SPRINGTIME PHOTOGRAPHY - HOPS
The hops are bursting out of the soil too!
I gave up the bottle years ago, but there is more that you can use hops for than just home brew! Actually, since I've known the guy who runs http://www.highhoppage.com/ his entire life, he gave me a few varieties last year. Now, I am growing my own Chinook and Cascade varieties of Hops.
So far, I'm just growing them in some 5 gallon buckets until we purchase our land and get them a permanent place to grow, but they made it through the winter just fine and may even give us our first home grown hops this year!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-hops
To check out the previous posts in this series, click the links below:
American Gooseberry
Elderberry
"Spring is here again"!! I also enjoy seeing plants sprooting after winter!
Wow! That brings back a few memories ;-)
Picking hops in England in the autumn, on a farm where we had all sorts of nationalities, and being a kiwi, I was told I was the new tractor driver.
I'd never driven a tractor in my life!
I can still remember the smell of the hops.......
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I hope you enjoy those hop shoots! They are a tasty bonus. Once you get them in the ground, you will have to thin out their shoots to just a few per plant. So it's good that they are great to eat! They make great pickles, too. I'll post about that pretty quick, since it looks like yours are ready to eat. I put the young leaves in salads, too. Hops are so great -- for non-alcoholic uses, too!