Billy wrote in

ct.net.au:

This used to be hops country, after it was prune country,
before it became apple country, and today wine country. Did
you plant the hops or are they volunteers and do you have a
gigantic trellis for them to climb?

the hops in the front are "wild" hops, & i don't know if they
are native hops or leftovers from when this area has a lot of
hops farms (with bines imported from England & the
Netherlands). in any case, i don't know the variety... i put
up tripods of 7' bamboo poles & run strings for some of the
wild hops, & i have bines running up over the mailbox.
we also have cultivated hops, 9 different varieties right now
to see which grow best here & those are all trellised.
add the 6 varieties of pumpkin, 21 varieties of tomatoes,
peas, pole beans, beets, chard, cabbage, 3 colors of
cauliflower, watermelon... that 50' x 100' garden really isn't
big enough.

lee
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