2009

TQ8129 : Hop Garden, Hoad's Farm - May

taken 16 years ago, near to Linkhill, Kent, England

Hop Garden, Hoad's Farm - May
Hop Garden, Hoad's Farm - May
Hop Garden, Hoad's Farm - April to September 2009

Showing the month by month growth of a hop field at Hoad's Farm.

Hoad's Farm has 55 acres of hops. They are processed and dried in TQ8028 : Oast House at Hoads Farm, Crouch Lane, Sandhurst, Kent

Hop fields

A traditional Hop Field, or Hop Garden, was formed by rows of poles or strings 16 feet high. Modern fields are about 10 feet high. The hop plant starts growing in spring and grows up the pole or string, until September when it is harvested. Hops are dried and used for flavouring beer. …read more Link


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Geographical Context: Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening Primary Subject: Field Category: Hops, hop poles, hop fields other tags: Hops Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ8129, 38 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Oast House Archive   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 19 May, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 12 June, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8133 2903 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:1.9216N 0:35.0808E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 8131 2903
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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