He grew his own and though his Cascade plants yielded little the first year he harvested a bumper crop the next. That second August found him deep in hops and part of this bounty made it beyond his homebrew kettle to Manhattan's beer. New hop growers can benefit from Garrett's experience by following a few easy steps. Use a pole stuck in the ground for the first 6 to 7 feet of the vines growth. From there on up attach twine up to a total height of 18 to 20 feet.
Humus soil is the best with high nitrogen fertilizer.
Water the plants daily in hot weather. Insects don't appear to be a problem but beware of hungry squirrels. At harvest Garrett dried the hops by wrapping the cones in a sheet and placing them in the sun. Keeping an eye on them and waiting until they were springy, but not moist, he reached a sufficient level of drying. Imagine sitting on your porch shaded by these prolific vines.