Another one bites the dust

Another old vineyard parcel out back is being taken out. I think the parcel was sold when the previous owner retired. It was pretty much left alone all year, until recently. The presumed new owners (who own most of the parcels out there) have been working to remove the guide wires and to cut the vines down to the stump. The next step, I think, will be to pull the denuded vine trunks out and prepare the parcel to lie fallow for a while.

There's a special tractor attachment that pulls the wires out at the end and winds them onto a spool to create the circles you see here, but not before people walk through and detach the wire from the support posts.

The green vines on the left are only about twenty years old and are not being taken out.

Tomorrow (Monday) we're expecting the plumber back to sweep the wood stove's chimney. I don't why plumbers got that job in France, but they did. Chimneys have to be swept annually. Insurance companies won't pay for chimney related damage unless it's been done (the plumber provides a certificate as proof). We had a real hard time finding someone to do it during the pandemic, and some years went by without a sweep. But now we're back on track.