Elsa wound up playing in the mud while I spread on fertilizer. Luckily I got her mostly hosed off before mom got home!
Read moreBugs
The leaf hoppers and spider mites have launched an attack. It’s been a hard spring for hops with all the flooding. My neighbors who depend on farming for their livelihood are really being challenged. Not many fields have been planted.
Read moreHop Yard Time Lapse
My and Owen’s first attempt at a hop field time lapse video. We hoped to capture more bine growth. We will keep trying. Pardon my lack of YouTube editing skills. Will have to study up on that! Try the YouTube
Read moreCNC 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.
Read moreIrrigation Upgrade
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
Read moreDone 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
Read moreGreat 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
Read moreDarbro Farms Grower Number
Darbro Farms officially has a hop grower number. Appreciate the help from: http://www.usahops.org
Read moreReady to Climb
We have been working hard in the hop field. Lime and fertilizer down. Nearly 1/2 of the hop coir is up. Could use a nice rain. It’s gone from muddy to a little too dry. Typical Kansas.
Read moreCrawdad hole
Holly and I went down to water the new Columbia and Multihead hop plants. Elsa spent her time on the hop pond tire swing. Seems we also have no shortage of crawdads in the hop field pond. Kinda funny since
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