Rostrevor Hops Garden - around the farm

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  Welcome to the hops farm! Apr 16 2009
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  the old farm house, now the office Apr 16 2009
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  sunset on the farm Apr 16 2009
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  a misty day Apr 16 2009
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  our bungalow flats. mine was on the near end Apr 16 2009
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  my room Apr 16 2009
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  the shower block and "the Hilton" Apr 16 2009
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  the trailers lined up to go into the sheds Apr 16 2009
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  trailers lined up Apr 16 2009
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  hops! Apr 16 2009
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  me with the hopds vine Apr 16 2009
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  the hops being watered Apr 16 2009
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  one of the roads the tractors drove on Apr 16 2009
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  the root Apr 16 2009
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  one of the paddocks Apr 16 2009
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  the same paddock a week later Apr 16 2009
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  a paddock half way through cutting Apr 16 2009
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  an empty paddock Apr 16 2009
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  the sheds and kiln buildings Apr 16 2009
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  the waste pile from the sheds Apr 16 2009
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  digger! Apr 16 2009
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  petrol tank Apr 16 2009
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  the paddocks all had names Apr 16 2009
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  baby hops Apr 16 2009
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  one of the fields not sued for hops Apr 16 2009
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  used for cows instead! Apr 16 2009
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  one of the river crossings Apr 16 2009
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  the other river crossing - no bridge Apr 16 2009
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  look - no hands! Apr 16 2009
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  getting a lift over the river Apr 16 2009
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  Lesley on the trailer Apr 16 2009
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  and Michelle, hanging on Apr 16 2009
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  and me! on a full trailer this time Apr 16 2009
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  me driving the tractor! Apr 16 2009
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  a bottom cutter Apr 16 2009
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  top cutter at rest Apr 16 2009
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  the top cutter in action Apr 16 2009
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  peggers Apr 16 2009
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  me in the top cutter! Apr 16 2009
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  grumpy Chris who kindly took the photo Apr 16 2009
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  from inside the top cutter Apr 16 2009
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  looking down on a tractor Apr 16 2009
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  looking down the paddock from inside the top … Apr 16 2009
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  Rob the driver cleaning the top cutter Apr 16 2009
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  grumpy Chris Apr 16 2009
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  Sonny and I inside the bottom cutter Apr 16 2009
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  from inside the bottom cutter Apr 16 2009
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  outside the kiln Apr 16 2009
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  conveyor belts moving hops between the kilns Apr 16 2009
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  hops in the kiln Apr 16 2009
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  empty kiln bays Apr 16 2009
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  full kiln bays Apr 16 2009
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  the automatic kiln filling Apr 16 2009
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  inside the pellet plant Apr 16 2009
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  bales of hops waiting to get baked in the kil… Apr 16 2009
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  pellets Apr 16 2009
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  on the road to the farm, where the fires were Apr 16 2009
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