Last year we purchased a few Chinook Hops rhizomes from our friends at Revolution Farm in the hope of growing a few of our own hops to experiment with while making our own home brew.
After a mis-hap while transplanting them (we just lost one...really ...it just disappeared while transplanting the two that had emerged in our little pot), a late freeze and a too late harvest, we wound up with a whole lot of nothing.
This year, we are determined to do better.
Luckily, the hops themselves are cooperating and doing incredibly well. So, climbing on the roof to tie up the ropes that will support their climbing throughout the summer may not have been a joy, but it was necessary.
Have I mentioned before that I hate getting up on the roof? Yeah...it's a thing.
Luckily, the hops themselves are cooperating and doing incredibly well. So, climbing on the roof to tie up the ropes that will support their climbing throughout the summer may not have been a joy, but it was necessary.
Have I mentioned before that I hate getting up on the roof? Yeah...it's a thing.
xoxo,
M
RMan would love this so I'm not going to show him... (I can't have him planting a "stepladder" for snakes to gain easy access the house with LOL)
ReplyDeleteLol...yeah...stepladders for snakes sounds like a bad idea all around! It's too bad though, I bet hops would grow well for you!
Deletethat's the beauty of the experiment. sometimes it goes beautifully and sometimes it goes terribly wrong. and then we get to try again. good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I do love a good experiment :-)
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