Recent content by Logwerx

Been awhile since an update. Now have 425 vines in, 225 of them this year. Of the 200 from year one, we lost about 20. We had a water delivery issue that was noticed too late.

Beats the rock loaded mess at the home place.

Putting in a number of different ones hoping to find what may work best for us. Frontenac Sabrevois Marquette Itasca Louis Swenson I have Frontenac at my place now, just 30 vines. But had run out of room and wanted to try a few more. Not sure how well some of them will do, but if they work...

Finally able to put in a decent sized vineyard. I have been looking for a spot for a few years, to no avail. Found another hobby winemaker that has the ground but had no interest in growing the grapes. He is a MUCH better wine maker than I am, I am much better at growing things. We are on...

Does anyone have any they are willing to part with?

So in Sept of 14 I ran a new batch with a 50% Valiant must and 50% water. Brought the sg up to 1.090, ph was about 3.4-3.5 used EC1118 yeast. Racked it at 21 days, 45 days, 60 days, 120 days. on day 180 I racked again onto 5.5 pounds of heavy toasted oak chips (30 gallon batch) and let it groove...

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After living out of town for the past 30 years, decided to move to town. Finally got the last 50 vines producing at the old place, harvested just shy of a ton last year, Looks to be even better this year. Just couldn't make the move without bringing some with me. Started these last year from...

I can use one.

Right now I am still in the "Test" phase of my project. I plan on adding some earlier varities also.

I am currently growing Valiant and Frontenac.

Welcome bhoenisch. I currently have 30 vines groing on my place in Highwood. If you ever want to compare notes or trade ideas come on out. EVERYONE knows where the "idiot trying to grow grapes" lives. We can even crack open a bottle if you want.

I bought 2 new vehicles in 1990, both Toyotas, 4-Runner for the wife and family time, pickup truck for me. Both have the 22RE 4 cylinder engine. The truck currently has 480,000 the 4-Runner is just about ready to go over 600,000. Bought a new 2011 VW Sportwagen TDI and sent the 4-Runner to...

Our local brew your own store had 12 of these, he said they were a ***** to clean. He got rid of them within 3 weeks of starting to use them.

Greg, have you considered having someone come in and pound those poles? We pound all our fence posts here in Montana. I am going to use a pounder for my trellis posts.