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Some growers advise to mound the soil where you plant. Some build 2-3ft boxes for these raised beds in order to keep the mowing and weed whacking more clean cut. My boxes look neater in the backyard and weeds kept at bay from mulch and occasional pulling. I’m picturing a teepee style setup from...

@Immocles one way to make it work in the off limits area is an obelisk like @Leezer they look attractive in a garden when grown that way. Tell them but hey hops ARE pretty flowers! Show them his photos and you may convince them to make use of vertical space with something truly unique and a...

Keeping notes is great advice. I save my recipes and all my notes. Looking back is what made me choose to add a little oats and do a whirlpool. Being from CT, the first beer I made was a NEIPA in my tiny one bedroom apartment. Still the favorite one amongst my then girlfriend and friends...

After all that I didn’t even remember to take a gravity reading! o_O

As a disclaimer: I’m sort of a haphazard brewer. I do my best to make good beers with the knowledge I have so far. I know I have a lot to learn about brewing still. Even after making a ton of kits and ciders over the last couple years. I haven’t begun to look closer at recipe making, yeast, and...

I harvested my cascade hops! I did the top half 4 days ago on Friday and then the bottom half on Monday waiting for them to dry a little more on the vine. I dried the top half in the garage, side door open w/ one low powered fan and one high powered away from hops circulating air. It dried...

This is truly amazing I read thru the beginning without knowing the OP just chimes in at the end!!!! Awesome thread super cool and rare! Thank you for a great read and excited for the updates!

I’m wondering myself and I think I‘m getting it. Someone chime in if I’ve got the wrong idea here. There are variables, like your zone and do you plan to leave it outside or store in shed/garage or the basement. All have different exposures and require different overwinter care. A winter light...

I’ll save the small bags for the bittering hops

Ordering a couple rolls of 11” x 50’ thanks guys

How much weight would I be able to squeeze into 6x8” pre cut bags? I wanted the tear notch and not have to seal the bottom and top with rolls to make my life and food saving easier. Turns out I can only fit one fat chicken thigh in these and I’m a little worried there won’t be much room for the...

@LagerLover78 Flowers in planters in front of cascades, pot near the Chinook arbor and near the nugget. My rose bush in the front of the garage had been annihilated by Japanese beetles and aphids. Then in all four corners of the hop boxes I put single French marigold plantings. The peas did...

Taking a closer look at the petunias, marigolds, and other companion plants they have served their duty. I’ve squished about 30 caterpillars on this one pot. Nuggets are starting to develop some more, noticeably slower and smaller cones than the cascades Chinooks have shown some more growth...

@Sylvain vous avez un jardin luxuriant!

I’ve been wondering about how to try out my hops fresh. Unfortunately it can be difficult to coordinate a brew day around the job of harvesting the hops and drying what you don’t use day of. Wet hopping while you already have a beer chillin in a fermentor sounds convenient to me but also...

@LagerLover78 dude hell yeah love seeing some more pics thanks for the input also. I agree with dilution of ferts I’ve learned it’s always best to start low and slow. I’ll be picking up a soil kit before they start coming up next year. It looks like your plants are happy as can be. Great to be...

@Leezer Good to hear! The diagonal design is pretty vulnerable to wind so I anchored the longest bines with some extra twine and clips before the storm. I’m wondering if it had been a little drier and closer to harvest I might have cones all over the ground. Power came back on but is going in...

After some insane wind from the Tropical Storm Isaias I couldn’t believe my plants are still standing. I’ve never seen such a concentration of trees and limbs down from a storm in all my life. I’ve been without power since and it’s not looking like it will be back up for a couple more days. It’s...

Happy with my design up to the garage. I can pick quite a bit without a ladder. My recycled drying rack with old window screens and a pvc storage rack.