The Second Bud - Deserting the City for a Farm Winery (Hardcover)

Martha M. Ezzard and her physician husband John are among the pioneers in the movement of professionals trading busy city careers for a return to the land. While this story about saving a family farm is distinctly Southern, it typifies the national locally grown movement which has begun to sweep the US. Locally grown foods call for wines that are a taste of the local earth-what wine aficionados call the terroir, the soils and climate that give them unique flavours not found in California or Burgundy or anywhere other than, in this case, Tiger Mountain. What follows initially are long sweaty days of post hole digging, trellis wire stringing, and weed pulling mixed with a few chiggers and ticks-but also the thrill of sighting a giant blue heron in the dawn mist of the farm pond-of hearing the honking of geese at sunset. There are times when the city high rise still beckons, but what Martha and John learn after burning smudge pots all night in a late April freeze only to see their pink buds turn brown despite it all, is that wine grapes have a second bud -and so too, because of their shared venture, does their relationship. The Second Bud is a story that reflects today's agricultural evolution in the southeast, from tobacco, logging, and truck farming to agri-tourism, outdoor recreation, vineyards, and farm wineries. Filled with small town characters, unlikely obstacles and dirt based success, this memoir is a down home version of "Under a Tuscan Sun," a couple's risk taking to revive a fifth-generation family farm in the tiny North Georgia town of Tiger by cultivating fine wine grapes. It will appeal to romantics, wannabe winemakers, and all who covet the rural life.

General

Imprint:	Mercer University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Martha M. Ezzard
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-0-88146-455-9
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > The countryside, country life Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural engineering & machinery > General
LSN:	0-88146-455-4
Barcode:	9780881464559

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