Recent content by USDragoon

Just planted my first grape vines! Everyone, I received my plants yesterday, and just finished planting 6 of the 10 this evening near my garden at 9200 feet . They are the Marquette vines from Red Dog Vineyards. I still have some anti- wildlife devices to install yet. The other four will be...

Thanks! That was some good information, overall. I know my intended design is non- conventional, (as I'm a non-conventional guy 8) ). I didn't realize that one must "purge the line", but that does make sense; flush out the debris, excess air and create a vaccum. Randy

Hello Everyone! I really need some expert advice on setting up drip irrigation for our existing vegetable garden, and our new vineyard we're starting this year. We are drafting up a plan to install a gravity fed drip irrigation system. We've never done this before, andwould like help/ advice...

Sorry. no pictures today. It just became me doing the "honey do" list, and the sun was setting when I finally got home. I hope to have pictures this weekend though.

Rich, I plan on reading the "tome of knowledge" during this week. If I have another sleepless night like last night, perhaps in one night...lol Randy

Wood, I was born and raised in the Auburn Valley, (between Seattle & Tacoma) and my family comes from the Omak/ Okanogan area, which is north of Wenatchee. As a youth, we would go that way at least once a year. It seems like we would take Blewett Pass (sp), and come down into Wenatchee...

Rich, Just finished your thread on “Starting A Vineyard From The Beginning”. Very informative! It's given me some things to think about like; 1) What am I trying to accomplish- A personal or commercial operation? 2) If commercial, how big of an operation can I manage? 3) Do I want to...

Mike, I look forward to it! :b

Mike, I'm almost halfway through your thread. Very helpful! Although we do live a few hundred miles apart, and I'm almost 3,000 feet higher, We do share some commonalities like, monsoon season timing, hail, the damned wind! and UV light. My wife wants to go visit a childhood friend soon near...

Thanks for the encouragement! Red Clover seems to do well here- so long as there is water. I'm thinking about bush bean as a possible as well. Grapeman, I look forward to posting my experiences here. I hope this will become a viable enterprise and encouragement to others living in the...

Well we finally done did it! I just ordered my first vines thisevening. Six vines for our farm in the Wet Mountains of Colorado, at9200 feet, and four vines for our county community garden in the townof Westcliffe at 7880 feet. The variety I chose is the Marquette-potted vines from Red Dog...

March 2012 Update Its 4 March 2012 now and believe it or not, I think the worst of winter is over for us. Our weather outlook is calling for daytime highs in the 40's and 50's, with lows in the 20's. The ground may actually be workable in about a week or so. I do expect some heavy spring snows...

Hello everyone! I'm a new kid around here, and I’m just starting out learning about growing grapes. I posted a lot of info in the introduction section. “off my rocker” is my post, regarding my location and climate. To summarize the post, here’s the basic stats of my micro climate...

Thanks for the welcome! I can see where you thought I was going "huge", because I was suggesting watering 43,000 plants useing drip irrigation without having the first real clue/ experience in grape growing. :d With grapes I really only want to start small for personal consumption to...

Hello everyone! My name is Randy, and I live in Colorado, about 50 miles west of Pueblo in the Wet Mountains at about 9000' elevation. We own 40 acres and trying to develop a diverified farm. I recently had the urge (due to a friend/ home bewer) to attempt to start a "micro" vineyard this...