Farming

A little straw for weeds

It’s been a dry spring in S.E. Kansas. We got our first good rain in quite a few days. We had been hauling water to keep the hops from getting too dry. Hopefully they will take off now. Trying some

Holly and Fergus. Cold day planting.

63 degrees this morning but back down to 49 this afternoon. 100+ Rhizomes from Freshops.com in the ground. Thanks to Fergus and Holly.

Chinook hop sprouting up. Warm then cold. They may be confused.

Sixty Galena rhizomes in the ground!

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

Hop 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

Holes ready for more trellis

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

Ready 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

Hand 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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