Orangevango
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My family has a peice of land in south carolina that has been ours for my whole life. My father is expected to die soon, and when he does, the property will be passed on to me and my siblings. Out of the five of us I am the only one who consistently uses the property, so I am afraid that my siblings will want to sell it off. I was thinking. There is about 9 acres of pasture on a south facing slope that is currently unused. The yeild of a cascade hop crop is supposed to be 22000 pounds per acre per year.
Thats alot of hops. Perhaps enough to make me able to afford the property, which has deep sentimental value.
Is the climate in the peidmont of south carolina conducive to hop growing? Are hops a relatively high maintainence or low maintainence crop?
Im certainly not going to jump into a 9 acre farming opperation without growing the crop on a smaller scale first, but I would love to know if the plan is viable.
Thats alot of hops. Perhaps enough to make me able to afford the property, which has deep sentimental value.
Is the climate in the peidmont of south carolina conducive to hop growing? Are hops a relatively high maintainence or low maintainence crop?
Im certainly not going to jump into a 9 acre farming opperation without growing the crop on a smaller scale first, but I would love to know if the plan is viable.