Having measured the area and decided that I want to have 6ft spacing between vines and 6ft between rows it works out that I can fit two rows each with three vines. I may be able to add a third row later but for now I’ll go with two rows.
The ideal site for a vineyard has three main features; a south facing sunny slope, well drained soil and rows of vines running in a north/south direction. My garden is flat, has fairly heavy soil and doesn’t get sun all day due to quite a few surrounding trees. Not ideal. I do have the ability to put the rows in with a north/south direction though so at least I’m doing one thing right – although having said that whole north/south thing is debatable anyway, but it makes me feel like I have some control so that’s what I going to do!
