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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.

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Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015.

9781603585552 (pbk.)

279 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.

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.

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.

Gehring, Dietrich, 1962-

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