Sorry missed this. So we’re working on a manifold that will irrigate in zones. Some drip feed, some overhead and some lay flat moveable fine spray depending on the application.

All a bit of an experiment at the moment but want to get it right to cut right down on watering time

Oof that sounds tough. Yeah we have very little stone here and it’s pretty easy since we’ve rewetted the soil to get it out.

Areas that are more compacted or tricky we do the same, just keep strimming to the ground until it exhausts them

So once we’ve got it to ground we hit it with a mulch head on our brush cutter. This breaks it down nicely. I’d say the average depth of the mulch is about 15-20cm, so not much really.

Great to cover the soil and when we want to grow we just scrape it back into pathways and plant

So we wanted a dessert grape that was seedless. Make it much easier to sell we thought. Not really in the headspace for wine grows or anything like that yet.

Gone for two of the standards, Suffolk red and lakemont. Would be interested to trial more, plus some to dry for raisins

It’s paradise! Big plans brewing for this bit

Honestly, it’s the third year trying to get them to take, I’d be happy with that!

We’ve put em in a border that’s easy to police with a strimmer on all sides so hoping we can keep them in check.

Yep inadvertently well timed. They even got treated to some hot bin juice and mushroom inoculant so they’ll be 6ft high by next week I reckon

Yeah we’re well happy with progress. Didn’t expect to be doing the second half until this time next year. It’s all happening very quickly.

Nothing found yet, no pots of gold, mythical bramble imps or anything!