Showing posts with label grapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grapes. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
Diary 10/17/11
Town chores this AM and house cleaning this PM. I have "misplaced" my glasses and have found nothing but dust trying to locate them, so I have armed myself with the vacuum on the search now. Warm temps today and tomorrow will make for nice bags this last week. I have tomatoes ripening and raspberries once again coming on strong. Gophers are moving into the greenhouses. I will try the gopher sound buzzer in there, but might have to take more dire steps towards thinning them down a bit. Wish the cat would spend more time hunting there. There has been a feral cat now and then, but not enough to control population. Maybe winter will help. Meanwhile, they are eating beets and onions from the ground up. The grapes are producing a superior crop and the warmth is making them so sweet.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Diary 7/25/11
Worked on old blueberries. They are not doing well. Part of the problem is the deer continue to nip at them every time they pass by. Thus, they have small foliage here and there. That, and the nutrient level is still not quite right. So, after adding acid mulch like crazy, I gave them Liquid Fish fertilizer to try to urge them out of their chartreuse green to emerald. Then covered them with netting-which I could use a few more feet of. Anyway, they looked greener before I was done! I have high hopes for these 20 year old, 2 foot tall blueberry bushes. On the other hand, the table grapes are looking good after a cleaning and mulch a few weeks ago. They have set a huge amount to grapes. It is amazing how much comes off this small patch of vines. Once harvested, the grapes hold when cool and dry for at least three weeks. Then, they turn to raisins! I am not good about spraying, so all the grapes get is fresh mulch and water. Easy keepers.
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