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		<title>When it rains&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I&#8217;m stuck in the house on a rainy day with nothing to do, it never fails that I pickup a book to read. Lately, I&#8217;ve been re-reading Lon Rombough&#8217;s The Grape Grower. I&#8217;m amazed by how much I&#8217;ve learned since I first bought this book. Reading it now, I&#8217;m thinking &#8216;oh yeah, it makes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/when-it-rains/</link>
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		<title>Chisago Grape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surfing the web today, I came across the mention of a new winegrape bred in Minnesota &#8211; named Chisago. It is a red wine grape bred by the folks at WineHaven Winery in Chisago City, MN. I found this writeup on it and it sounds like yet another promising vine for cold climate wine grape [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/chisago-grape/</link>
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		<title>Sasquatch? Nessie? Sabrevois?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple years back my 3 Sabrevois vines mysteriously withered and died. I had my suspicions &#8211; mainly that ground squirrels had chewed through their roots. Anyway, I cut the vines back and kept them watered, but nothing came back. I had completely given up on them. Just last week, I noticed a few sprouts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/sasquatch-nessie-sabrevois/</link>
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		<title>Water + Heat = Crazy Vine Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since we hadn&#8217;t received rain since last weekend, I ran the irrigation on the Prairie Star and Foch vines today. On top of that we received some unexpected rain this evening &#8211; probably about 1/2 inch total.
With the forecasted temps expected in the mid-80&#8217;s to low 90s this week, I expect that I&#8217;ll start to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/water-heat-crazy-vine-growth/</link>
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		<title>Protecting the vines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This season I have planted a few new vines and am also working to resurrect a few other vines. It used to be that I didn&#8217;t have to worry about too much nibbling of the new growth &#8211; what chewing the deer did didn&#8217;t amount to much and there were no rabbits to speak of.
Well, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/protecting-the-vines/</link>
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		<title>Surprise vines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two seasons, I&#8217;ve had two groups of vines die out almost completely. One of Sabrevois and the other a group of Foch. Mysteriously, another row of Foch nearby have survived and are doing pretty well. Anyway, I just noticed one tiny Sabrevois vine and one tiny Foch vine sprouting up in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/surprise-vines/</link>
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		<title>Warm Weather = Fast Vine Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always amazed each year when the summer temperatures start heating up into the low 80&#8217;s (and higher). It&#8217;s during these days, that grapevines grow like crazy. Not unlike the rates of growth seen in cornfields when you can actually &#8216;hear&#8217; the corn grow. The thing is, the grapevines grow even faster than corn does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/warm-weather-fast-vine-growth/</link>
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		<title>Cuttings Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since I last posted about the status of the cuttings I started earlier this spring. Well, all has gone pretty well. I ended up with 6 cuttings that had callused and had started rooting. I moved them to biodegradeable pots with potting soil. Initially I was concerned as it appear that most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/cuttings-update-2/</link>
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		<title>Back from a short break&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve tried visiting grapelog.com or bluedoorvineyard.com in the last few weeks, you probably noticed that the site was gone. I took it down on purpose due to an attack that had taken place on my site. Anytime someone would visit my site &#8211; the rogue code would cause their browser to redirect to one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/06/back-from-a-short-break/</link>
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		<title>Cuttings progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After noticing the small roots that had formed on all of my Prairie Star cuttings, I potted the vines in paper/cardboard tubes. I managed to get 6 of 6 vines to root. Now I&#8217;m waiting on some others&#8230;only time will tell. I will be posting pictures soon.

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		<link>http://www.grapelog.com/2009/04/cuttings-progress/</link>
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