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Finally got my old plasma machine into the new shop, and today was the first time I have really used it, came up with a cool way to cut mostly evenly, I don't know if this is good or not, I will have to look at your projects to see how I did. I used an old nut that just fit on the torch head, it...

Hello Brewers I am going to be jumping in with both feet and am in the process of building my little brewery in the corner of my shop, it will be electric HERMS all grain etc, still learning but I think those are the correct terms. I don't have water plumbed to the shop so I will be storing it...

I have been wanting to make my own beer for a few years now, I built a shop this past winter and now finally have the space to build it, and have been gathering all things stainless etc for a while. I want to build an electric setup, PID or Arduino etc, so I have been looking for things to use...

I am about to build my first brewery setup and found a post about polishing kegs, they look great when they are gleaming, so I started searching for the items mentioned in various posts, mostly stuff coming from Lowes, which we don't have in Canada. I spent most of the weekend shopping around...

I know this is cheating but I need a little more practice on my machine. Decided to dig out 5 of my "mystery" hops and replace them with something else. Amazing how fast you can get a hop plant out with 30HP. :) I have most of the basics already, but want something more exotic. Sorachi Ace...

Hi Guys, Been a crazy early summer and little time has been spent in the hop yard. As a result, weeds are tall, things are unkempt and it's looking shabby, but growing like crazy. I discovered that 4 of my transplanted heritage hops looks completely different than every other plant I have...

Hi guys, Just curious if anybody has done any research on what variety of hops would have been available worldwide around late 1800's-1900. I imagine it wouldn't be that many. I have located an old hop yard that was planted in the late 1890's and there are still plants growing along the fences...

Well it's been warm here, 10-12C during the days but still 0 at night. We still have a foot of snow on the ground. Got desperate today and tried the snowblower...way to heavy...and mushy...guess we'll just have to wait. Last year I put down old shingles over the row to absorb the solar energy...

I just found a large mass of hops on the edge of an new orchard, which I believe used to be an old hop yard, and decided to bring a few rhizomes home. They are growing on a steep slope up against a fence, and the ground was incredibly soft and lots of mulch from years of being left alone, so I...

Just wondering if it's necessary to rehang the bines after harvest of each plant is complete? Most of mine are 17' tall and I could rehang, but if they will continue to be happy on the ground, it would be great. I have about 100 plants so it's a bit of work. I will still cut them back mid...

Hi gang I want to run this past the group for some feedback before I start construction. I have an unused horse trailer, about 18' with screened windows and many doors. It's never had a horse in it, just used for equipment, it's clean. My thought is to use large window/door screens laid out...

Checking out my plants yesterday and noticed some aphids and a lot of lady bugs...came across this couple having a good time on one of my plants. Just had to share it here. :ban: There are so many things I could add but.....

Hi Guys, Planted 60 rhizomes this spring, near the end of April, all sprouted fine and have been doing well. We have had unusually hot WX for the last few weeks, hitting 30 some days and dry. I have been watering daily with a 2 gal watering can, just wetting them down in the morning and then...

It's been a busy few weeks and we have expanded the hop yard significantly. It all started by skidding downed trees from the back 40, nice to have the heavy equipment, laying out the pole locations and digging the holes with the Bobcat auger. Same process as last year, I added 3 rows of 5...

Hi guys, Been a busy hot few weeks here, hop yard is all planted and last years new plants are doing great, and Hopzilla is doing even better. All 20 plants I split and moved last year are shooting all over the place. So question now, is it too late, are these too mature to thin out? In the...

Hi gang, My rhizomes are due to arrive and I will be planting this weekend and need to know which of my varieties will have the shortest bines. I have 20, 18' poles in 4 rows 100' long, but there are a few telephone lines traversing the hop yard and I want to put the shortest varieties under...

Hi guys, It's been warm and sunny for a week now and continuing on this week, with temps around 15C. Our valley is somewhat behind, and also gets much more snow so I decided to help the hops a little today. Fired up the Bobcat, removed about a foot of snow from the them and got out some old...

Hey gang, Once the blinkin snow goes, are there any Okanagan BC hops guys that would like to swap some rhizomes? Check out my posts to see my Hopzilla. I split it into 16 plants last spring and they all did well and am sure I will have some rhizomes for trade. Let me know what you have. Still...

Splitting up and moving my hops today, the ones I found by accident in my garden a few years back (see my first post about a new location). It's taken me 2 hours to get this buggar out of the ground..broke a shovel, a pitch fork and finally had to resort to a pry bar to get the last part of the...

Hi gang, I'm splitting up my hops and moving them today and do you think I can identify what the rhizomes are? :( This is HopZilla, been in the ground over 15 years and never been maintained. Are the rhizomes the pudgy little things on the root? Look forward to your quick replies. Cheers