The Vineyard work continues

Jun 26, 2017

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After placing the near 2,000 grape vines each vine had to be marked with a bamboo pole. Then they were each protected from the local deer and rabbits with blue 'grow tubes' and finally mulched with hay grown here at the monastery. Now the vines are growing so very fast--Glory to God for all things!

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