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Last year, I harvested my hops in September. That was a little bit late.  They probably should have been harvested mid-August.
This year, I harvested my hops about an hour ago.  It was almost the perfect time to be harvesting them–a whole two months earlier than last year.  Here’s hoping for a second harvest.

Now that my hops have all been harvested, I will list all of the varieties that I planted in order of productivity.  This may or may not be a good indication of how well these hops grow in a Dectur, Georgia climate.
1) Centennial
2) Cascade
3) Hallertauer
4) Willamette
5) Chinook (almost nothing)
6) Fuggle (nothing)

Of course, just minutes after that last post, I went out to look at the hops and realized that some of the cones were turning brown and needed harvesting.  I harvested them by lowering the fence sections to the ground and clipping the cones off at that point.  It worked pretty well in that I [...]

As promised, here are some pictures of how the hop vines are doing.  They’re actually doing quite well as you can see.  The vines look very healthy and I first started noticing cones about a month ago.
The big question now is when to harvest.  From what I hear, the cones begin to feel dry and [...]

Last weekend, I began taking measures for surviving the hop shortage.  I planted some hop rhizomes around the outside of the house.  Hops are unisexual and only the female hops are used for brewing, so hops are propagated taking root cuttings and planting them in another site.  I ordered my rhizomes through a site called [...]