投稿の詳細: 冬らしい朝　A winter morning

今朝は思いもかけぬ雪。
冷たい雪だと道に積もっても
溶けるのに時間がかかる。
チラチラと止みそうな雪が
舞っている。
寒くて冬らしい朝。

午後ワイン葡萄の剪定を始める。
まずヴィオニエから。
昨日し掛かりの巨峰の剪定は
また別の日に。雪が積もってしまうと
頭の上にある枝を切るのに
いちいち雪が落ちてくるので
やりにくいのだ。
その点垣根は雪が積もる
様な事は少ないから
今日の様な天気でもできる。

(ヴィオニエの畑）

夕方帰りがけに
寒い畑の中で葡萄の剪定を
している人たちがちらほら。
勤勉なベテラン達に
頭が下がる。

（長野方面を望む　ピンボケですが）

We had unexpected snow fall this
morning. It does not melt so quickly
in the streets if they were cold enough.
Snow flakes keep falling but they seem
to stop soon. It was cold and it seemed
a real winter morning.

I started pruning wine grapes today
starting with viognier. I had to put
off pruning kyoho vines which I had
started yesterday. Once it snowed, the
snow on the branch on the overhead
trellis falls on the face and made it
difficult to continue the operation.
Therefore I have to wait for while for
the kyoho vines but I can do for wine
vines as they are trained on the lower
cordon wires.

In the late afternnon when I came back home,
I found a few veteran farmers pruning in the
cold vineyards.They really work hard.
My hats off to them.