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Vineyard Consensus 2009

Posted by on Oct 5, 2009

On what is most likely our last trip to Chelan for the sake of working on the vineyard. It is time to make summary of our first year of farming. The vineyard consensus: 2009 started out with big and lofty goals and ended with many lessons learned. First, we need a tractor. We need something with 4-wheel drive to climb the steepest slope. We need something that can carry a full 2000 lb macrobin of ultra-premium grapes and can move giant granite boulders. We need something with enough torque to pull old wind break stumps and a front bucket to push dirt. Basically we need a new best friend....

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