When we came back from our trip the work at the Domaine continued. On the agenda; to protect the vines and deal with the problem of weeds. By placing a cloth/canvas between the vines, taking care of the weeds, all the nutrition is directed towards the vine. Even though a stressed vine might give you the best quality of grapes, at this stage and our climate it's all about survival.

 

The intentions of the stones are for holding the canvas in place, but also to retain the heat from the sun. But for that we need more stones. 

 

The Future of the Domaine.

 

 These pictures were taken at the end of July 2012. This was really heavy work, been raining for a couple of days, propper rain! Probably the most unsexy "mudwrestling" ever... At this time there were three rows finished with canvas, seven to go.

 

As the vines grow, witch they do and fast they need to be trained and pruned.

Have to say thatdad is very proud of getting this device!

 

 

And as I said before, we need to secure our vines from as many threats as possible like rabbits, boars etc.

 

 

 Beacause we are proud owners of 200 vines and we'll try our hardest to keep them.

 

 

And to finish this I have to show what I think is a perfect picture. Last day of work in july and the last picture I took before going back to Trondheim. It was a cloudy day, alot of rain had fallen but then a stream of light came through and the only place that got some sun were?....

...exactly!

 

I don't mind standing in the shadow at this point.