Update on the Garden

Last year I planted a solitary Cascade Hop plant adjacent to the rock wall in the yard.

Now that it is in its second growing season it has taken-over the wall and is battling with the pumpkins in a monumental vine fight to the finish.

I think the hops are going to win.

Anyway - last weekend Braumeister was up for the Schuetzenfest and made a point of picking a big bag of these fragrant nuggets.

He's promised to brew a batch of Cascade Pale Ale.

He won the national home brewing championship a number of years ago so I'm looking forward to his final product. If we could find room to grow the barley he says he could become a fully-integrated brewer.