Entries Tagged as ‘week one’

April 12, 2008

The Daily Vine

Great news!  Only day three and already signs of growth.
I have given them the very exciting names of vines A, B, and C.  I spent too many years in a lab.
In any case here are the photos, 
Vine A doesn’t look as good as the other two.

Here’s Vine B

And Vine C, which I think is the [...]

April 12, 2008

Vineyard Inhabitants

I’ve said I was going to go over the vineyard inhabitants.  They consist of various assorted other plants, and my farm dog, Chip.

See photos of other vineyard inhabitants
 

April 12, 2008

Slacker Blogger

Okay, so I didn’t tell you about the other inhabitants of the vineyard yesterday.  Working for a living, farming the balcony, and taking care of the farm animals is hard work.
Today however, that’s a different story.  This morning it’s a pleasant 70 degrees F out here on the balcony.  And, according to the NOAA weather [...]

April 10, 2008

Dinner among the vines

Okay, so it was really dinner among the sticks.  But it was a nice warm 72 degrees here in Washington, DC — my first outside dinner of the year. The sticks look pretty much the same as they did yesterday.  This is going to be like a reality TV show that moves really slowly, [...]

April 9, 2008

Day One: The vines have arrived!

Last September I decided that I was going to try and grow grape vines on my urban balcony in the Spring.  So I did some Internet shopping and ordered three Chardonnay vines from Double A Vineyards in Fredonia, NY.
They were scheduled to ship on April 7, so a couple of weeks ago I began to [...]