Frost Fighting!

So, when I first heard the Kiwis talk of frost fighting, I thought that maybe it was a cute little saying... make the early morning activities involved in keeping frost off the vineyards seem more glorious.

Now I know better.

As we speak, there are helicopters flying overhead. They should replace "frost fighting" with "waging all-out war on frost." It would be more appropriate. There are wind machines, helicopters, special water jets and all manner of weapons employed against the frost.

My boss said I should join them some mornings for frost fighting. As he said, "You might as well. You will be up anyway. That is the unfortunate thing about living on the vineyard... When there is a frost, the whole vineyard is going hammer and tong."

I now see I will either need to find a different living situation, or start watching the weather forecast for nights when I can sleep a full night. :P

~ matt