Minnesota Prairie Roots

Writing and photography by Audrey Kletscher Helbling

Visiting down-home Indian Island Winery » iisland cannon

Tom Winter warned us about the LP-fueled cannon before we headed for the vineyard. The cannon “fires” periodically to scare away the birds. Likewise, a loudspeaker system intertwined among the grapes broadcasts the voices of squawking birds, all to keep birds away from the fruit.

iisland green grapes
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