I originally was going to buy a hop root (or rhizome) to save on the hassle of working out which was female and which was male.
Once I get a female, I can use the rhizomes to propigate more. They’re a bit like raspberries.
Got the seeds of ebay – 40 for £1. So if a few are male, I won’t mind. Soon have my self sufficientish beer on the go!
I'm Tim, a 31yr old ex-Allotmenteer. My wife and I used to have a small 5 rod plot in South Essex where we grew all manner of veg. I'm also involved in brewing the odd keg of beer.
When getting down the allotment got too hard and our circumstances changed we bought a house with a 65ftx30ft garden, which we're converting into a mini orchard and veg beds.
We get up to some weird and wonderful projects - we've built a small boat, a pig roaster (powered by a windscreen wiper), a chicken run, raised beds and try our hands at all sorts of stuff getting us closer to being 'self sufficientish'.
The hope is to introduce chickens soon and hopefully let them free range during the day.
If you want to contact me, you can do so here