Monitoring Vineyard Nutrition
This article describes how to determine vineyard nutrient needs through tissue and soil sampling.
How to establish a wine grape vineyard
While the type of soil is important, location takes precedence when starting a vineyard for wine production.
Management of grapevine water status under irrigated and non-irrigated conditions
Information on vineyard water management, focusing on when to initiate irrigation.
Top Ten Things I Learned Buying a Small Farm
Most recently, my husband and I purchased a small farm in southern Oregon-ten acres in the Applegate Valley, a mixture of pasture, woodland, hills and weeds. We were delighted when we went into escrow and could not wait to be on the land mapping out our ideas and dreams. We did not expect the process to take six months and turn into an arduous and exhausting real ...
Why do I need water rights for irrigation?
Many landowners are unaware that a legal right is needed to use surface water and groundwater for irrigation purposes.