Here is a picture of Rick from the Hogue Ranches in the Yakima Valley (we source three Riesling blocks with those guys) posing next to their new owl houses spread out through the vineyard. They where built as a school project by a Prosser high schooler (Keith Forsyth) and placed throughout the vineyard. Likely large barn owls will move in February next year and will help control naturally the sage rat population. Thank you guys for providing a habitat for those beautiful birds and consequently reducing any needs for chemical (read poison) control of the sage rat population. This is what sustainability is all about!

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