Our First Season - Fall
1998 - OUR FIRST SEASON!!
CHRONICLE OF A VINEYARD STARTUP
FALL 1998
The conclusion of our first season

Pounding in trellis posts using hydraulics.   Posts are installed on 25 foot intervals along a row.

Our Hilling tool, custom fabricated for us here in Vermont, based on a design from Michigan State University
Keith  Hobday of Vt Ag Fence locating a post at the end of a vine row
The Hilling Tool  is used to mound up soil against the vines in late fall for winter protection.
The soil is removed in the spring with rotating tines of the Weed Badger implement.
Installing trellis Posts