Hops rhizomes
Some time back Madi carpooled with her school/soccer friend Amy and when she was dropped off we ended up chatting homebrewing with Amy’s mom and she mentioned they grew hops. This morning the two of them were texting and it reminded me I’d been meaning to inquire about getting some hops rhizomes since spring planting time’s come around. I wasn’t thinking we’d do it on Easter day, but they said come on over today. So Madi got to see a friend and I got to grill the parents on hops growing (and raising chickens) and got a tonne of rhizomes for Cascade, Willamette and Nugget varieties.
I know I’ve seen hops growing in massive agricultural production, but I underestimated it’s backyard growing ability. The Krager’s had 16foot 4×4′s in the ground supporting wire, up to which the hops is trained. I could use a slightly bigger yard to have the space to do that and not be shading my garden. But I’ll try to get creative in the meantime and can always transplant rhizomes elsewhere someday if the opportunity presents.