July 11th

The weekend was hot and the vineyard seemed pretty dry.....at least it felt dry!

Kim and I removed almost every berry with blackrot in the third row from the south. (I'd venture to say we removed 99% of them, but leaving room for human error I am sure we missed a few.) That row had one entire 3 gallon bucket of berries removed from the vineyard. The entire vineyard except the west half of the Concord's were sprayed with the Immunox/ Daconil solution Dad mixed. Vines were pruned and trained by ties to help establish a better canopy where the need was recognized.

The little guys Joe was able to find during the July 4th weekend have actually done surprisingly well in the past week without being choked out by the grass. More grass was removed around them to promote airflow and eliminate competition.

Mike mowed the entire vineyard between rows and around the exterior perimeter, and did much weed whacking around posts.