Is parsley supplying this market?

[Hopperbin]

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/MSNHome/20080202/hop_shortage_080202/

Malt prices up, hops prices up 400 percent

[Hopperbin]

Or is she just drinking beer and adding to the shortage? :-))

[parsley]

Buyers from Mid West US last week came, so served a homemade brunch. Einkorn pancakes with wild cranberry sauce/or wild strawberry sauce/or Canadian maple syrup; Einkorn Danish baked fresh; bacon eggs and warm Chiabota bread; homemade jams; brie with gooseberry sauce; Ethipian barley berry cereal with cocoanut sugar and milk; pottery full of huge black BC cherries; every kind of juice imaginable; freshly ground dark roast coffee;

and white wine.

ha.

Along with fresh flowers everywhere and me chirpy, well,.... not a beer kind of a day. Betcha you think I sleep till noon...... Pars

[parsley]

Tell you what, hopper: ....I bought German hops probably 20 years ago and they are climatized. Hardy. They grow prolifically. I bought one plant for $14.95CAN

Have lots of roots. I'll send you a swack of them as a gift if you want to take up growing hops.Grow them like g****s. Most of BC hops were ripped up for g****s growing.

It is big business and you can supply the specialty beer makers. Do your part to make sure beer quality is maintained. LOL Pars

[Burbert]

It would appear that all this weird
sounding stuff that the orgies are
eating, makes them a bit hyper to say
the least. Reading what was served made
me tired, facinated, causin I don't
think that much about the fuel, that we
shovel down, each and everyday,
including the occassional raw, yes, raw,
bulk hot dog. Gotta go now and spray
some quackgrass, otherwise it'll take
over the whole farm. Guessin I should
get a rod weeder, then become an organic
Comedian farmer, meself!!!!!!!!!
chuckle......

[sumdumguy]

Good work Pars. You are a magician. Hope you
had lots of help - but where were the lentils and
chickpeas?

[sumdumguy]

I could have made you a stack of blintze

[parsley]

Why aren't you more fun burburt? You should try to enjoy life b/c life is short...tell your friends and family you love them! You won't have them forever. One minute they're well and the next minute, not.

It might improve your outlook. Pars

[sumdumguy]

Wish I was there Pars.

[parsley]

sumdum, Well come along and help me pick corn on the cob today! I picked in an armful last night b/c the coons are keen. A deadly old hunter was here the other day. He said to space out a few miniature marshmallows leading to the racoon trap, and then place really ripe fruit inside the trap. Coons cannot resist either of the goodies. Cats and skunks won't eat either.

We can gorge on hot fresh corn for lunch. Dripping with butter. Grunt. LOL

[Hopperbin]

Sounds like a lot of work to grow them hops. Perhaps I am busy enough. Always good to check out options. Nice to see we have sense of humours.