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I took a soil sample but after settling for 2 days, I can't seem to find any clay layer, the top layer is all just liquid so no 3rd layer has settled. I'm pretty sure there must be some layer of clay in the soil? ph seemed to be 7.

Out of interest, why would a vineyard attract ticks? ...or is your vineyard attracting deer maybe and the deer are dropping off the ticks?

I'd thought of getting the hach pro but it's $120CAD + ph4.0 calibration and the probes only last 2 years. The clorplast test strips are around $50CAD and only meaure to 0.1 accuracy. Milwaukee MW102 unavailable in canada and not much cheaper. Isn;t there anything cheaper for a beginner?

I've seen some suggestions to backhoe the area to about 3ft deep. I'm planning on around 120vines in spring so something like a 50ft x 50ft area?

I'm going to till the ground this autumn in preparation for planting in spring but I'm wondeirng if I should get a tiller? Most store tillers only dig to about 5 or 6inches but I think for vines I'd need to dig to about 12 inches? How long would it take 2 or 3 people to dig a 50ft by 50ft...

Is there a pH meter that I can buy which I can use to test the soil in my area this autumn before planting and then use it again for making wine maybe a fe wyears later or would it be better just to get some pH strips?

but eventually the trunks will be very thick won't they? ..and are they grown at an angle inwards to the trellis or perpendicular to it?

I've been looking through the pruning section in a book I have and it says to leave a renewal vine? Aren't all vines renewing themselves the next year? I'm not sure I understand the aim of leaving a short extra vine...is it a safety?

The "instructions" :) for cold climates say something along the line sof: How can you lay a vine down on the ground when the main vine is a few cms thick? It's a trunk so you would just end up snapping it? ...and any other vines will be a few feet off the ground

Is it possible to plant vines in autumn when they are dormant ahead of the winter frost or would it be safer in spring time? It gets down to -40 where I am in Quebec so the varieties I need are Brianna, Swenson, Somerset things like that. Or would it be better to set up the trellis this...

I'm in zone 4, possibly 3b so it gets down to -40 C in winter. The local vineyard that I can drive to has some vines but only the folowing: - Brianna - Swenson White - Trollhaugen - SOmerset - Kay Gray I take it I cannot make wine with Somerset/Trollhaugen? So, my choices are the...

Is it possible to plant vines in autumn when they are dormant ahead of the winter frost or would it be safer in spring time? It gets down to -40 where I am in Quebec so the varieties I need are Brianna, Swenson, Somerset things like that.

I am planning on a backyard vineyard for about 120 vines in a 50ft by 50ft space. The main problem is that I have 1 outside tap already irrigating a small vegetable garden about 30metres away from the house (100ft). The vineyard area is going to be about 80 metres away (260ft). What are the...

If you open a bottle of wine and leave it, it will go off within a day or 2. How come this doesn't happen when you bottle it after fermentation? I know of some places where you can bottle your own wine and cork it. Also, when you are transferring your wine from barrel to bottle, it is exposed...

I would like to start a backyard vineyard with about 120 vines (something like 50ft square). I live in zone 4 maybe 3b so need something that can survive the harsh winters. I can't find many places in Quebec selling vines online - any ideas where I can buy them from and also if they'll deliver?