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Apr 16

Hop Twiddling Time

It is hop twiddling time once again in the hop gardens of England and as always a lovely time of year...
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Apr 16

Carpets of Bluebells

  The pure joy of blue bells carpeting a wood in April.
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Apr 16

Colours of April

Spring has been teasing us through March but the early part of this week has made up for that. With...
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natural dyeing with hops

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Apr 16

Natural Dyeing with Hops

I have always loved the colours that you get with natural dyes, their soft watercolour shades are so very British....
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hop viniculture structure, hop garden, hop growing

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Apr 16

Essential Hop Viniculture

Essential for any hop viniculture venture is a framework for the vines, or more correctly hop bines, to climb up...
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bill's hop soda

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Mar 16

Bill’s Hop Soda

Whilst doing a casual ramble around the web searching for natural dyeing I found Donna Kallner's Site.   In it...
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hop twiddling stick, home brewing, english hops, in the hop gardens, seasonal hop work,hops for the home brewer

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Mar 16

Choosing a Hop Twiddling Stick

Winter, is the best time choose your hop twiddling stick. The trees are still bare making it easier spot a...
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root crop fork

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Feb 16

Hovering Up Hops when Drying in an Oast House

It has been a week of unexpected treats, the foremost is that I have been given a hovering up fork...
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hop banding in strings

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Feb 16

Banding-in The Hop Strings

The first job of the hop growing year is hop stringing and banding-in. It is one job that is nice to get done, dusted and out of the way before the weather warms.
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