Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Cool trellis!
Check out this grape trellis, in the Old Country. Some trellises are to resist extremely ferocious winter winds (such as the one that rips out of the Northeast towards the Dalmatian Coast), while others are selected for their unique grapegrowing/fruit ripening characteristics for a grape variety, and still others are done in a certain way because that's what's been done for centuries, with no special reason other than [cue Fiddler on the Roof:] TRADITION!
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