tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post8441460489201040500..comments2024-03-28T18:43:48.393+00:00Comments on Scroblene...: Hop picking...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-87189715682403154912020-09-03T07:21:39.978+01:002020-09-03T07:21:39.978+01:00Too true, Mr H!
I never understood why the govern...Too true, Mr H!<br /><br />I never understood why the government plonked a quota system on farmers and others.<br /><br />If they took as much notice of real small - or large - businesses as they should have done, Kent and Sussex would have been a hotbed of hop production!<br /><br />There was, however, an increasing problem with verticillium wilt, and some gardens were devastated, so there were some economic factors to consider, but the smaller farms just couldn't make a business and packed up as well. Imports were probably cheaper too.Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-14029775135394086232020-09-02T18:53:15.226+01:002020-09-02T18:53:15.226+01:00"The government farming 'quota' syste..."The government farming 'quota' system ruined the industry..." Governments ruining everything they touch seems to be a fundamental law of the universe. Currently doing more damage than the coronavirus but nobody is surprised.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-87014003586797869872020-09-01T12:17:17.194+01:002020-09-01T12:17:17.194+01:00Thud, if you click on this Bodiam link, and delve ...Thud, if you click on this Bodiam link, and delve a bit further, you may well come across some names you recognise...<br /><br />Try this one for size!<br /><br />http://www.bygonebodiam.co.uk/Bodiam%20Memories.html<br /><br />I'm a bit rusty on recent events in hop growing, but can always generalise if your chum wants more info! You know my email address!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-12319770573819617702020-09-01T10:04:10.305+01:002020-09-01T10:04:10.305+01:00You should write more about this, I've a frien...You should write more about this, I've a friend who has just started recently growing hops (in Wales) and producing his own beer.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.com