"Derric" <derric1961@removethis.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > ... I'd like to find more information about how
> > one might go about growing their own hops-- ...[/color]
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> Start over at: [url]http://www.freshops.com/[/url]
> They have a pretty good "Hop Growing" section and you
> can buy from them in the spring.[/color]

Thanks, Derric. Indeed-- lots of good info there.

BTW, cite below is from an interesting article I came upon which painted a
pretty bleak picture for anyone contemplating playing around with hops as
any kind of realistic cash crop. <g>
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Published 10/31/04

.... Last week, the Oregon distributor, Freshops, was selling regular
varieties of hops at the retail price of 63 cents an ounce. Premium hops
were retailing for 75 cents an ounce.
That means that Perry's five pounds would cost today between $50 and $60,
depending on the quality, which boils down to between $2.10 and $2.50 per
man hour and far below the minimum wage level of $5.15 per hour.

To pick five pounds in Vermont with labor paid minimum wage would cost
almost $124, or twice the premium retail price delivered from Oregon.

Wilson doesn't grow and harvest his hops at the Norwich Inn for profit, or
necessarily to improve the quality of his beer. He does it for fun.

"It's really fun to watch them grow. They grow about a foot a day. That's
pretty neat."

[url]http://www.vnews.com/10312004/2037563.htm[/url]