Vintage 2025: It's March and That Means It's Time to Prune

The weather is becoming warmer so there is no excuse! It's time to get to the vineyard and begin our pruning duties. The first thing to do is to trim off the tops of last year's growth.
When we went to the vineyard on Monday morning, we had some company.

It was Gavin from the tree trimming crew! He brought some big guns! Unfortunately, Gavin was not here to help us prune our vineyard. Gavin and Colton were here to trim up the trees that are currently dormant and very near the power lines owned by EverSource. While we were pruning, we were able to see Colton skillfully maneuvering the helicopter to get the saw to the trees near the powerlines. Colton and Gavin used our south field as a heliport. They were great! They let my husband take these movies of their operation. Here is Colton in the helicoptor:

That's Gavin, ground crew in blue and Colton, helicopter pilot in green. We enjoyed the diversion from our work, but now it is back to manual pruning for us!