the freshly transplanted (yet again) hops are not doing very well
one bine is dead
the other has seen perkier days…
Category: garden
yard work
the poor beleagured hops we’re growing in bridget’s back yard got moved again!
these poor little troopers have been moved three times now
(rhizomes culled from an east van garden, planted at bridget’s by the fence a week before the neighbours tell her they’re going to put in a new fence, moved to the garden patch where they spent a year before being moved to their current home in the new raised bed)
the hops had a hard time growing last year – crappy soil, not enough sun
so a major work party happened this weekend to fix that situation!
woo hoo, i got to drill! |
we built a raised garden bed and filled it with 2 yards of stinky soil
(i used power tools!! bridget and the viking did the heavy work)
the garden frame |
filled to the brim with stinky soil |
the hops in their new home |
and what did we drink while doing all this yard work?
central city ipa and pale ale
it does a body good!
what did we drink after doing all the yard work and resting on our laurels?
brooklyn’s local 1 |
smoky beer ryan brought back from paris |
third beer of the apocalypse that i brought back from portland |
i heart hops
hops!
i heart hops
with my balcony going under tarps as soon as august this year, i fear for my hop bine
sure it didn’t fruit last year
sure its still very tiny
but i have high hopes for my little centennial friend
cutting this year’s growing season short is certainly not going to help
ubc hop farm has no such worries about their little friends
hop update
hoppiness
centennial hops
check out my hops!
i was fortunate enough to get gifted with four rhizomes of centennial hops, and bridget has a garden in which to plant them! yay!
unfortunately i am going to have to move them very shortly – her neighbours just informed her that they are taking out the chainlink fence and replacing it with a cedar one. pretty, but i fear they will step on my rhizomes while putting the fence up… and the cedar will be solid and block about half of the days worth of sun… dammit!