Month: May 2019

CNC Hop field signs

Today was a rainy day on the hop farm. Elsa and I had drafted up new hops field signs in vCarve and it was a good time to fire up the CNC machine.

Getting the last of the fittings welded on and the valves installed. This summer it will have to be manual, but the goal is to have a controller read soil sensors and operate the valves automatically. That will have to

Done with 2019 planting!

We are done with new planting for 2019. Three new full rows with hundreds of plants added. New varieties Willamette and Columbia added and our Crystal Hops have been more that doubled. Time to work on irrigation, weeding and 18

Great Lakes Hops

Another row of Columbia Hop plants are in the ground. Some of the Multihead Hop plants I received last month got a little beat up in transit. http://greatlakeshops.com sent me a brand new tray of plants. Great Lakes is awesome

Darbro Farms Grower Number

Darbro Farms officially has a hop grower number. Appreciate the help from: http://www.usahops.org