New Tent! And, a little Flower Pr0n

[helwen]

The tent went up pretty quickly and easily. And it definitely weighs less than the oval marquee, which will be better for our mileage. We might even do some camping in it closer to home, who knows?

Oh, and we got the tent, per embermwe's recommendation, from Blockade Runner (tent page). They also have lots of other cool stuff there.










I also took pics of the hops that are coming up, but they don't photograph well at this point. Still, I'm happy that the one rhizome survivor (Golden Nugget) made it through the winter, and a bunch of the seedlings (something English). Later this summer we'll have to see if the ones from seed are boys or girls. Sorry guys, but I only want the girls in this case.

Comments

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Nice tent!

I just picked up some hop rhizomes from a friend who was thinning his. If they do well, I'll separate some off for you next year -- assuming you want more!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Hm, we'll see what next year brings. Since this is the second year, in theory these guys are going to get to be 20' long! Which means we need to build some pyramids.... Thanks though, I'll keep it in mind.

May your rhizomes flourish!

[gardengirl6.livejournal.com]

Great pix! I love daffodils. My crocuses are gone by already, though. My tulips are still tiny buds, so I have more Bulb Goodness to look forward to!

[helwen.livejournal.com]

It's a little colder up here :) I hope your tulips do well!

[nq3x.livejournal.com]

Yay! for tent and Yay! Yay! for hops.

Nugget is a fairly prolific yielder. I'm past 'the window' for planting this year, methinks, but my LHBS still has rhizomes in stock, so I might grab a couple and stick 'em in the ground.

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Go for it! I think I planted mine fairly late last year -- of course it's a wee bit colder here too. And they don't do much more than get established the first year.

My seedling guys are too close together though, so I'm going to have to move some of them, sigh. Actually, I'm almost hoping some are males, because there's 12 or 13 of them...

[nq3x.livejournal.com]

True. Are your seedlings actually seedlings, or runners from rhizomes?

You'll have to thin them eventually, regardless of gender. This is why we start from rhizomes instead of seeds if we want to actually harvest. ;-)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

Last year I bought 4 rhizomes, of which only one came up.

I also planted seeds, and got 13 to come up, and a couple of them formed vines of a few feet long. So I'm hopeful that this year they'll get bigger.

I expect to be able to harvest from the single rhizome this year.

The younglings I'll give more space to this year and then probably next year we'll get something from them, harvest-wise. This year I'm just hoping to separate them gender-wise.

love the icon

[lady-jade-01.livejournal.com]

I honestly thought it was a live buggy running around my screen for a moment...

[embermwe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, We got the tent and setup kit too. It was
cheap enough, I couldn't resist it.
It was fabulously comfy at Pennsic last year,
and simple to set up with 2 folks. I think I will
be getting a tarp front porch for ours this year.
We will likely be doing our planting next weekend.

[harpnfiddle.livejournal.com]

Ooh - pretty. (tent and flowers)

[freya46.livejournal.com]

Nice tent. Looks like it should be comfie. Use it in good health. Pretty flower pics are always good. :-)

[helwen.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks!

I mean to keep an eye out for things to take pics of this year. We can all use something nice in our lives these days, yes?