2016
Welcome to 2016
Started off the year of final planning. We were able to secure a location to grow on the family farm. A bit of soil testing, head scratching, and pen and paper plotting
Vineyard planning started
We started planning this vineyard opportunity the spring of 2015…
2017
Winter time
October and things are closing up for the winter. The leaves are falling off, green vines are turning brown and hardening off and the irrigation has been winterized. All is
Progression
Here we are watching it snow here in Montana, yet we have planting and growing on the brain. As of today we have confirmed our orders for 300 vines to arrive in Montana the last
Supplies are coming…
We have begun collecting some supplies for the up coming “BIG DIG” or “Plant-a-Thon”. We are working on the final plans for irrigation and fencing. We a
2017: A new year
2017 January – February The turn of the new year has brought about a ton of new experiences in that we are now in ordering vines and making solid plans to get fences, trellis
2017…. What a start! now on to the 2018 season!
Our concept was to be able to post here on a very regular basis to document all of the wonderful things that we have going on at the Vineyard, but sadly we have had something calle
Memorial Day Weekend…
We have made it to the prep weekend for the main event. Several months of prep have come down to three days of laboring under the beautiful sun with some wonderful helpers. We
May & June 2017 – Planting time
The PLANTING. It actually happened. We got the vines in the ground, the trellis system in place, irrigation dripping and fencing to keep out the critters. Previous Nex
2018
2018: Looking Back
2018 January thru March All is well on the snow covered western front. 2018 March A quick pruning to ensure that we are on top of things before all the snow melts. 2018 April We ar
