Took Holly for an evening drive to check out the hop yard expansion. The Kansas sunset was gorgeous. Picture doesn’t do it justice. Her main concern now is how we’re going to pick all these. Going to need to sell
Read moreHop trellis poles going up
Five more poles to go to fill all the holes I have drilled. I think I will try and get one more load of poles and add another full row to the trellis before I start putting up cable. That
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Chinnok hops from first year bines
We went down to the hop field, this evening. Roasted some hotdogs and picked a row of first year Chinnok hops. The row of Chinnok did very well. They were the first planted this spring and were at the bottom
Read moreReady to expand
The rest of the field is mowed and the holes drilled to expand the hop trellis. Just need a few more poles and will be ready to plant first thing next spring. Fergus (lower left) always comes along to supervise
Read moreHand picked Cascade hops
Holly and I hand picked a nice batch of Cascade hops this morning. Even after washing my hands, they are still yellow. Stained in lupulin. The hops smell so good. We were afraid they would be past their prime next
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