Blue Door Vineyard's Grapelog :: Grape-growing, winemaking & wine

Our visit to Florida

grapelog — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:04:25 +0000

We have spent the last week visiting relatives in southwest Florida. I’m not so sure my grapevines would survive this climate any better than the one at home.

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Honeycrisp Apples

grapelog — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:21:12 +0000

I think I have convinced my wife to let me plant a couple of apple trees in our backyard. My main objective was to plant a couple Honey Crisp trees. I have seen mention of dwarf specimens that are...

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August in the vineyard

grapelog — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:15:28 +0000

Every year I feel I learn something new from my grapevines. This year has been no exception. The first few years after the vines became established, I found they did not seem to need much in the way...

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Early June Update

grapelog — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:12:21 +0000

I spent some time in the vineyard this afternoon tending to some maintenance issues I’ve had on my mind lately. I removed a few vines that were completely dead and moved a nursery vine in to...

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Volume 6, Issue 3 - May 2008

grapelog — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:02:09 +0000

Greetings and Welcome! Thanks for taking the time to read this latest edition of our newsletter. I know many of you are busy with your own vineyard maintenance this time of year so I truly do...

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New website feature

grapelog — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:25:28 +0000

We’ve just released a great new feature for visitors to the website - a discussion forum for both grape growing and winemaking. There is a link on the right-hand side of the page to Forums....

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May Update

grapelog — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:13:19 +0000

I was able to get out in the vineyard this weekend and take care of a few ’spring-cleaning’ items. For the first time, I decided to use round-up (glyphosphate) to control weeds in the...

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Pruning Day Notes

grapelog — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:26:20 +0000

Well, just in after pruning the vineyard and thought I should post an update while it’s fresh in my mind. Things were pretty much where I left them last fall, although I am a little concerned...

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Spring is in the air…Almost!

grapelog — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:58:08 +0000

Slowly but surely, spring is getting nearer. Lately we have gone from snow to no snow, to snow and now again to no snow on the ground. The highs this week have been in the 40’s (F). I plan to...

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A Real Minnesota Winter…So Far

grapelog — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:55:15 +0000

It’s been a few years since we have experienced a true Minnesota winter. The last few years we have felt lucky to have a white Christmas. But not this year. Since December first we have...

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