In our first installment of how to build a winery and not lose your marbles, you may remember me flippantly using words such as fun and frivolous, but do you remember the operative word??? If memory serves correctly, it was daunting.
Trust me on this one, daunting doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Trench warfare at The Good Earth
Consider this, my human’s delightful dusty laneway has been completely torn up in a bid to install water pipes required by the town for the winery. Now, when I say completely torn up, I mean trench warfare. And in a classic example of Murphy’s law, the work was not completed on time and there are events all weekend at the school.
Everyone coming to The Good Earth must be detoured on a charming, (yet potentially suspension grinding) journey through the orchards. Dusty has been taken to new heights. If you don’t believe me (after all, I am “just” the cat) check out the photo.
The Good Earth Winery footings are at least poured…
The winery has its footings poured, but full steam ahead? I think not. We seem to have hit a kind of stasis.
Bolek, our clever project manager has demonstrated a knack for the apoplectic fit; Chefs Patrick and Isa are doubling as flag wavers to help people negotiate the detour to the school; and Nicolette has adopted a quiet zen-like demeanor (between furiously putting out fires for everyone) and is gardening with a vengeance to release all the negative chi.
Good Earth Winery: native Carolinean trees for landscaping.
On a more cheery note… Bob Hammersma, master gardener and fellow romancer of the ladies, put a smile (a weary one, but a smile nonetheless) on Nicolette’s face when he dropped off a selection of rather large trees for the impending landscaping at The Good Earth Winery. Native to the Carolinian forests that surround us and sure to be spectacular we’ve got: a Burr Oak, a Robinson Crabapple, a Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood, and a Shadblow Serviceberry.
I’ll post when the laneway is once again our beloved – and passable – dusty laneway.
And, rest assured, if you’re coming to The Good Earth, you will arrive unscathed and enjoy the same warm welcome and fabulous experience as ever. You just might need to visit the car wash on your way home!