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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> I did a bit of research and it looks like the trellis and the harvest,  
> as you said, are the challenges. Beautiful plant. I can see it  
> providing summer shade for various veggies.

It's excellent for that.  The main hops patch came about when I enclosed one 
of the strawberry patches with a 5' field fence.  At the corners, instead of 
putting in a 6' post, I put in a 16' post and planted hops in each corner. It 
partially shades the strawberries which imporves them.   The hops is six 
inches 
tall now, it will be 10' tall by mid may.   </HTML>