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RE: Hops: How To Harvest, Process, and Store Hops - with original photos
Im glad I found this post, though not wuickly enough to resteem it.
We have a hops bine in for its second year and were wondering how to handle the hops. Youve given me all the info we need. Thanks!
That's neat that you have a hops bine! They are such monsters. They want to grow! After they are established, they will put on a lot of runners. You might be interested in eating your spring hop shoots, too. They are really good in a lot of ways. Here's a post I wrote: 5 Ways to Eat Hop Shoots. I like hops, too, because they die back every winter. So every year starts new. Enjoy all your hops! Maybe you will make a post about them! :D
Thanks. Ill look at the post on shoots. We put put hops bine in between us and the afternoon sun as a pergola. The theiry being that we have an edible plant that will shade us in summer and die back in winter to allow the sun ro reach the house. We griw it also for its medicinal uses.
That seems like a good way to use hops. They grow so fast in the summer!