An Unfortunate Turn of Events – But a Chance at a New Beginning
What a difference a day makes! At 8:30 P.M. on May 14 I left our vineyard after a day of mowing and spraying, I noted that our Marquette and Prairie Star shoots looked great, later that evening we sat around a bonfire until around 11 P.M. knowing that it was going to be a cold spring [...]
Happy Spring from the Vineyard!
Happy Spring from Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard! We have just completed the pruning of our 1650 vines. This year brought a much bigger pruning effort due to the need to convert our 1100 Marquette from low to high-cordon growth. For the 9 volunteers who helped in this effort we want to say THANK YOU! As a [...]
A Winter Update from the Vineyard
Hello to all our volunteers! It may not seem like it, but Spring is right around the corner! It seems that each Winter up here is getting longer and colder (nothing to do with us getting older, I’m sure). We have taken several steps to ensure that we have a large and healthy crop this [...]
Merry Christmas from Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard!
As Christmas fast approaches, we get a chance to reflect on what a strange and often beautiful world we live in, and to be thankful to live in our peaceful country, being able to provide for ourselves and our families. This is time also to note the great work being done by our 3 charities: [...]
It Was a Beautiful Day For a Harvest in Pepin!
It was a beautiful day in Pepin during our October 3 harvest. This year we picked 971 pounds of our Marquette. While this was a lot less than predicted; rest assured that we are taking the necessary steps to correct our vineyard management practices. We expect a much larger harvest, in the 5-6,000 pound range, [...]
Its official! We are picking grapes on October 3rd.
Our grapes are ripening nicely, as such we can announce that our fall harvest event will be Saturday, October 3rd. We will start work at 11:00 A.M., expecting things to go very quickly. Our vines ( about 850 Marquette and 250 Prairie Star will be producing grapes this year ) and are doing very well. [...]
Summer just seems to zoom along!
Happy Summer to all! Our Marquette and Prairie Star grapes look good, they have reached veriason (turned from green to purple and became delicious bird food ) about 2 weeks ago, so we netted them to keep the animals away. Now they just ripen until the sugar level gets up and the acid level goes [...]
A Spring Update From the Vineyard!
We were so happy that we did not have to go through another “Planting Event” this Spring, so instead we happily donated $10.00 for every volunteer who has signed up on our website’s mailing list, or has “Liked” our Facebook page. Currently, we have 127 of you following our progress, so we were able to [...]
Happy Spring from Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard!
Happy Spring to all lovers of Peace, Charity, Grapes and Lost Creek Hippies Vineyard! We have started pruning and although we see some remaining damage from the Winter of 2013-14, our vines are generally healthy and ready to grow. We officially have a full vineyard! With about 1,650 vines; 1,200 of which are going to [...]
Time to Rest After an Exciting Year
After one exciting year, our vineyard is resting. In 2014 we suffered a COLD bud-damaging Winter, followed by lots of work all Summer long finally leading to a quantity-poor but fun-rich Harvest – we had a great time! The vineyard is now fully planted, so no planting in June this year, however you are all [...]