Recent content by Martin Amell

It's my understanding that barrels for wine or any other alcohol are almost always white oak as opposed to red oak as white oak is much less prone to decay and is a much harder wood to begin with. While wine makers look for specific characteristics woodworkers look for other characteristics. I...

Politics not withstanding things really grow well here to the point of trimming hedges becoming a full time year round job.. I'd love to take the step of making the backyard into a small vineyard and stop being a full time hedge chopper downer.. I'm not sure how the Mrs would feel about it as...

I currently have several small seedlings of muscadine grapes doing quite well for now and a few larger plants still in pots. The question about raised plantings in pots, is it feasible to grow in pots with no bottoms so they'll root well below the raised parts? I'm thinking something like 2x...