casa grande’s vineyard
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Casa Grande’s Vineyard
Austin EgerClass of 2013
Green Career Pathway
Project Details
• 40 plant vineyard
• In the OLE quad
• Will be selling the grapes to wineries in the future
How The Idea Came Up
• Near the gym
• Experience with grapes
• Worked with Dr. Shribbs on past projects in the OLE
Connection To GCP
• Used recycled posts
• Left over vines from organic farm
• Used extra irrigation materials
• No machinery involved
• Watered with reclaimed water
Advisors
•Dr. Shribbs•John Koos
•Tim Scheele
The Plan
• How many plants would fit
• Draw up the layout
• Get plan approved
What I Had To Do To Complete
• Turn in layout
• Put in posts
• Put in irrigation
• Dig holes
• Put in plants
Challenges
• How many plants would fit
• Donations
• Contacting people over phone and email and trying to describe the project
Time Management
• Get items/work done in a certain order
• Complete what needed to be done every Saturday
What I'm Proud Of
• All donations
• Using only $20
Life lessons
• Learned how to plant a vineyard
• How to get donations
• How to communicate with people you’ve never met before
• The amount of physical labor grape growers have to do
Learned About Self
• I don’t mind communicating with new people
• I can complete a project by using almost all donations
Future Plan For The Vineyard
• Sell the grapes off to wineries
• Money goes back toward OLE
• Have a student next year take over the project
The End