You know, if they stuck my feet in the ground and walked away I would die soon enough; but if I stuck a grape vine in the same ground in a few years I would be drinking wine! Boogles the Mind.
A little warm streak here in the Umpqua Valley has me out in the yard. We have a beautiful little acre that already boosts a dozen different trees and twice as many flowers. Never enough I say.
The great thing about planting this time of year is that the soil is so easy to dig. Yesterday, I planted a weeping willow that was already twelve feet high. It's all part of my plan for a Peace
Garden. Next come the vines!
My good friend Charlie at Becker Vineyard will be dropping off a few Cabernet Sauvignon starts for the Garden. Just when I thought I knew it all, (heh heh) along comes the notion of just sticking last years prunnings in the ground. And Magic, you get more of the same. Charlie did his whole vineyard that way and I'll tell you those vines sure make great wine.
Like anything, you can make it complecated or keep it simple. Sure you can order the latest boutique root stock and clone but for me I'll just snag a few sticks off the ground and plunck them into my yard and sit back and wait for the wine to flow!!
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