After examining the vineyard closer, I did suffer significant damage in the vineyard. It was not from grapes being blown off or anything like that, but infrastucture damages. A number of earth anchors pulled right out of the ground from the soil being saturated and plasticized along with the weight of a heavy crop. This allowed the top wire to droop quite a lot between posts. It will need to wait until after harvest to try to replace them and restretch the wires.
Along with that, a number of rows almost blew over. Some are leaning 20-30 degrees from vertical. The posts lean quite a bit with a few having opened up about 8 inches next to the post in the soil. This also exposed the fruit more to the birds so more damage may occur. Vermont got all the press, but our side of the lake was hit almost as bad. A number of towns were cut off here as the bridges washed out.
Today's market in Ausable was canceled as our lot where we hold it was 15 feet under water in the flood and has not been cleaned up yet.
The town where the market is normally Sundays that was cancelled last week flooded very badly. The fire station was obliterated and even left Governor Cuomo aghast when he saw the remains. The market field is still flooded so it is not going on this Sunday. As a show of support some of us vendors decided to hold a Farmer's market the next town over which also took it hard. We want to show the area our support. In order for me to attend I needed to contact the head of the dept at NY Ag and Mkts today to get it designated a bonafide market to allow wine sales. He knew of the plight of the region and expedited it so it can come together. Amazing what a couple calls can do in a time of crisis when placed to the right people. We are donating our rental fees ( at a minimum) to the cause of the town. Expecting 2-4 inches of rain possible this weekend. We really don't need it............................
