Growing Grapes Might be Fun: How we made a vineyard out of a junkyard at Cockatoo Hill

Growing Grapes Might be Fun: How we made a vineyard out of a junkyard at Cockatoo Hill – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9781761186394,1761186396

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1761186396
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781761186394
• Author: Deirdre Macken

I imagined lounging on a veranda overlooking folds of hills striped with vines. I’d be clothed in linen and surrounded by friends. On the table would be tumblers of wine we’d picked in last year’s harvest. Then we arrived at Cockatoo Hill and discovered a dump.

When Deirdre and her husband Roger decide to turn a sheep paddock into a vineyard, they are following the centuries-old tradition of family winemaking. Bit by bit they clean up the land, plant vines, protect them through storms and drought and turn a shack into a cottage. Slowly they start to read the landscape, appreciate the talents of locals and learn what to do when a snake passes by.

This is a humorous memoir with larger-than-life characters, hard slog and sweet triumph. It is also a story of a deepening awareness of our connection with the land and the rhythms of farming life.

Table contents:

1 DUMPSVILLE

2 STARTING WITH A SCRATCH

3 CROSS-STITCHING THE COUNTRY

4 BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT, UNPACK

5 OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER

6 PUMPED FOR PLANTING

7 STICK BY STICK

8 HARD GRAFT

9 WINDED

10 BACK TO SCHOOL FOR A CONTINENT

11 AN IMAGINARY FRIEND

12 THE DRY

13 HUSBAND GETS A FRIDGE MAGNET

14 PITTER PATTER

15 YOU DON’T KNOW ME, BUT YOU KNOW MY MUM

16 LOCALS ONLY

17 A BAKE-OFF

18 BORING MY KID, BLOODING THE NEXT GEN

19 RECOLLECTIONS OF RUBBISH

20 SHOW AND TELL TOO MUCH

21 SUCCESSION: TOO SOON AND NOT SOON ENOUGH

22 A FEAST FOR THE APOCALYPSE

23 DO MY UNDERPANTS LOOK BIG HERE?

24 BETSY, ZOE AND PARSLEY ARRIVE

25 DUMPSVILLE REVISITED

26 DINNER ON THE HOOF

27 THE PANTONE FARMER

28 A SILENT SHAME

29 MY BOM IS BETTER THAN YOURS

30 THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

31 THE GHOST WITHIN

32 PLEIN AIR

33 NETSCAPE

34 A RAGTAG OF DESIGN

35 LETTING GO

36 HARVEST À GO-GO

37 ILLEGAL STILL

38 FERMENTING

39 A NAME TO FORGET

40 WINE PROSE

41 THE CALL OF COUNTRY

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