planting a garden based on your brewing habits

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  1. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    I just got done replanting my garden (five hailstorms in a week and a half) and was realizing my brewing habits have pushed into my garden. The pumpkin patch is now a hop garden, and where peppers once grew I put in raspberry bushes for future sour projects. I also have some poblano and jalapeno plants coming in, hopefully I have enough foor a stout. Who else plans their gardens around their beer?
     
    #1 SFACRKnight, Jun 20, 2014
  2. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    Ha ha ha. Not me. :slight_smile: I plan my wine around summer fruit prices though.
     
    #2 inchrisin, Jun 20, 2014
  3. rocdoc1

    rocdoc1 Savant (1,215) Jan 13, 2006 New Mexico

    My hop garden is a permanent feature, everything else depends on the drought and my vacation plans. This year it's strictly hops and tomatoes, but not together.
     
    #3 rocdoc1, Jun 20, 2014
  4. csoult

    csoult Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Yes, have a nugget, cascade, and 2 centennial, surrounded by peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, and blueberries.
     
    #4 csoult, Jun 20, 2014
  5. Slatetank

    Slatetank Grand Pooh-Bah (3,713) Oct 9, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    I plan on doing a Gruit...so I planted some herbs like sage and thyme...I suppose I could use the strawberries and peppers in a future brew too
     
    #5 Slatetank, Jun 20, 2014
  6. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    I have hops. I just planted a white and purple raspberry plant (hopefully they make it this year, doesn't look like it though). Going to plant Kiwi Berry too. Sounds awesome for Berlinerweisse and Saisons. Other than that, no. Might plant a Peach tree though, again, for sours.
     
    #6 jbakajust1, Jun 20, 2014
  7. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    I've been thinking about peach trees, however that's a more long term goal than I have planned right now.
     
    #7 SFACRKnight, Jun 20, 2014
  8. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    Yep, my understanding is that Kiwi Berries take up to 12 years to fully mature and give great harvests...
     
    #8 jbakajust1, Jun 20, 2014
  9. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    Gardening in Northern Nevada can be a crap shoot...so my adjunct beer gets planned around my garden. I have a dozen hop varietals, apples, pears, plums, apricots, peaches, and cherries. Whatever thrives during the growing season usually gets put into beer(s). This year looks like a bumper crop of Chinook, pears and coriander :confused:
     
    #9 GreenKrusty101, Jun 20, 2014
  10. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Blue moon uses chinook iin their wits. :wink:
     
    #10 SFACRKnight, Jun 22, 2014
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