Last night's weather forecast said we'd have to "wait until Boxing Day to see any sun".
Funnily enough, today was gorgeous. Hm.
So I thought I'd continue on with the vine pruning. Remember on Sunday I was starting to prune the ones in the "open ground"? Well I finished them. Not too difficult as there are only five plants.
This is what they look like now:
Again, the contrast isn't too good because of all the shades of brown.
The next task will be to prune the vines growing against the house wall. Here are a few more shots of them as they are now:
You can tell how sunny it was by the sharp shadows, n'est-ce-pas?
These vines are pruned according to the "rod-and-spur" system, which is more straightforward than the Guyot method employed in many open vineyards
For the wall-grown vines all that is needed is to take back the current year's shoots to a couple of strong eyes. One of these will be allowed to develop into a fruiting lateral, and the other will be rubbed out. Because this procedure is repeated annually, a knobbly spur gradually forms, from which the method derives its name (natch). "Rod" refers to the permanent framework of old wood.
I'll post some more pics when I've pruned them.
Meanwhile, have a great Christmas.
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