In November of 2013, the Olivers were forced to face the fact that the property taxes on their 175 acres farm were too high to justify keeping so much fallow farmland. But after being the home to four generations of Olivers - with a fifth generation still going strong in the area - the idea was born to revamp this former dairy farm into a state of the art hops growing facility. After a lot of disc
ussion (over beers, of course), research, a few seminars, rubbing elbows with some local pros from Muddy River Hops, and a lot of manual labor, we are on our way! This year we got 400 plants in the ground, with plans to plant 400 more next year. We also "planted" 21 poles to hold up these lovely little plants, and will need to add 21 poles next year. This year we planted four varieties including Centennial, Cascade, and Nugget. We keep things watered with a drip gravity fed irrigation system that uses natural spring water from the property. We're not destroying the environment, we promise.
