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    • Obbnw
      I've had hundreds of seeds sprout when I just tossed them under the vines. Now I compost them but still get grapes popping up all over...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread Using Old Malolactic Bacteria.
      I refrigerated mine after first opening in fall 2023, used it again this fall and it seemed to work. I didn't do the acid test but it...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread Information for starting a winery.
      Utah wasn't even listed. There was some well known wine maker who tried to do in SLC, what crush day is planning on in Billings...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread I'm going commercial....
      Good luck - when you like what you're doing it isn't work ; ) I've got a project in Yellowstone that will hopefully wrap up next fall...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread What R you doing today?.
      I'm not sure which one. My guess is eutypa lata. The photo shows the second spot I found. The original infection was just above the...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread What R you doing today?.
      I've been cleaning up my vines the last few days. This year the leaves never fell off so it looked quite messy with the shriveled brown...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread Musings from an old codger....
      I had to laugh when I saw the siding. It's exactly the same as is going up in on the one next to me. My new neighbor wants to talk...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread Musings from an old codger....
      It went up. It's about 5' lower than the initial plans. He lowered it so he could put it closer to the lot line. For every foot above...
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    • Obbnw
      I tried the vineyard thing starting with 500 vines growing to about 700. It is not a thing to retire on. I had no problem selling the...
    • Obbnw
      I'm retiring to grow grapes this year! But I think 40 to 60 vines is the maximum I want. Let's call it 0.1 acres ; ). Right now I...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread How to prepare grapes.
      I washed my first fresh grape wine. I didn't like all the spiders, bugs etc. It was one of the best wines I have made - that said I...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread Tasting my first wine.
      My first wine was from fresh blackberries after an unusually productive season. The wife has told me to keep my grubby wine stained...
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      Obbnw reacted to devnull's post in the thread Tasting my first wine with Like Like.
      I made a raspberry wine with berries from our garden, and though it's not been aging super long we had a little excess that didn't fit...
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      Obbnw reacted to ibglowin's post in the thread What R you doing today? with Like Like.
      Shoveling snow! We are getting buried by an early Winter snow storm. Parts of Northern NM may get uo to 36" of snow in the next 2...
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      Obbnw replied to the thread What R you doing today?.
      I've got some tires you can rotate for me ; ) Maybe tomorrow I'll get to it. Today, I used a press for the very first time. A very...
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