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Summer is almost here. What are your plans this season? After hibernating over the winter, the sun is out, business is getting busier and your visiting guests are arriving.
So many fun things happen for visitors in the summer with outdoor concerts, more wine tours arriving, working at the farmers markets greeting your guests at your farm, market, restaurant or winery.
Have you ever joined a wine club? There are lots of advantages of joining a wine club, especially if you don’t have the time to visit your local winery. Inside this issue we bring you a few different wine club options depending on what you’re looking for.
I hope your pruning worked out this year? It’s been a tough winter on some vineyard areas and it must be difficult trying to figure out what pruning method to use. I hope the system you decided to use works out for you and you didn’t lose too much of your crop.
And speaking of tough winters, the cold snap in December last year caps off a recent series of difficult years for growers in BC. We’re happy to see the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food stepping in with a new replanting program, which will now include funds for wine grapes and hazelnuts.
We’re sure growers will make the most of this opportunity, and we will once more see the bountiful harvests we have come to expect!
Have you considered using drones as part of your operation?
The data they can gather are proving useful to help uncover plant stress, track frost, air movement and water flow, or helping to find blueberry scorch. Check out the article inside this edition to read about their uses in blueberry fields.
Farming is busy at this time of the year, so I hope you have some time carved out in your hectic life to have fun too, whether you take a few quiet breaks, go camping, fishing, attend festivals or concerts or take a beach day every now and then to let the dog cool off.
Wishing you a great growing season and some free time for fun.
Enjoy the magazine!