6 Days 30 People 4200 Vines

Our friends are just the best in the world! We had about 30 people come to help us over the May 14th and 15th weekend and we were able to plant approxinmately 13 out of 26 rows of vines. In corporate lingo, we met our stretch goals and had fun doing it.
Some of our friends mentioned that they now have a new appreciation when they drink wine. Another one of our friends mentioned that they now know what the old adage "long row to hoe" is all about. Here is a summary of what we did shown on the left.
It began with pre-drilling all of the holes that we anticipated we would be planting with vines. The task could not have been accomplished without the help of Our Lineman who had a system of pulling back our fruiting and catch wires so that the dingo could drill the hole.

It took approximately 10 days of work but, 16 days of elapsed time due to equipment failure, rain, etc. The pre-drilled holes were key to getting the vines planted. (video to follow)
We had a skeleton crew (Team Long Pond, Bob C., Tiffany, Rich, Brad and Marty) on Monday and Tuesday and finished all 26 rows of planting on Wednesday. Here is a photo of the elated crew at the end of the planting.
Mother Nature blessed us with days that were sunny with a touch of coolness and a little breeze whenever the sun felt too warm. The afternoons were breezy and it could get really cold, but all of us persevered and this seemingly daunting task got done. At the end of the planting, our lineman took a video of my husband planting the last vine, our veritable golden spike. My husband provided a little bit of bubbly to celebrate this auspicious occasion and there was talk of Team Long Pond putting in their own vineyard. They were going to call it Eight Ball Vineyard and already had a name for their white wine---Cue Ball White. I think it was the champagne talking. We were all a little tipsy and glad to see the last vine planted.
We would like to thank everyone who came to help us plant our vineyard!