This weekend I applied my hours of training to prune my vines in preparation of the growing season. Each vine was pruned back to its “permanent” wood in the shape of a “T” consisting of one truck and two arms or cordons. Each arm was left with 6 to 12 buds, which will grow into three to four foot vertical canes, each producing one to two bunches of grapes. If all goes according to plan, that could yield as much as 100 pounds of grapes - enough for a little more than a case of wine.
With only seven vines to prune, the entire process took less than an hour, and that’s allowing for recovery time after I gave myself a nasty cut with my pruning shears. As the picture here shows, it’s the kind of injury that a vineyard owner would quickly shrug off, whereas a paid laborer might sit for a week. Which brings me to the most important entrepreneurial lesson learned for the day: never skimp on workers comp insurance.
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This weekend I applied my hours of training to prune my vines in preparation of the growing season. Each vine was pruned back to its “permanent” wood in the shape of a “T” consisting of one truck and two arms or cordons. Each arm was left with 6 to 12 buds, which will grow into three to four foot vertical canes, each producing one to two bunches of grapes. If all goes according to plan, that could yield as much as 100 pounds of grapes - enough for a little more than a case of wine.
With only seven vines to prune, the entire process took less than an hour, and that’s allowing for recovery time after I gave myself a nasty cut with my pruning shears. As the picture here shows, it’s the kind of injury that a vineyard owner would quickly shrug off, whereas a paid laborer might sit for a week. Which brings me to the most important entrepreneurial lesson learned for the day: never skimp on workers comp insurance. 
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