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No such things as weeds!

5/26/2014

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At this time of year the way people choose to cultivate their vineyards becomes very obvious. The two virtual deserts in the pictures above are some of our neighbours' vineyards, one is organic!

We choose to herbicide a very narrow strip right under the vines leaving the wildflowers and beneficial insects to thrive everywhere else. This means you can have orchids,poppies, bluebells etc growing all amongst the vine rows. The butterflies, moths, bees need the flowers and up the food chain the swallows and flycatchers need the insects.

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What keeps us awake at night...?

5/22/2014

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Paragraph. Bird life is at its most exciting right now. Nightingales keep us awake at night with their 'pew,pew,pew' from the lime tree right outside our bedroom window. In the day hoopoes and golden orioles vie with cuckoos for the most mellifluous sounds

Yesterday massive storms ripped our almond tree in half but luckily the vines with their flowers and the oaks and lime trees were OK.

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Epamprage and Orchids

5/13/2014

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In the foreground is a stem clean of shoots below the vine head. At this time of year the main job is to remove all the shoots lower down. back breaking on these young Semillon. Maybe we will soon develop the characteristic bent over back of the older peasants. Maybe a new career modelling for road signs!

Wild orchids are all around the vineyard now, in the vine rows and beside the track.

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Pyramidal orchids beside the track
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Tongue Orchids in the meadows
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Early Purple Orchids and Ox Eye Daisies
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Vegetables and Flowers for a change

5/5/2014

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With the vines well under control we have a bit of time to get our vegetable garden going for the summer and weed the flowerbeds.

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    Sue Temperley  writes the Wine and Wildlife blog. 
    Humphrey's passion for winemaking and Sue's for wildlife breaks through the repetitive tasks of the vineyard year. Her photos are not that great but maybe with the incentive of this blog they will improve. 

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