Hop Harvest

As first year hop farmers we are excited to see many of our plants reaching close to the top of our trellis and producing hops.  This year our plants will not reach full maturity but a few of the varieties in our experimental trials are growing vigoursly and fruiting.  Although our harvest will be small this year we look foward to working with some local brewers to test out some NC grown hops

Our first season test hops yard featuring hop varieties Mt. Hood, Willamette, Cascade, Galena, Newport, Centennial, Zeus and Sterling

Lavender Farming

One of our biggest experiments this year has been trying to grow lavender on a large scale.  Although there are a couple small lavender farms in NC and there are a few more in Virginia, not many attempts have been made to cultivate this plant in the mountains of western NC.  We have done heaps to amend the soil for this dry hot weather loving perennial and hope it pays off this year with our 133 new lavender Grosso plants.