Question: Can hops be grown ornamentally? I’d like to try and grow some up both sides of a doorway and across the top. If so, where does one obtain seeds or young plants? Answer: Hops are twining ...

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January and February are the months for digging up rhizomes for replanting. Rhizomes also can be planted in deep containers outside or directly in the ground after January. Crosby Hop Farm in Woodburn ...

Many Bay Area home brewers are trying their hands at growing their own hops. On a sunny day last week, Sam Gilbert dug a hole in the backyard of BrewLab SF's headquarters, into which he placed a hops ...

Clearance plants make me unbearably sad. You know: the ugly, wilted, half-crispy ones that get remaindered to gardening-section back aisles where they can’t upset anyone with their looks. I buy them ...

Note: Holtwood Hops has suspended its hop cultivation "for the foreseeable future." Hops add bitterness to a beer and balance the sweet malt. They also add a depth of aroma and flavors such as citrus.

Q:I am interested in making beer in San Francisco. Is it realistic to grow my own hops? If so, how do I grow the plants? A: Your chances of good hops production in San Francisco are high. I know of ...

The Bistro, a pub-restaurant at 1001 B St. in downtown Hayward, this Saturday will sell hop rhizomes, the underground stems of the hop plant, to interested gardeners and home brewers. It’s an almost ...

This story originally appeared on Modern Farmer. Something tasty is brewing in the village of Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast, a 40-minute ferry ride from Vancouver, British Columbia. Maybe it’s ...