tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post3435611810869671528..comments2024-03-28T13:29:38.430+00:00Comments on Eccentric Amblings and Ramblings From Gnat Bottomed Towers: The Hop pickersArilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-50129315777121199202021-09-13T21:40:28.132+01:002021-09-13T21:40:28.132+01:00They're called Oast houses. Many people do jus...They're called Oast houses. Many people do just this on the Wwoof UK scheme, but this was already running prior to us leaving the EU. I guess only time will tell. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-70149560722715472712021-09-13T21:38:29.898+01:002021-09-13T21:38:29.898+01:00I'd heard of valerian being another good one t...I'd heard of valerian being another good one too. I've only ever tried lavender. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-90584748183919311362021-09-13T21:37:34.502+01:002021-09-13T21:37:34.502+01:00Although it was really hard work, it must have bee...Although it was really hard work, it must have been a welcome break to get out of the cramped confines and pollution of the cities. I can kind of see the appeal. ArilxArilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447764056767139963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-67458328597460923932021-09-10T16:02:10.023+01:002021-09-10T16:02:10.023+01:00Being a foreigner to your shores my first encounte...Being a foreigner to your shores my first encounter with Kent left me wondering about those buildings I later found out were for drying hops. With the much publicized shortage of food harvesting labour i wonder if anyone now would consider a few weeks out of town, food harvesting, to be a substitute for a holiday...Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-74930157968953046422021-09-10T12:46:08.854+01:002021-09-10T12:46:08.854+01:00Wish we could smell the hops -- I've been told...Wish we could smell the hops -- I've been told a pillow filled with hop blossoms is even better than lavender for encouraging deep sleep with sweet dreams.Beth Waltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720634636307254576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459096535013512763.post-82654419069141386832021-09-10T07:49:53.928+01:002021-09-10T07:49:53.928+01:00I've just finished Woodston;The Biography of a...I've just finished Woodston;The Biography of an English Farm by John Lewis Stempel which includes a bit about hop picking on the farm in Herefordshire where his grandfather was farm manager in the 1930s. The people who came to pick were nail-makers from Birmingham.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com