Sunset Through the Vines

Isn't that a Boz Scaggs song? Oh wait, that's "Moonlight Through the Pines"

Big Sky Over Cayuse

"Grapes love the sight of water."

Who wouldn't want to live here?!

Lazy Summer at Cayuse

An exquisite couple of days out on the property. Weather was perfect. I wasn't too motivated to work, so took alot of photos. More on flicker

Making Hay While the Sun Shines

Neighbor Travis baled the season's first cut of alfalfa. Lovely sight laying down there in the morning light.

Smoothing the Aisles

Took my nephew Cody out to work with me for three days. We rented a tractor with a front loader and a "Gannon box" on the rear. It just fit down the aisles and leveled them out nicely with one pass. Cody became the Gannon box expert, but he made me back the tractor out of the rows so he wouldn't run over any grapes.

The aisles look great but I do regret destroying my "cover crop" of native grasses.

By the way, I strongly recommend leveling the site before planting vines!

Line Posts

Spent a full day putting in line posts on the slope. Decided to use my treated wood posts there - Old World Style, I call it. I think the wood has a nice look to it. I'll use steel line posts up on top, in the "real" vineyard.

Explosive Growth

Vines already overflowing their grow tubes. Gotta get the wires up quickly now.

Building Activity Rises in Moses Lake

GRANT COUNTY — Single-family housing permits increased by 21.5 percent from March to April in Grant County, reflecting a national trend of improvement in one area of housing permits.

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