As you turn the page and your eyes alight upon the grape grower’s article, you probably expect musings on the pending harvest; envisioning misty mornings, yellowing leaves, heaping mounds of glistening clusters in quarter ton bins. Instead, I want to share with you what it is like to get my Big Spring Chore out of the way. That chore is the undervine cultivation that eliminates weed competition and incorporates last fall’s compost amendment into our soils.

The View From the Tractor — Fall 2018