The hop grower's handbook : the essential guide for sustainable, small-scale production for home and market / Laura Ten Eyck and Dietrich Gehring.
Material type: TextPublisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Description: 279 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781603585552 (pbk.)
- 1603585559 (pbk.)
- 633.8/2 23
- SB317.H64 E93 2015
Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Owen R. Hopkins Public Library | Owen R. Hopkins Public Library | Nonfiction | 633.82 EYC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 43185000971737 |
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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