Boy. am I tired!!
I pruned all the grapes…it took all day. Notice that these are on a decorative arbor, not a standard arbor. The arbor is about 8 feet high and 99% of the vines are growing on top. So I have to climb on top of the arbor and stand on those 2 by’s, then bend down and prune.
I’m not complaining, mine you, I enjoy pruning grapes. I just wanted to give you feel for a day in the life of a gardener.
You saw the “before photo” a couple of posts ago. Here it is in progress:
Here it is at the end of the day today:
This arbor is about 100 feet long.
You can’t see it in this photo, but I left the lower vines on the main trunk this year because I want to encourage them to grow like a conventional two wire system below. These are very vigorous Concord grapes and should be able to cover the entire arbor. I had this set up until two years ago, when I removed the lower wires thinking it would look more “artistic”. I like it better the original way with the wires.
Tomorrow I will be back in the greenhouse to transplant seedlings if it is rainy. Otherwise, I’m outside cleaning up the vegetable beds.
Speaking of beds, I think I’m going to bed early tonight.
Bob
I looked at the grapes yesterday. Instead of pruning, I cleaned up some of the perennial beds.
Maybe I’ll prune this weekend.
Comment by Vicki — April 18, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Good idea, Vicki. Its supposed to be nice and warm this weekend, which will probably encourage those perennials to really “take off”. The buds on our grapes are a little “fuzzy” but haven’t swollen all that much as of today.
Comment by Bob — April 18, 2007 @ 5:30 pm