Okay so you all might think I've lost my marbles but I would like to grow some hops in our small yard. We live in Northern Utah on a 1/5 acres lot in a small rural town. Our back yard currently houses bees, chickens, several dwarf fruit trees, one shade tree, and a couple of large areas for vegetable gardening.
One thought I had was to attach eye hooks to the eaves of the house on the South side and plant a rhizome in a whiskey barrel and let the bines grow up a line and along the line through the eye hooks.
Another simple option, but not sure of the viability is to plant the rhizome along the 6' vinyl fence and set up a twin along the top of the fence that the plant can grow on.
These are just thoughts off the top of my head. I have also though of using a hop pole but I am not sure of the best place to put it without overly shading my other garden areas. I have 2 rhizomes on order so would love to hear what people think.
Thanks.
One thought I had was to attach eye hooks to the eaves of the house on the South side and plant a rhizome in a whiskey barrel and let the bines grow up a line and along the line through the eye hooks.
Another simple option, but not sure of the viability is to plant the rhizome along the 6' vinyl fence and set up a twin along the top of the fence that the plant can grow on.
These are just thoughts off the top of my head. I have also though of using a hop pole but I am not sure of the best place to put it without overly shading my other garden areas. I have 2 rhizomes on order so would love to hear what people think.
Thanks.