Mountain Express Has Expressed Their Interest

This weeks Mountain Express has done an article on hop growing in Western NC featuring none other than my farm and Landfair in Buncombe County. You can check out this article by going to http://www.mountainx.com/dining/2009/093009hopping_along

Hops on YouTube

I have spent the last two days creating a two part video of harvesting hops on YouTube. Yesterday I filmed me picking cones and explaining my trellis system. After picking the hops, I then taped the weighing, drying, and packaging of them.

Here is a sample of what is available now on YouTube:

Both of the video's will be available through the following YouTube addresses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxEDb7rTJk0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNows9rMT58

It has been nice to finally finish harvesting the hops and due to the windy and dry weather, it has gone without a hitch. It appears that I will have harvested about 10 ounces of dried Cascades for the second harvest. I am hoping that the home brewers market will be an outlet for these.