Just a quick note - hops for the garden have been ordered! It turns out that the local homebrew store sells hop rhizomes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome) and a better price and more variety than our usual seed and plant catalog.
They should be ariving by April, we ordered two rhizomes each of Nugget and Cascade, in case we have bad luck starting them. Nugget is a strong bittering hop, while Cascade is a finishing hop used to add aroma and flavoring. Nugget is described as herbal and spicey, while Cascade imparts citrus and floral aromas that are popular with American Pale Ales and IPAs.
More info on hop varieties: http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter5-3.html
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