I got my stock from Bay Laurel Nursery. They have the common types on their
own roots and are online at www.baylaurelnursery.com.

My site is very similar to yours. 2700 ft. elevation, decomposed granite,
south facing slope about 25 miles inland. God, I love it out here! I have
had problems with gophers but found that a three foot high hardware cloth
buried two feet deep with one foot above the soil line has worked so far.
The rabbits are kept out by regular garden fencing. No deer problems here.
We have lots of bobcats in the area and coyotes but they don't seem to
bother anything.

I put up a homemade barn owl nestbox to control the gophers. There are many
sites with online plans. I am not a big fan of poisoning the animals around
here since they were here first. Gophers can get through chicken wire with
no problem.

The other guy who answered you post, "LUM" gave me some great advice a few
years back. He would be the guy to ask for advice. Happy growing!

> From: " >
> Organization: http://groups.google.com
> Newsgroups: rec.crafts.winemaking
> Date: 7 Feb 2005 09:09:45 -0800
> Subject: google group for grape growing
>
> Hi - i am planting 75 mourvedre, 25 grenache and 25 counoise next
> month. my first vineyard. i am in alpine at 2400' with se exposure on a
> slope of decomposed granite. about 30 miles from the pacific ocean.
>
> i am getting them from tablas vineyards through nova wines. i have
> several million questions about everything. the decomposed granite,
> amendments pruning and especially pests.
>
> right now i am dealing with gophers and preparing to fence my space. i
> am four hundred yards from the national forest boundary, a national
> forest of sage and scrub that was incinerated in the cedar fires. no
> sign that the deer have returned but beside gophers there are racoons,
> opposums, rabbits and a sky full of birds.
>
> jamul is beautiful. where did you get your syrah?
>
> Coleman
>