A Banner Year.
Hop cones at an early stage.
If my hop vines were made of golden thread I'd be worth a fortune this year. Planted as a single clump about five years ago, the original Hop Mama has spread her wings 'slash roots' and now takes over 80% of available fence and lattice space.
Currently the vines and broad leaves provide shade on my back deck and once the cones are ripe, I hope a local, small-scale micro-brewer will take them all in return for a couple of cans of home brew.
Until that happens I will watch the cones gradually become the size of my thumb.
There are fences and lattices in there somewhere!
Thumb-size - a few weeks away
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