Obviously a lot has changed since the last blog post. Unfortunately, focus on the morning glory vineyard has fallen to the backburner...

So, we are finally back after a 9 month hiatus. Some of you may have wondered what happened to the vineyard and blog since last year....

This update took a bit longer than planned because of a small setback. As you may have seen from our previous blog post the plants were...

Our light deprivation experiments are proven to be a complete success! Since Saturday we've already been enjoying our very first flowers...

It's the official start of spring today and high time to start potting up the seedlings. The seedlings have been growing fast and a few...

So we've been hard at work sowing the first batch of Ipomoea nil for the season. We've also decided to expand our selection from 25 to 44...

With the new year underway it's time to start planning for this season's garden. It is always a dilemma at the start of a season to...

The season is running to an end. The vines are slowly dying and drying up. High time to start collecting some seed pods as we still have...

We were lucky to get some nice weather the last two weeks. Nights tend to get chilly but the days are sunny and warm. Unfortunately my...

Things are still rather quiet in the garden. Ever since the heat and drought dissipated gray, overcast skies have been pretty much...

The never-ending dry-spell has ended after all. We've finally been getting some rain during the last few days. Temperatures have also...

Well it's been one month since the last blog post so high time to post an update on the garden. I've been very busy this month with other...

The garden is still growing strong. The weather has been lovely this year so far. It does look like it's time to break out some...

Flowering is slowly starting to pick up now. A lot of vines have visible flower buds and some are already blooming. Especially this pink...

Today we had the very first Ipomoea nil flowers of the season on an unexpectedly early Bluji Fade variety. The variety looks quite nice....

A special moment of every season: the very first flower of the year! And this year the winner is Sunspots. Very likely Ipomoea coccinea...

Today I noticed this Ipomoea hederifolia var. luteola "Sunspots" with it's first flower almost ready to bloom! This will officially be...

I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I noticed three flower buds on this young Bluji Fade (Ipomoea nil). The flowering season...

The third round of germination was started yesterday evening. Here's what I started: - Akatsuki no Murasaki (Ipomoea nil) - Asa Kumo...

Sowed another round of Ipomoea nil yesterday evening. Today I was glad to see that the vast majority had already germinated after less...