Website Udate We have been working over the last few days on a much-needed update to the https://darbrofarms.com website. Definitely do not proclaim to be competent webmasters, but after much trial and error, we think the updated version is an
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We found some beautiful late season Columbus hop cones in the hop yard. Too special of a treat to let go to waste! Brewed up a tasty Fresh Hop beer. The recipe is included below. Fresh Columbus and Columbia and
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We came home from a 4 day camping trip to Robber’s Cave State Park Oklahoma . Which by the way is beautiful! The farm got 2 and a quarter inches of rain while we were gone. Things grew like crazy.
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Most of the rain missed us to the East but we had a nice 1/4 inch shower and a gorgeous evening. Hopefully it will give the hops and hay a growth spurt.
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Broadcasted some turnip seeds into the alleyways. They seem to tolerate the hot dry weather. Will eventually be tilled into the soil as green manure/organic matter. But for a few there has to be some good turnip recipes out there??
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First to the top-wire is our new Columbia Hop row! Columbia seems to be a great Kansas hop. The sun and warm air has done them all wonders. Been working hard on the new Triumph hop rows. They took a
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A mix of spring and cow peas are in for the hop lane Spring cover crop. Fergus (border collie) is inspecting my work. Not a totally smooth day. We broke a planter part and snagged a few strings. The planter
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Always sad to disk under pretty green rows of barley but it was past time. To serve as green manure was its role in life. Time for it add some nitrogen and organic material back to the soil. I think
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Brianna Childers wrote a nice article in the Topeka Capital Journal about Hops and Malt production in Kansas. Check out her story at https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/04/24/kansas-farmers-putting-hops-into-crops-defying-odds-heavy-soil-barley-brewery-beer-oregon/7285044002/
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I had wonderful help hanging hop coir. Elsa said it was the perfect Saturday for a “farm girl.” About half of our 4 acres are strung!
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