Schedule for 2010 Hopyard Grand Opening

Simple Earth Hops
Grand Opening Schedule

Grand Opening Guests:
please sign in at the Hop Tree tent, guest sign-in table when your first arrive where we will: cross off your name or add you to the guest list and; check your ID and give you a serving glass.

11am

• Volunteer meeting

Noon

• Grand Opening begins
• Beer taps open at the Hop Tree tent 
• Beelzebillies on stage at the Hop Tree tent [12pm-3pm]

1pm

• Guided hopyard tour

4:00pm

• Logueflower & Friends performance at the Hop Tree tent

4:30pm

• Last guided hopyard tour

5:30pm

• Hopyard ribbon cutting
• Press conference

7:00pm

• Grand Opening Potluck
• Bring a dish to pass, utensils and plates and a chair

Throughout the day

• Self-guided hopyard tours
• Hop info handouts and fliers at the Hop Tree tent, guest sign-in table
  
• Face painting
• Farm tours
• Hay rides 

 For more information:

• View the Simple Earth Hops Grand Opening event on Facebook
• View the official Grand Opening announcement

Building the hop trellis

This weekend we built the 1/4 acre hop trellis in the rain.

There are so may team member volunteers and others to thank including Bryan Nelson, Aran Madden, Scot Hansen, Mike Karnatz, Andy Anderson, Matt Girman, all of the Kerr family, Gene from the extension office, my lovely wife Renea Sweeny, my sister Beckie Sweeny and bro Darryl, Bob Matts, Barb Kalicki, Roger Reynolds and all of the crew from the black locust hauling mission.

Here are some pictures which were taken by Barb Kalicki... thanks Barb!



Here are some pictures taken by the Simple Earth Hops Resident Photographer, my sister, Beckie Sweeny.

Simple Earth Hops - Trellis Setup

Quarter acre hopyard location - aerial photograph

Thanks to Andrew and Jennifer Kerr at Greenspirit Farm, we have an excellent 1/4 acre hopyard located just off WI Highway 23.

This aerial photo shows a blue line around the 1/4 acre hopyard where we will be putting in 250 hop plants. This aerial shot can also be viewed on the Simple Earth Hops Google map which also shows our black locust pole harvest site and more too.