The Crags

Stamina & Bonding

In between spraying and suckering (stripping excess side-shoots), you need to…


Training the Vines

The vineyard started to look like something. Especially when we stood at the…


Disaster: Nematodes

Because we had started so late in the winter, the vines were already in…


Pinot Noir it is!

We identified a part of the farm which we thought would be best-suited for the…


Beginning at the beginning

For the last twenty years I’ve been teaching at Bay College (now Greenwood Bay…


The Chainsaw Massacre

Over the years I made various assaults on the wattles with my chainsaw but my…


The dumping ground

  Back in the day the farm was a bit of a dump – in the literal sense of…


Lighting the Lounge

The “lounge” was pretty well-made and lined with tongue and groove but the…


Bohemian Bedroom

The “bedroom” was tiny with an even lower ceiling than the bathroom and we were…


Kitchen confidential

As far as the kitchen was concerned, there wasn’t one. For the first few years…