appleman, your weather sounds a little like ours. low today was around ten above; 6" snow on the ground. however, the weatherman [and he is ALWAYS correct] says that this weekend starts a long "warm" spell of highs in the 40's to perhaps 50. if this weekend is warm i will try to prune my grapes. i have been working on the old apple orchard for several days, and the smallwood i cut is pliable and the bark seems "soft." the buds seem to be growing. spring is near, near and yet so far away.
i plan to use the prunings to replant some missing varieties in our vineyard [the empty spots where the cuttings we put in last spring did not grow]sort of like our hosta farm. i thought i would store the cuttings in a moist dark palstic bag and then stick them in the ground when it is no longer frozen, like early-mid april. does that sound sensible???