e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Publisher Weekly Review
More Content
More by this author
Eyck, Laura A. Ten.
Subjects
Hops.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Eyck, Laura A. Ten.
by title:
The hop grower's han...
by call number:
633.82 E97h
Search the Web
Eyck, Laura A. Ten.
Hops.
MARC Display
The hop grower's handbook : the essential guide for sustainable, small-scale production for home and market /
Laura
Ten
Eyck
and Dietrich Gehring.
by
Eyck
,
Laura
A.
Ten
.
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015.
Call #:
633.82 E97h
Subjects
Hops.
ISBN:
9781603585552 (pbk.)
Description:
279 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Rediscovering hops -- Hop history -- The hop plant -- Part II. Planning and planting -- The hop yard : selecting a site -- Site preparation : Soil and cover cropping -- Small-scale hop yard design and trellising -- From the ground up, up, and up -- Part III. Tending -- Management choices in a changing climate : organic or IPM? -- Disease -- Insects -- Weed control -- Part IV. Harvesting and processing -- Harvest -- Drying hops -- Preparing hops for use and sale : analyzing, packaging, and pricing -- Brewing beer -- Beer recipes.
Summary:
The book provides an overview of the numerous native, heirloom, and modern varieties of hops; information on hop yard design and site selection; best practices to manage moisture, weeds, pests, and disease, especially in the Northeast where their Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery & Cidery is located; harvesting and processing techniques; beer recipes; and more.
Other authors:
Gehring, Dietrich, 1962-
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
No Item Information
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.