Taking Soil Samples
Soil samples help to determine if the ground was right for grapes, and also helped pick what rootstock I should use for the grapes.
2016
Breaking Ground
Day 1 - Discing out the alfalfa. | May 28, 2017
Cleaning Ditches
My dad cleaned all my ditches to allow proper drainage | August 5, 2017
Subsurface Drainage
September 19, 2017
Straws
Straws are put in the ground to mark where stakes need to be installed. | October 10, 2017
Stakes Installed
October 18, 2017
End Posts and Drip Line Installed
November 14, 2017
Installing Cross-Arms with Vicente
January 15, 2017
Pump Electrical Panel
Gary installing the electrical panel that is vital to the irrigation system. | February 23, 208
Gypsum
Applying Gypsum to the field with a high crop Oliver. | December 20, 2017
Field of Green
Not the type of green we want to see! Time to weed spray before we plant. | March 29, 2018
Aaron Beaver & Tara Beaver Coronado
Delivery
All the vines were delivered! All 37,600 of them. | April 19, 2018
Bare Root Dormant
All the vines came as bare root dormant. They were a year old when delivered to the farm. This is what they looked like out of the boxes.
Let there be life!
Starting to see the vines wake up! | May 9, 2018
Getting Bigger
May 18, 2018
Opening Boxes
Recruited family and friends to help open all the boxes so the vines could get more sunlight. | May 26, 2018
Opening Boxes
Recruited family and friends to help open all the boxes so the vines could get more sunlight. | May 28, 2018
Growing
Starting to flourish | July 13, 2018
The View
July 16, 2018
Growing Growing
The Vineyard grew so much in 2018!
