October 2009: Fall Bounty and Winter Cover Crop

At the winery, we are finally slowing down from a busy harvest season that started in the first few days of September. All the grapes are picked and we are attending to the last few fermentations. We are enjoying the bounty of autumn, including some pumpkins that my mother Carole grows every year.


Meanwhile, the summer cover crop was long since mowed, and the winter cover crop of wheat is well established. The fall colors play nicely with the green of the wheat.


Areas with patchier stands of wheat receive an additional seeding, straw, and fibrous netting for erosion control against the coming rains.