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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

SISU! wrote:

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> Hmmm.  Why would your winter capacity be lower if you get most of your
> rain in the winter?
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My land is green without rain all summer because it's in a little draw 
where the water runs through.  In winter it's much colder.

>   I
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> > don't intend to push it to the limit, because they start gnawing tree
> > bark.  At this point I keep animals only seasonally, since I'm a 
> > snowbird, but within 5 years we'll both be able to move here full
> > time. Just in time, eh?  I hope so.
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> You're a snowbird??  Where else do you live?
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S. California.

I think I've decided to freeze the Gewurztraminer on the stems.  Think 
of how easy it will be to separate the tiny pedicels and underformed 
grapes by shaking the frozen marbles in a hardware cloth basket, later 
when there's more time to do it.

Bill
S. Oregon