I had this nice long article about "ripping" the fields and working with the sub-soiler, talked about our vineyard consultant, and so on but for some reason the post was lost within Blogger and I'm not really in the mindset to recreate the post again! Summary: I spent a good deal of saturday and sunday creating the rows that will eventually make up our small (2 acre) vineyard. This process utilized our 30hp Kubota tractor and a "sub-soiler"
that I purchased over at Tractor Supply. The sub-soiler basically "rips" the top 12-14" of soil (hardpan) giving young new roots an advantage to dig down into the soil. I was a little nervous at first, crossing my fingers that I wouldn't hit rock and that the soil would give to the tractor/sub-soiler combo. End result- no problems what-so-ever and now we're on to the next phase. I believe we're going to till over top of what has been ripped and I'm going to start digging holes for deer fence and trellis systems. I'll post a total count needed but I'm estimating somewhere in the 500+ range. This world is so much different than my "rock" world in the studio but it's a nice release and clears my head in between projects! More later- got a gassy puppy sleeping next to me!
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