Chopping hops...a day's adventure

Chopping hops...a day's adventure
Originally uploaded by Green Wellies

With the hop vines tangled tightly around themselves, it took hours of clipping and chopping to finally free them from the metal arbour. It would have taken just one big windstorm and the whole lot would have blown over, so it was a fall job that had to be done. I saved only a few of the hops this year. I'll dry and store them to use wrapped in cloth for a soak in a hop bath on cold winter nights!