How many hours do you work?

I read an interesting little quote in Rolling Stone. A scientist was asked the question: “How many hours do you work?” His answer: “All of them”.

I’ve stolen that quote and I’m using it now when people ask how we get everything done we need to get done. Even working ‘all of them’ I get behind in things I need to do. Documents that need to get written, updates to our website, and writing blogs.

I was really encouraged though this past weekend in getting caught up a bit more. Daniel and Jerry who have proven so helpful in the vineyards and winery, got their first exposure to pruning this past weekend. They did an amazing job, and we’re now a week ahead of schedule. I feel like I’ve got a top flight crew now, and their growing experience in the vineyards should make it easier to shift some of those work hours to other work tasks.

Not that Stefania and I didn’t spend many hours pruning vines this weekend, we did. And I replaced broken trellis and made repairs, but we don’t have to spend all the working time doing that. There should be more time for other tasks now.