Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Leaf Pulling in the Cabernet Sauvignon

We have moved on from leaf pulling in the Chardonnay to leaf pulling in the Cabernet Sauvignon. We are also seeing some signs of poor fruit set like we saw in the Chardonnay, but not as extreme as in the Chardonnay. A little disheartening, but when we look over to the Chardonnay, even though the fruit set was not optimal, the clusters that we cleaned and kept have berries that have gotten quite large!
The weather has not been kind with feel like temperatures rising into the high 90's. So we adjusted our work schedule to accommodate Mother Nature, arriving early in the morning, working until noon and then coming back at 4 p.m. and working until 6 or 7 p.m. As one of our friends have remarked, this is a labor of love.
On this day, we worked some strange hours. We went to the vineyard at 7:30 quit at 10 a.m. and then went back at noon (what were we thinking?) and worked until 4. That gave my husband time to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things in order to use the squash blossoms that our friends gave us.
Here is the dinner he made. Squash blossoms stuffed with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses topped with marinara sauce.
I will call that one happy ending!

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