Well Then

it's been a long time since writing in. sorry about that. anyways... the pictures bove should give yon an idea of what's going on...oh. so the neighbor's tree became too tempting for jacob, and he began growing into it. so i trimmed the tree back, so this may not happen again. or at least for a couple of years.

All Bottled Up

so we bottled up the wheat brew, and then moved on to a virtually all malt beer (used only .5 oz of dry, whole hops). the wheat brew had a load of hops dumped into it and tastes bitter, but in a good way.

Rabecca is doing well, she has 7, yes, SEVEN, stalks, the tallest about 6 inches in length. jacob has 3, two of which are at least a foot and a half tall. andrew is not doing so well. he only has one, tiny one. and i mean tiny. like not even 2 inches, and it hasn't grown for at least a week. will post with more pics soon.

The "Lowdown"

ok. so they all have sprouts now. it's raining so i have no more pictures. rabecca and andrew are still tiny, but that's ok. i know they'll still grow strong.

also, although i was sworn to secrecy, -ish, i can now confirm that i have officially began brewing. i don;t think very many people (if any) read this blog so it won't really matter too much. we are brewing a wheat beer, using the ingredients that came with the kit, and also my hops and the grains i got over in humboldt. it should be done fermenting and ready to bottle next week, and then be ready to drink in about a month.

so that's what's new.

2010 Has Begun!

so although they've had sprouts for weeks, i just havent said anything yet. my hops are growing fine. jacob (above) is the first to have sprouts. Rabeca does too, but very tiny.

in case you were wondering, no i have not brewed yet. the person i gave them to had pipes burst due to freezing and damaged some of his brewing materials, and he hasn't gotten new ones yet.

hopefully more will be on the way, and i will try to keep you posted.