Its about now that one of the more tedious and strenuous vineyard jobs takes place. Its bud rubbing - the removal of unwanted buds/shoots that grow on the trunk from the head of the vine to the base. Normally this is a job that is the very definition of 'back-breaking'. Its a job that is almost always done manually and bending over every 1.5 metres 3 or 4000 times in every hectare can mean long tiring days and exhausted nights.People mostly use some sort of glove with a rough surface, secateurs or just bare hands but now it seems some bright spark has invented a tool that looks like a cross between a toilet brush and an oversized toothbrush but which might actually be quite useful. At only NZD$26.50 we would be mad not to try it. Apparently they are selling like hotcakes in the USA. It seems too easy, its a wonder it hasnt been produced before.
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