Our Cascade hops know nothing of the recession
We know this because they are growing like pirate profits in Somalia (too soon?). They’re starting to bud already, which scares us, frankly. I KNEW that guy that sold us those “hop steroids” out of the back of his truck in the Kroger parking lot wasn’t legit.
Our hops have gotten so out-of-control that they are have reached the top of their new trellis and in some cases are dangling down, almost touching the ground again. Which is a problem. Enter Joel and his amazing plot to create a canopy over the driveway. Seriously, if this works as expected, it is going to look so fly. If it doesn’t work, Jeff’s wife is going to be so mad. Go hops, go!
Note: I did some light Photoshop work on Joel’s shirt.
Good lord. Mine are first year hops, and they’re like 3 inches tall so far. Those are pretty awesome.
Hops are strung to 18 feet commercially.
i am growing 2 columbus, 2 centennial and 2 cascade. I can only go 12′ before the end of the line and they get cut and bush out.
last year was year one and already i have more flowers than last year on the columbus. gonna be a great wet hop ale brewing this fall … between football games.
[...] Below are pictures of the hops, oh yea, coming along nicely and naturally (unlike some people that are using hops enhancing drugs). [...]
This will look mad crazy if it works out. Having a canopy over the driveway? C’mon! Coolest. I wanted to run mine out of the beds surrounding my patio, and up to the roof peak over the patio, but it’s all tree covered. Fail.