The heat certainly did arrive yesterday and more so today. Reached 37C yesterday and 39C today with the night temperatures not getting below 25C, not much diurnal variation during ripening.  This has been a sustained hot period for January.
On both days the nets were checked for any intruders of the feathered type.  Strong winds during the night had […]

Australia Day dawned with extremely strong south easterly winds, a sign of a very hot day to come.
I decided to start the day with a walk on the beach and a short swim.  A day off from things viticultural, however Saturday will be back to monitoring soil moisture levels and checking that the nets are doing their […]

Over the past few months I have been rather irregular in my postings.  What I intend to do is try out posting every day from now until the end of vinatge and see how it goes. I will be posting about what I have been doing, what I have noticed and generally items of interest.
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It was a great surprise to recieve this stenciled artwork as a gift recently from my youngest son. He understands fully my affinity with these lovely creatures.
Not sure about those legs though! Yes they belong to Vineman.