Starting a Vineyard from Scratch Part 1. Ground Preparation.

Ground preparation for a vineyard was the first step in our journey to produce our very own english wine. We decided to start a vineyard in our little corner of paradise in Herefordshire.

However, before we could plant anything, we need to sort out the field which was in a poor state.The field was approximately 1 acre of loamy soil with some light clay.

Not idea for grapes but we work with what we have. The ground slopes approximately 10 degrees to the East South East direction.
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Step 1. Cutting down the upper slope hedges that made long shadows over the field. Sorting branches out into different sizes for logging.

Step 2. Treating the field with weedkiller (glyphoshate) to get rid of all the couch grass, nettles, brambles etc
Step 3. Subsoiling the ground to help with drainage and also help with the ploughing stage

Step 4. PloughingStep

5. Crushing the big clods from the ploughStep

6. HarrowingStep

7. SeedingStep

8. Chain HarrowingStep

9. Rolling.

10. Have a glass of wine and look at all the hard work done.


Equipment and Companies used:
Stilh Chainsaws MS230 and MS170
Remet R120 Branch Logger
bostonseeds.com - Used the amenity low maintenance grass seed
Jordan Lee Farm Services
Little Orange tractor is a Kubuta L3845
Quad bike was a Yamaha
Big Red tractor is a Massey Ferguson
Big Blue Tracto is a New Holland
Drone shots were by a DJI Spark
Ground Video was using a Canon D600
Software used was Filmora Wondershare 9

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