Wednesday 31 January 2024

Pruning in the orchard and clean-up in the vineyard

 


Unlike today, yesterday was a stunningly beautiful day for the most part. Alex convinced me not to do my usual shopping trip on Tuesday (Mayo News Day) and instead, we pruned in the orchard. I pruned the pear and he took on the big apple tree. We did a fine job. 

Alex then took on the cleanup of the vine segments we pruned in the vineyard. We had massive piles of vine sections about 203 feet long. We got it all done just before a big shower came through. But it got sunny again and I went out to prune the small apple and start on the Cox's orange apple, but it was too cold after the squall went through to continue. 

We managed to straighten and secure the oak tree that got blown over in the last gale, but the big Scots pine is too far gone. It's too big to secure against the wind we've been getting. 

Today, we have another gale and torrential rain coming through during a 2-3 hour window. Not much solar generation today. Yesterday was very rewarding to track in the solar PV app.  










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