There is always work around grape vines

E lukru-j vajka ku târsi. Čire va lukrå? Čire-lj va cirę kum âj trebe? Târsure-j hmoče trebe ši ân jårna ošpricęj, ši oplivi, pa-j treba štrikavci prontęj, pa-j trebe obreži, pa-j trebe beke prontęj, žica, štrikavci nekolči, stupurle, e ši pokle ânča povežešti. Opet kân poš-- Kân viru pupurle fåra morešti ošpricęj. Pokle vålje, vålje ši sumporęj. Ši ča-j trebe vajka na vrime, månće nego vire peronospora, plamenjača, bole. Se ča fåče, pokle teško-j ča fermęj. E ši pokle kân ča nerastę, nuškât morešti oplivi. De žos o folje su grozd ili pirla grozd, tote foljile de žos osnaži. E ši saka dvanęjst dân ra rabi špricęj. E hmoče-j sakakove pråhure. Månće s-a ku vidriolu.

Translation

There is always work around grape vines. Who will do it? Who will care for it as it should be? It is now necessary to spray vines [with pest repellants] even in the winter and to clear the weeds around them, and to prepare the sticks, then to prune, then to prepare willow switches, wire, stick the sticks into the ground, and then to tie it all up. Then when-- When the buds start breaking, you have to spray them. Then, soon after, soon after, you have to threat them with sulfur. And it all needs to be done on time, before the downy mildew (peronospora) comes, "plamenjača," the disease. If they get sick, it's hard to stop it later. And later, when they grow big, you have to prune around them. A leaf under the grape or next to the grape, all the leaves need to be pruned. And you should spray them every twelve days. But now you have all kinds of powders. Once, you used copper sulfate.

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