投稿の詳細: 時候の挨拶 Recent greetings

水上がった？
というのが最近の葡萄農家の挨拶代わり。

まだ剪定が終わらずに枝を切っている。平年だと今の時期
切った枝の先からポタポタと水が滴るのだが、今年はその
気配がまだない。

今朝もご覧のような雪。日が出ると直ぐに消えてしまうのだが
今週も雪の予報が出ている。やはり地温が低くて根っ子の
活動がまだなのだろう。

昨年は開花が平年より10日遅かった、今年はさらに遅く
なるのだろうか。

Have the sap dripped? This has been the conversation between the
Grapegrowers recently.

I have not finished pruning vines yet and am still cutting the
branches and twiggy. Usually it is already the time when the
sap starts dripping from the edges of the twiggy. But this year
we have not seen one yet.

We had snow this morning like this photograph which of course
will melt away as soon as the sun shows up but we still have
snow forecast this week. This low temperature keeps the roots
still inactive.

We had late flowering last year by 10 days than usual year and
I wonder if it gets still later this year?