Prior to this, we ran a deep ripper to loosen the soil and a set of discs to break up the clods.
Lahcen ramming a post
All the posts in
We need to add water!
Week Starting October 28
Baby vines planted
Check that the Irrigation works..
Tempranillo vine in GroGuard
Using GroGuards to Protect the vines
First row almost done
Week Starting November 25
The planing achieves close to 100% success and already the little vines are peeping over the top of their guards.
Vines appearing at the top of the GroGuards
Boxing Day 2019
Tempranillo on Boxing Day
April 2020
The vines are up, growing on the cordon wire, and looking great. Therese and Rob have been out lifting up any drooping cordons and weeding in the Groguards.
Therese in new Tempranillo block
November 2020
We have just lifted the trellis wire to accommodate this spring’s growth. The vies are bursting away and carrying a large crop of new grapes, most of which will be snipped off to let the vines develop.
After Lifting Trellis Wires Nov 2020
September 2021
Tempranillo Sept 2021