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Fruit thinning and I might need stitches

Sad day in vineyard today!  Not supposed to let the fruit set the first two years on you grapevines.  I had to go through and pinch off all the small bunches of grapes.

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Technically these are just the pre-bloom buds, and not grapes yet.  First they flower then start making fruit.  On the bright side the vines are producing hundreds of these little guys.  I bet I just pinched off what would have been the equivalent of several hundred pounds of fruit if left to mature.

And while not paying attention in the tool shed, I slipped and fell on my bush axe.  I had my gloves on so minimal damage.  On the bright side, I didn’t lose an appendage and I learned how to superglue my cut shut.  Of course I used some hydrogen peroxide first to clean it up.  The glue really does work.  I was able to get right back to work.  No trip to the ER today!

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