Nets on an 8 month old vineyard? You have to be joking. Keep an eye out for the next insane installment of DAW.
Shoot selection, Infanticide and the Master Race
I can’t stand it. It’s like killing off one baby to ensure the survival of the other, but which one do I choose? The eldest? the youngest? The strongest? The tallest? Agony, guilt, it’s all there and finally, when you pluck up your courage, close your eyes and do the deed, there are thousands of others waiting … Continue reading
Water in one end, water out the other. Simple yes?
Yes! Well kind of. You just have to connect a suction hose from the dam to a huge pump complete with doser unit, anti-syphon and space age controller; then connect that to the 3 zone solenoid switch unit, (one of which the cows stood on) and then bury 2 x 150m x 2″ polypipe (why does it come in … Continue reading
Time Drips By
While we have had plenty of rain and soil moisture is good, I am still anxious to get the irrigation up and running. When it dries off it will do so quickly, even if the Bureau aren’t quite forecasting El Nino conditions. So the team are out again, running dripper lines as fast as they can go. If only I … Continue reading
The Most Beautiful Thing I Ever Saw
Enough said…
As if 4,000 vines weren’t enough…
I have always felt that a project like this must be more than just vines (shock horror!) and that the whole property must have a wow factor. So with this in mind, and it having been hours since we planted anything, the poplar trees were planted last year, (see out of the nursery) on the south … Continue reading
