04/07/2018 – Pheromones
It stinks. Huge even. So the pheromones. And by that I mean those weird red spaghetti. If you’ve ever walked through the vines when it’s finally getting warmer in spring, you’ll sometimes come across mass hikes by motivated winegrowers. Most carry a small basket and some come with gloves. Warmth and gloves might seem like an […]
02/24/2018 – The clearing (Part II)
… I thought last week that it’ll be done very quickly today. It hasn’t rained all week, it should be drier, so we wouldn’t even need rubber boots, even though we had packed them to be on the safe side. (The devil is a squirrel and who doesn’t know that better than me when it comes […]
02/18/2018 – The clearing (part I)
To be honest, I had imagined Rebenroden differently. Namely like this: A machine comes and pulls out the vines, followed by a relaxed walk through the Rebstückle and collecting the vines that have now been pulled out. Well, as always… far from it. Expectation management is what they call it in project management language, and I can […]
