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The hop grower's handbook : the essential guide for sustainable, small-scale production for home and market / Laura Ten Eyck and Dietrich Gehring.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Description: 279 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781603585552 (pbk.)
  • 1603585559 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 633.8/2 23
LOC classification:
  • SB317.H64 E93 2015
Contents:
Pt, I. Rediscovering hops -- Hop history -- The hop plant -- pt. II. Planning and planting -- The hop yard : Selecting a site -- Site preparation : Soil and cover cropping -- Small-scale hop yard design and trellising -- From the ground up, up, and up -- pt. III. Tending -- Management choices in a changing climate : Organic or IPM? -- Disease -- Insects -- Weed control -- pt. IV. Harvesting and processing -- Harvest -- Drying hops -- Preparing hops for use and sale : Analyzing, packaging, and pricing -- Brewing beer -- Beer recipes.
Summary: The book provides an overview of the numerous native, heirloom, and modern varieties of hops; information on hop yard design and site selection; best practices to manage moisture, weeds, pests, and disease, especially in the Northeast where their Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery & Cidery is located; harvesting and processing techniques; beer recipes; and more.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Owen R. Hopkins Public Library Owen R. Hopkins Public Library Nonfiction 633.82 EYC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000971737
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt, I. Rediscovering hops -- Hop history -- The hop plant -- pt. II. Planning and planting -- The hop yard : Selecting a site -- Site preparation : Soil and cover cropping -- Small-scale hop yard design and trellising -- From the ground up, up, and up -- pt. III. Tending -- Management choices in a changing climate : Organic or IPM? -- Disease -- Insects -- Weed control -- pt. IV. Harvesting and processing -- Harvest -- Drying hops -- Preparing hops for use and sale : Analyzing, packaging, and pricing -- Brewing beer -- Beer recipes.

The book provides an overview of the numerous native, heirloom, and modern varieties of hops; information on hop yard design and site selection; best practices to manage moisture, weeds, pests, and disease, especially in the Northeast where their Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery & Cidery is located; harvesting and processing techniques; beer recipes; and more.

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