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Farming in Service of Nature
Loss of biodiversity may be humanity’s greatest threat, even more than climate change. Food production is the primary cause. At Dodon, we seek to reverse this trend and thus enhance the ecosystem services that will allow us to reduce our physical and chemical footprint…
by Regina Mc Carthy5 viewsfarmvineyardoccasional-notes - news
2022 Vintage Update: Doing Our Part
Every season, I’m dazzled that the buds break, shoots grow, inflorescences bloom, and fruit sets and ripens. It’s a bit like the sun coming up in the morning. Who can complain after that miracle? But some vintages are more successful than others. And despite the challenges, 2022 was more triumphant than most.
by Regina Mc Carthy4 viewsvintage-summaryfarm - news
2020 Vintage Check-in
The year started normally enough. The autumn had been good to us. Warm weather, absent the extreme rain of 2018, meant healthy vines entered dormancy. We enthusiastically embraced new cover crops, created a novel composting program designed to stimulate mycorrhizal fungi, and bought a flail mower to mulch vine pruning wood in the vineyard.
by Regina Mc Carthy4 viewsoccasional-notesvintage-summaryfarm - news
2019 Vintage Summary: Tranquility and Transformation
Things may have seemed simple in 2019, but they were not. After the rains of 2018, the 2019 vintage brought welcomed change. Unusually dry weather that started in mid-July helped make the harvest, at first blush, delightfully simple. The vines politely stopped growing at veraison, focusing their energy on ripening the fruit. The vineyard team was, well, in the vineyard, the work progressing quickly and efficiently. Picking, sorting, and processing seemed almost effortless. The wines made themselves.
by Regina Mc Carthy5 viewsvintage-summaryfarmvineyard - news
America's Farmers Can Fight Climate Change
Maryland farmers are confronting the challenges of changing weather patterns that are the result of carbon pollution and warmer temperatures. Following heavy rain last September, more than in the previous five Septembers combined, red wine production in 2018 from our vineyard in Davidsonville was less than half the amount it had been the year before.
by Regina Mc Carthy4 viewsfarm