Not to be discouragin, but if you buy a pack of commercial hop seeds, you can grow them in your garden, and you know they are hops! Additionally the hop is quite a long=lived perennial so it comes year after year, and because it thinks it is a triffid, you'll actually be doing yourself a favour by taking the young shoots. Two thumbs up to the video though 'cause I didn't even realize you could eat hop shoots! Answer to this gardener's problem
Another inspirational video, making me feel better about my own hijinks - I just went out hedge-bothering myself today! I've always been too self-conscious before, but this coronavirus gave me the perfect excuse to avoid the grocery store and find my own salad greens deep in suburbia. I picked them at the park when not THAT many people were looking! Dandelion, lesser plantain, cleavers, nettles, and sheep sorrel. Hope it tastes okay, I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
I like them tossed in a little butter, if we have enough I often use them rather like spaghetti and add a sauce, or added to stir fry, or quiche. They are really versatile and so delicious.
Hops are sometimes found growing wild in the Hudson River Valley, but with smaller leaves and interesting flowers. They make pretty, long, decorative wreaths (and beer, too, I guess). cdn.britannica.com/74/198374-050-C11E9CBE/hops.jpg
Not to be discouragin, but if you buy a pack of commercial hop seeds, you can grow them in your garden, and you know they are hops! Additionally the hop is quite a long=lived perennial so it comes year after year, and because it thinks it is a triffid, you'll actually be doing yourself a favour by taking the young shoots. Two thumbs up to the video though 'cause I didn't even realize you could eat hop shoots! Answer to this gardener's problem
Another inspirational video, making me feel better about my own hijinks - I just went out hedge-bothering myself today! I've always been too self-conscious before, but this coronavirus gave me the perfect excuse to avoid the grocery store and find my own salad greens deep in suburbia. I picked them at the park when not THAT many people were looking! Dandelion, lesser plantain, cleavers, nettles, and sheep sorrel. Hope it tastes okay, I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
Fantastic!
Briony.. that name will always remind me of the film "Atonement"
Great watch, weirdly
@Wh3atley - Or "Miss Fischer Mysteries".
Good id vlog for hops and bryony. I have not noticed these in my Worcestershire hedgerows. What do you use the hop shoots for?
I like them tossed in a little butter, if we have enough I often use them rather like spaghetti and add a sauce, or added to stir fry, or quiche. They are really versatile and so delicious.
@@SallyPointer They are excellent in omelettes and only take a minute to cook. Thanks for the warning about briony.
Hops are sometimes found growing wild in the Hudson River Valley, but with smaller leaves and interesting flowers. They make pretty, long, decorative wreaths (and beer, too, I guess). cdn.britannica.com/74/198374-050-C11E9CBE/hops.jpg