Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Saturday, April 22, 2006
The Beer Garden
Well, I thought I was just soooo clever when I found ornamental barley seed on the Nichols Garden Nursery web site and had the absolutely brilliant idea of planting it next to a Golden Hops vine. Barley + hops = beer. A beer garden. Except that, of course, as soon as I Googled it, I found somebody else thought of it first, and developed it further.
I'm not going to do anything that elaborate, I'm afraid. My very simple plan is to plant a Golden Hops vine to cover the new trellis on our not-yet-under-construction deck, with a sweep of Black Heart Barley at its feet. We're going to need a screen of some sort on one side of the deck, and I was thinking of the kind of trellis you used to see on front porches of houses. Then, having made an effort to get an interesting trellis, I'll completely cover it with a thick, rampant vine. Maybe not such a good idea. The plan probably won't come together this year though. I have the hops vine, but right now it's approximately 2 inches tall. Just as well, since I don't have the trellis or the deck yet. I planted some barley seed several weeks ago, and then realized that the tiny amount I planted wasn't going to make much of a show. I planted more about a week or so ago, which is now just sprouting. So then, the newest version of the plan has me putting the hops vine into a container with some kind of support for it to climb, and placing another container of barley next to it. More like a beer shrine than a beer garden.
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