Browsing Archive: May, 2012

Great Winter Weather, Tough On Our Vines...

Posted by Rodney Hogen on Friday, May 25, 2012, In : Vineyard News 
As spring came early and summer is right around the corner we have been seeing more die back in our vines.     I thought because of the nice winter that this year we wouldn't see any vines die.    But that wasn't the case and currentlywe are experiencing a 50% loss of our vines for this year.      Our Marquette's, Prairie Star, Louise Swenson, St Croix, St. Pepin and Summerset Seedless have all died back to the ground.    They are now beginning to grow from the root.   So that means we will l...

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Springtime News From The Vineyard...

Posted by Rodney Hogen on Monday, May 7, 2012, In : Vineyard News 
It's been a busy spring at the vineyard. Pruning the 2,500+ vines is nearly finished.  Most of the vines seem to have survived the winter but I have seen some issues with the some of the vines that I think had to do more with the dry fall and also with the hail damage on the canes. So this will be another year to wait and see on our production.  We have put in more earth anchors and will be working on building more trellis this year.  

Opening day is fast approaching - Friday, May 25th.  Somet...
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