Yes Mendy. Exactly. Many also have bee hives in and around their vineyards. At this point, the vines are loaded with grapes. The harvest will start in a few weeks. In about a month there will be this very sweet smell in the valley here of fermenting grapes. It can be a little strong at times. Then it's barreled up and moved into wine caves.
^ Additionally Mendy, Those are also sacrificial plants. In California we have moles and gophers. Those flowers give them free root food and they tend to leave the new vine plants alone.
Few more pics from this morning
A portion of Sutter Home vineyards
These will be for Chardonnay wines.
The precision of wine vines growing. Around 3 years, they are split off to form this "Y" so grapes can be grown to make harvesting easier. At the end of each season, each of the vines are hand trimmed to manage the growth.
My brief visit to my old sport ground...
The club I used to play for until post earthquake circumstances dictated I head out overseas again.
Typical mid-winter conditions for a social cricket ground. A bit soggy , but green
The clubrooms where I spent many a late Saturday afternoon drinking awful Lion Brown ale and talking rubbish.
pues, estamos aqui
That's wheelie cool. Even if they didn't need to shell out much.
Groping women when you're old is fine - everyone thinks you're senile
^ Odd as most searches for gay porn come from the bible belt (iirc)
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