Locally harvested black locust hop trellis poles

One of the greatest assets to living near the Wisconsin River - besides canoeing, camping, and swimming - is easy access to black locust trees. The sandy banks (read: exactly the kind of soil which black locust trees thrive in) of the Wisconsin River are completely covered in black locust forests.

Here are a few pictures of cutting the trees in preparation to move them from the woods and load them onto the trailer.

It's super exciting to cut the black locust poles ourselves for use on the Simple Earth Hops trellis!

Using black locust poles for the hop trellis provides an inexpensive, long-lasting and local source.

We are using a Forestry permit from the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources to get access to the black locust forests within Wisconsin State property to harvest the hop trellis poles for Simple Earth Hops. Here is a map of the black locust harvesting site.


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