Ah yes! It's working again!
My photos today are from the vineyards just behind my house, on the first day of summer - and at last with summer weather.
The title of the first photo is "Reaching for the sky".
The second photo is called "Hanging on".
At the top of the plants the stems (les tiges) and the tendrils reach out (s'étendent) looking for something to hang on to (pour s'accorcher). Lower down (plus bas) they have found wires (des fils) and immediately turn and turn round them.
The grapes are there already (déjà) too, full of promise for this year's wine.
Tag - grapes
Monday, June 21 2010
GRAPEVINES
By carolweb on Monday, June 21 2010,
Friday, April 30 2010
MAIZE
By carolweb on Friday, April 30 2010,
Oh,no! here it comes: the maize that's going to block my view. READ PREVIOUS ENTRY
The grains were planted on the 9th April and the field is already green, it grows quickly with all the chemical fertilizer (engrais)! I think I'm going to measure how much it grows in 24 hours, with rain or without rain. I don't like it!!
What I DO like is this:
This is growing quickly too; they are the first leaves and flowers on the vine behind my house.
I live in the Cognac area where there are lots of vineyards producing white wine to make cognac. The farmer grows the grapes, presses them and makes juice, lets it ferment to make wine, then the cognac producers take it to distill into eau de vie. Only when it has aged (vieilli) in barrels does it become cognac.
I love drinking the grape juice. When the press starts I go to fill my bottle with the fresh juice, it's delicious. But I have a long time to wait, it's at the end of September!