As it turns out, the farm I'm establishing the
hopyard on has a beautiful swath of forest near a creek with an ample supply of dead cedar trees (and may live ones too). Cedar is the perfect wood for making posts due to its rot
resistance and a 15 foot log is light enough for me to drag around myself (
although the 4-wheeler did come in handy). I've cut most of the posts already. The ground has been thawed for a few weeks now so I've taken a soil sample to be shipped off to the soil lab at
MSU. Plowing will happen very soon and then I can get these posts in the ground.
As it turns out, the farm I'm establishing the hopyard on has a beautiful swath of forest near a creek with an ample supply of dead cedar trees (and may live ones too). Cedar is the perfect wood for making posts due to its rot resistance and a 15 foot log is light enough for me to drag around myself (although the 4-wheeler did come in handy). I've cut most of the posts already. The ground has been thawed for a few weeks now so I've taken a soil sample to be shipped off to the soil lab at MSU. Plowing will happen very soon and then I can get these posts in the ground.
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