“I’ve got some hops if you want some”
I’ve always been interested in growing hops, and I finally got my chance this year. My neighbor Dave came by in January with some roots that I was skeptical about.
We put them in a pot and just let them sit there. We waited.
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Hooray, it isn’t blackberry root or ivy!
Now we must figure where to put them. They started to grow up the tomatoes reaching out for something to climb on. We had a couple dozen feet of the rope left so…
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With a little sawing and screwing we have a fine hop trellis.
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Founds some logs… All taken to dump and we are “done” with the timber.
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And guess what? We have a new layer in the flock.
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Until next time, Happy Gardening!