We've Not Posted In A While...

Much has happened in the past several months--we've sold our Eagan home, moved in temporarily with our son Dan til we both retired, then moved permanently to Lake City.  In the process we closed our Comcast accounts and mistakenly thought we could no longer post to this blog.  We do not have Comcast e-mail addresses any longer, so if you want to contact us, go to either mwittek@bluffstonevineyard.com or cwittek@bluffstonevineyard.com. 

Very soon, we will update the blog with spring planting photos and all the latest on completing our trellis-building plus the beginnings of our home construction.  I also want to create a link to directions in case you'd like to pay us a visit.

Early Spring 2012 Vine Pruning

In March, Kate and Dave helped us prune all the vines.  Since they are "one-year-old vines," they needed to be pruned way back to just the main trunk and three or four buds.  Because it is so early in the spring (we've had May-like weather for a while) and there is a good possibility we could still have a freeze, we were afraid to trim things down that drastically.  So we left more like 10-15 buds on everything (and sometimes three trunks).  We will prune again later when we know the possibility of frost damage is past.

Vines are pruned and looking good!



Burning all the prunings