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“When we went to plant them, we were only able to move two at a time in a wheelbarrow,” he said, shaking his head and laughing at the memories of moving huge root balls with barely any obvious growth.
‘We cut them back for two years,” he said. Even though the plants were older, a new root system needed to be developed so the plants were pruned as new plants for two years.
That was five years ago, and 3,300 vines later, the couple looks forward to another harvest.
“There are five acres of handplanted vines out there,” Mrs. Kellert said, shaking her head. “Two acres have hand-dug holes.”
Holes for the post are deep — the post reaching nearly eight feet into the sky. Holes for four-inch plants are 12 inches wide and 18 inches deep. There are 600 plants to an acre.
“There is 18 miles of wire,” in the vineyard, Mr. Kellert said, explaining their self-made trellis system has five wires per row.
While Cheryl Kellert manages and tends the vineyards full-time, sparing a few hours a week to work in Linden Vineyards where she apprentices, A1 Kellert spends just part-time in the fields. He works full-time and often travels with his job at the Postal Service in Washington, D.C.
‘We could not do this without our children,” Mrs. Kellert said of the work. TTieir' 16-year-old daughter, Amy, and their 15-year-old son, Al, help with planting, spraying, tractor services, harvest and other vineyard duties. “They were a little hesitant at first,” Mrs. Kellert said. “But, slowly, they are beginning to er\joy
See KELLERTS, p. A-6
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