Author: Andrew May 20, 2016

The second year Cascade (front left), Centennial (rear left), Tettnang (front right), and Columbus (rear right) are coming along well. I’m a little concerned on one of the cascade bines, as it broke when I was trying to get it to train on the horizontal rope. Hopefully it can repair itself.

Hop Plant Expansion

This year I expanded to a full-ish garden. I ordered a Chinook plant from Great Lakes Hops.

Repairs and Other Stuff

My garden is raised a little, but it is not holding up.  I need to replace the 2x6s I used to build it with something stronger and more able to hold up.

The rain hasn’t helped.  This is as of 5/16/16, so only half of May is reported.  As shown in the graph below,

Data source, Average source.

I want to get some Jalapeno plants started, but I’m running late (May has been a busy month).  We just had a cold snap here (as I’m typing this), so I’m okay with not getting them into the ground.  But it will need to happen soon.

Cheers!