I'm not sure this is trèfle, so I'll go back out and take a closer look*.
Those are not trees in the background, they're grape vines.
Those are not trees in the background, they're grape vines.
The vineyard, as you may know, is a patchwork of parcels owned and worked by a number of different growers and winemakers. Each grower uses different methods. Some use pesticides, others use none. Some have employees that prune in the winter, others are out there by themselves or with their wives doing the pruning. Some mulch the pruned canes, others burn them. And some use herbicides to keep weeds down while others mow between the rows.
Just Friday I saw one of the growers out on his tractor spreading herbicide in his parcels, including the one near where I took this picture. I'll soon see whether or not this patch of trèfle was spared; it's just outside of the vine parcel.
* I did. It is.
As always wonderful photo!
ReplyDeleteGreat pic Walt... it is a red clover as you suspected.
ReplyDeleteGood luck little flower.
ReplyDeletem.
Great picture. The bloom looks a bit thistle-like.
ReplyDeleteLooks like clover to me -- but it's a great photo whatever it is!
ReplyDeletePretty flowers. You could have rescued it and re-planted in your yard.
ReplyDeleterick, thanks!
ReplyDeletetim, yes, I went back and checked.
mark, :)
diogenes, I agree.
betty, merci!
starman, I didn't think of that!