I have recently been writing about the pruning and tying of vines in our fincas, but it occurred to me that I didn’t actually say too much about the progress of the vines themselves. After a prolonged cold, wet winter it was really a ten day period of sun and warmth in the middle of March that kick-started the 2014 growing cycle. 

However, do not be misled by the intensely blue sky in today’s photo – this was taken yesterday, and the sky has now reverted back to it’s more familiar overcast, grey colour. So far this year we have not really seen any prolonged period of settled weather, and it looks like this year’s Easter break is going to be quite a damp affair. So much for the new gas barbecue that I have just bought for the summer – methinks that it will have to wait until later in the year to be inaugurated…..

I have recently been writing about the pruning and tying of vines in our fincas, but it occurred to me that I didn’t actually say too much about the progress of the vines themselves. After a prolonged cold, wet winter it was really a ten day period of sun and warmth in the middle of March that kick-started the 2014 growing cycle. 

However, do not be misled by the intensely blue sky in today’s photo – this was taken yesterday, and the sky has now reverted back to it’s more familiar overcast, grey colour. So far this year we have not really seen any prolonged period of settled weather, and it looks like this year’s Easter break is going to be quite a damp affair. So much for the new gas barbecue that I have just bought for the summer – methinks that it will have to wait until later in the year to be inaugurated…..