I'm a delicate flower. We go from cold and zero humidity. First touch of temp with a close humidity and it's annoying :)
OT: filthy and covered in pollen. Treehouse smoked bock
Blowing leaves and mulching.
This 67° and 57% humidity is killing me 😁
Break time with a classic Treehouse Czech pils. This might be my Gatorade this summer
You need to hydrate a lot more as you get older
OT: Kettlehead visit. Got a bunch of breweries opening up close by soon. Pages of taps. Yum
Kettlehead x Modestman collab Sinister Dreams
Modestman guest tap The Most Beautifullest things in this World 3Xdh
It's been a while since I use to regularly work travel to Cleveland but a great place for German bars. Most are in the southwest area. I think it was Sachsenheim Hall that I really liked. Lots of fresh German lagers on draft 🤤
And Mitchell's Ice Cream is a must hit if you're not in a pizza...
Weeeelllll it's all based about zones and sun. My yard grows nothing due to its shade. However a English/German type noble hop like Northern Brewer loved my cool shady area. Didn't expect it to grow but it was like a weed within a year. I did see on this forum that a couple of people in Chicago...
Aaaah. Plenty of green there. Searching Chicago and Mt hood on this forum shows that Mt Hood likes your zone. Rhizomes like a little bit of mound to grow up for sun and down for water. I still believe it will probably fight to find what it likes
Hops are resilient and I think your intuition may be correct about rain effecting it. Doing a quick Google search pointed back to hbt :) Hoping for sunny days may be best cure. I always find babying is not the answer but nutrient help seems an option. Not quite the answer but learning is half...
Not the most exciting pix but more mushrooms. This time from someone I use to buy from just down the street. She grew them in her yard and now she's huge and moved to a warehouse. She's in stores and restaurants.
May have to fire up the dehydrator to save all these things