Ever feel like so much is happening around you that you just can’t keep up? That has been the brewing community around me lately. So much is happening it is hard to be every where at one time. It has been a while since I was last up at Hop Head Farms. In the eternity…
Here we go with the status report for my garden this year. The drought last year was horrible. We did get some production out of the garden but the heat just wouldn’t let up and our plants did not fare well at all. This year is a polar opposite. We have had steady rain and…
Progress like this is a beautiful thing. This was a hot day. Not unexpected in Michigan during the summer, But still it was toasty. To see the building crew pushing through to get this build out finished, you gotta admire the dedication. The oast build out at Hop Head Farms in Hickory Corners is moving…
I know I skipped my normal Friday post this week, but I had good reason for doing so. June 1st fell on a Saturday this year. June is the month where the Bank Street Farmer’s Market in Kalamazoo Michigan, moves into full swing. From June through October the market will be open three days a…
Hop Head Farms has been busy not only getting ready for this coming growing season but also with expansion. Back in February we took a look at the hop field expansion. This expansion will be taking their growing space from 15 acres to 30 acres. Their next big project is the buildout on their German…
I spent some time at Hop Head Farms earlier today. You gotta love having a hop farm pretty much in your back yard. The objective today was to do some sampling of the tester/ experimental beers I had brewed with their hops not too long ago. Of course I took the opportunity to check out…
I got to spend some time at Hop Head Farms again recently. This time was spent watching Griselda Wolfenstein do what it does best; process hops. Aside from being a great place for hops, the Steinmans planned to make their farm a processing center for other area hop growers. This is a great advantage to…
Farming is rife with constant work. Even a hopfarm where you might think that once the hops are in and growing life would get easier. I made a trip back to Hop Head Farms recently to see how the growing pains are going. Out in the field it is nothing but a sea of green,…
We always think that we have so much to do, and we wonder how we will ever get it done. When you see the amount of work that needs to be done on the hop farm you realize that you really don’t have quite as much to do as you once thought. We spent a…
