2015 Suburban Farm Report #1

Author: Andrew May 20, 2016

Cascade and Tettnang growing well, Columbus and Centennial not far behind

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.

: Uhhh… I thought I ordered one!

: Woo Hoo!

: New Chinook plants

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.

Repair Needed Towards the Back

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,

Cincinnati Rainfall in 2016 for KLUK. Data as of May 16, 2016.

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!

Beer

garden, hops

BBBC Farm Report #3

Author: Andrew July 11, 2015

The hops are coming in pretty well. Cascade is coming along the best, followed by Tettanang and Columbus. Centennial is taking it’s time, but it is growing.

On the other side of the garden, I planted some jalapeños and cucumbers. If they come up (it’s been very rainy here all week), they will become hopped pickles.