the sea of green

I spent some time over the three day weekend getting all the cones picked of the hop vines. I ended spending about six hours total pulling the vines down, loading them in my truck and then pulling all the cones off. We ended up with about one and half garbage bags full of hops. They are now hanging in my basement in a "hop hammock" drying. It looks like we will end up with close to the same amount as last year. Once they finish drying we will weigh them, vacuum seal them and put them in the freezer.

Hops
Picking the cones off the vines

Hops
Drying in the "hop hammock"