July: In the newly grafted vineyards, work goes ahead to train the (Ull de Llebre) vines on to the trellises.
As the vertical shoots become long enough, they are bent down and tied to the horizontal wires forming the trellis. Just a hundred yards away from the vineyard shown in Summer Ploughing, note how the growth of the vines grafted this year onto rootstock that was planted last year is far superior to that of the pre-grafted stock. The reason being the year's root growth that the stock planted this year has not yet consolidated.