The sky looked nice this afternoon.

#sky #clouds #July19 #today #grapevines #saturday

Grape grower cuts out the chemicals to stand out in tight market
By Timu King

A Victorian wine producer has cut his chemical usage after growing grapes resistant to disease.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-07-19/wine-sustainability-disease-resistant-grapes-chemicals-mildew/105484758

#Grapevines #AgriculturalCrops #PlantDiseases #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #BotanicalScience #TimuKing

A little whimsy this morning with The Bird and The Bottle - https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/the-bird-and-the-bottle-lisa-s-baker.html

#bird #birds #birdsofmastodon #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #bottle #grapes #wine #kitchendecor #artprints #canvasprints #buyintoart #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #whimsical #grapevines #vineyard #kitchenart

I was looking up best practices to prune #grapevines. Pruning in the early winter back to first year growth.
https://extension.wsu.edu/maritimefruit/grape-research/pruning-grapes-in-home-gardens-some-basic-guidelines/
When someone asked about 2 years, AI took over, and told them how to feed #grapes to a 2-year-old child 🤣

And we've been slicing them wrong all along:

"And, for smaller children – and bigger grapes – you may want to slice them lengthways into 4 quarters, rather than 2 halves."