The growing season is underway at Hawksbill Hop Yards. It's hard to believe that May is already done with, and here we are in June. The bines are racing to the top of the trellis already - they'll grow vertically through the Solstice, and then they will begin branching sideways, eventually growing burs and then flowers, which we call cones.This year David and I decided we might hire the crew from ShenPaco Industries to come out and help with stringing. They were helpful during last year's harvest, and I'm told they really like to work at the hopyard. I'm pretty grateful for all they do.
Here are a couple of links to posts showing the guys at work last year - they were out helping with some weeding during the growing season, and again at the harvest.
http://hawksbillcabin.blogspot.com/2016/03/spring-weeding-hawksbillhops.html
http://hawksbillcabin.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-2015-hops-harvest-hawksbillhops_19.html
We'll have them back out in six weeks to 2 months from now, when it's harvest time. They're great workers and it's always great to see them get into it at the farm.
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