As like most vineyards... Winter is a quiet time of the year here at The Vines! The vines are dormant and; There's no weeding to do There's no pest control to do There's no herbicides to apply There's no fungicides to apply There's no pruning to do Yes, winter is a quiet time … [Read more...]
Vineyard Trellis System Going In
Over the last few weeks, the work crew of "The Vines" located in Baldwin City, KS, have been hard at work getting the trellis system for block A & block B installed. End & Line Posts In We completed the drilling and post placement of over one hundred CCA Treated Posts. These posts make … [Read more...]
Spring 2017 Vineyard Planning
We're looking out to Spring 2017 and beginning to plan for the planting of our next vineyard block. Our plans include planting over 1000 additional vines, on just over 2 more acres. We already have the area plotted out and plan to dig all of the holes for the plants this fall. That way, by next … [Read more...]
Dog Days of Summer
Wow, I didn't realize that it had been so long since we had posted an update here on our blog. It's not that we're lazy or just had nothing to write about. On the contrary, we have been quite busy! The Vines are doing good, or should I say - "As good as can be expected", considering that we have … [Read more...]
Planting is a Lot of Work
It took us longer than we had ever expected it would take, but we are finally done with the planting of Block 1 & 2! I'll warn you upfront, this article has more pictures (because I wanted to share our work with you) than it will have words. Block 1 & 2 planting is done. It took a lot … [Read more...]