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October at Haut-Brion

After the harvest is done, an important job is pulling out the dead plants.

Harvest photo, October 2001 at Haut-Brion

October is the time to prepare the land for the next harvest.

Every year, plants may die from any one of several causes. Some may fall to disease, others are pulled out by machinery, while storms and cold weather also take their toll.

The dead plants are pulled out after the harvest.