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Yooper, any update on the brew process with those wet hops. .Sounds like a tasty recipe. Cheers

Here is mine trellis I finished a week or so ago. Already have shooting over 5ft. Looking good.

Thinking about using 1" steel black pipe 10 ft'ers for my trellis up rights. This will support 4 plants. Any one done this before? Pointers?

Could you share you support system for the trellis up rights?

Progress.

What's the hose going into the pvc used for?

Anyone use pvc for a hop trellis?

I really need help with weed control. I have used weed cloth in the past with minimal success. Was curious about crushed rock. Also , still working on finalizing a trellis plan. Any suggestions or pictures to share?

Need some help bring my neglected hop garden back to life this year. Any in put or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

Here is my Cider press... homemade. Cheers

Here is a scratter.... homemade. Cheers

Going to make my first cider tomorrow. I have a homemade Press, homemade scratter machine and appx. 3 bushels of apples. I picked up two packets of yeast today. (1) Safale s-04 yeast and the other is a Red Star Pasteur champange yeast. I'm planning on fermenting in (2) 5 gallon glass...

I designed my basket around the plan of using a bag because I left 1/4" gaps between the slats. So this most likely be a big mess without the use of a bag.

I'm planning to build a bottom drain rack into the basket to keep the apples up as I am going to be limited to about 8 inches of threads on my screw mechanism. So this in conjunction of a 2 inch header block should give me plenty of thread to press the apples. My plan was to use a bag while...

This is my goal ..