A new row of Columbia Hops have been planted. Plants arrived from Great Lakes Hops yesterday and were planted within a couple hours. The road crew came back and finish up the road entrance. It’s time to get the lime
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The county road crew my be cursing me. Looks like they spent most of the day cleaning out the ditch. It was quite a mess. Looks good now. Looking forward to getting access from the road. The little road through
Read moreFirst new hop sprouts!
The first new hop sprouts of 2019 have poked out of the soil.
Read moreSpring Cleaning
It is a beautiful day in SE Kansas. Have been working on getting the fence row cleaned up. County should be putting in a new culvert soon. Fergus helped getting some compost on the rows. Hops should start budding soon,
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Annual hay bale pic
The hay meadow was baled yesterday. Had to make sure we got our annual haybale picture. Either the bales are getting smaller or Elsa bigger!
Read moreHop irrigation
Got all of the main irrigation lines fused together. Need to rent the trencher next week and get them buried. I have some motorized valves on order. Will have to build/program an irrigation controller.
Read moreOwen helping water and sampling hops
Owen helped haul water for the hops field. He sampled a few hop cones. Came up with “pungent grapefruit” on the Cascade row. Since that’s the standard description for Cascade, he must have a nose for it!
Read moreTire swing
Elsa and I took time out from weed eating to put up a tire swing at the hop field pond.
Read moreSimple fresh hop IPA recipe
5 gallon batch Grain Bill: 12lbs 2 row malt 2lbs Carapils malt Hops: 1.5oz Columbus (60min) 2oz Cascade (0min) whirlpool 2oz Cascade (filtered through Hop Rocket after chilling 3oz Fresh Cascade Hops (dry hopped 3 days) Yeast: San Diego super
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