GROWING, HARVESTING AND USING HOPS MEDICINALLY
Hops are a wonderful perennial plant to grow and use for multiple medicinal purposes.
Never miss a new video! Sign up to our email list here: http://bit.ly/FollowAlongNow
Click "SHOW MORE" if you're new to our channel and "MORE ABOUT US" for some freebies!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not only do hops grow up and create a wonderful shade for our sunny balcony in the summer, but the plants die back all the way to the root each year. So they provide the shade we want in the summer, but allow the sun to shine in during the winter.
But hops are great for more than just shade! Most of us know hops for their flavor in beer. But hops can be used for so many medicinal purposes!
Hops are great as a digestive bitter to be taken before eating, as a tincture to help fight colds and the flu. Hops can be taken as a tea, a tincture or used in a salve. Hops are also full of antioxidants and are great for cosmetic purposes. It's known to help with hair growth and dandruff as well.
What we love hops for most is to make an evening herbal tea to help with sleep and reduce anxiety. Watch as Carolyn demonstrates how to make a hops tea.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MORE ABOUT US!
WELCOME! We're so glad you're here! We are Josh and Carolyn Thomas. Together with our nine children, we are The Homesteading Family where we’re living a self-sustainable life in beautiful North Idaho. Let us welcome you and show you a bit about us here: http://bit.ly/HFWelcomeVideo
Grow, Preserve & Thrive with us!
Visit us at https://www.homesteadingfamily.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/homesteadingfamily
A few highlights you don't want to miss are our FREEBIES!!
Click any of the links below for instant access to free video training resources:
– Healthy Healing at Home- Free 4 video workshop on our herb course Herbal Medicine Cabinet: Colds
http://bit.ly/hhath
– Bread Making workshop- Free 4 video workshop on our masterclass, The Art of Homemade Bread
http://bit.ly/breadmworkshop
– Meals on Your Shelf- Free 4 video workshop on canning. The Abundant Pantry: Canning
http://bit.ly/MealsOYS
Click any of the links below for instant access to these free downloadable PDFs:
– Homesteading Family's Favorite Holiday Recipes – A PDF download filled with our family’s favorite holiday recipe.
http://bit.ly/HFHolidayRecipes
– 5 Steps to a More Self Sufficient Life- Simple PDF download on 5 steps anyone can take wherever they are to start a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
http://bit.ly/SelfSufficientLife
– Thrive Wellness Checklist- A simple PDF download for healthy living.
http://bit.ly/thrivewellnesschecklist
– Permaculture for Your Homestead- PDF download that is an introduction to permaculture with some strategies for applying it to one’s homestead and garden.
http://bit.ly/permacultureFYH
– Carolyn’s Cottage Garden herb list- PDF with Carolyn’s favorite herbs for growing at home.
http://bit.ly/CGherblist
– Carolyn’s Make-Ahead Breakfast Casseroles- Carolyn’s favorite make-ahead breakfast casseroles.
http://bit.ly/breakfastcasseroles
– Your FREE Guide to Preserving Eggs- PDF download with multiple ways to preserve eggs.
http://bit.ly/preserveeggs
– 5 Steps to a Healthy Garden- PDF download with an explanation of what makes healthy soil and 5 steps you can take to improve your garden
http://bit.ly/5HealthyGarden
– Save the Crumbs- Several Recipes for using bread leftovers, a less committal entry to bread than the workshop.
http://bit.ly/savethecrumbs
– Fearless Fermenting- A PDF on basic lacto-ferments.
http://bit.ly/Ffermenting
– Fermenting Tomatoes- PDF download on fermenting tomatoes
http://bit.ly/fermentingtomatoes
– Preserving Culinary Herbs- Downloadable, step by step directions to drying, freezing and salting culinary herbs.
http://bit.ly/preservingculinaryherbs
– Render Your Own Lard- PDF with instructions on how to render your own lard.
http://bit.ly/renderlard
#hops #medicinalplants #tea #herbaltea #remedies
Thank you! I’m very interested in learning about putting together a natural medicine cabinet. These are very helpful videos! Can you dehydrate the hops for long term storage?
Yep she said that on 2.28
I would have to good trellis for something like that. I bet is smells fantastic though.
Would you do a video on pruning stonefruittrees please?
And thank you so much for all the wisdom you put together!
I’m excited for this video!!
Great video! You got me started in my love for herbs with your arnica video. Thank you so much.
What about using hops for milk supply when breast feeding?
I have 3 hops vine I actually grow mines in containers because the roots multiples like mint plants do. I have hops from last years harvest. This year they didn’t produce. I gave my brother some he likes to make beer and I have some to calm my anxiety (hormonal) take only once a month. But I’m going to purchase some materials to learn more about herbal medicine. PS enjoy your channel alot thank you for helping and encouraging me.
How would it work to freeze dry these for preserving them in a sealed jar?
WOW! I definitely need to look into purchasing Hops! Thank you!
🙂Thank you for all of your hard work that you put into your videos. I have 1 BIG QUESTION…
WHAT TYPE OF HOPS ARE THOSE THAT YOU ARE GROWING ???? 🤓
I’m curious how you grew the hops, did you attach wires to the roof or eve? Do you take the wires and vegetation down over winter? Or just let next year’s growth clamber up the remains? Thanks for all your videos, I never miss one and learn so much! 🌻🌻🌻
When I had hops it grew along my entire fenced back yard and up the side of the garage. It knows what to do to attach itself. I live in Canada where its very cold. It definitely dies back to a brown bramble. The vines do not go away and new growth can use the old. I lived in that location for 5 years and cleaned them all out twice but thought maybe I could have done it each year too.
Susanna S Hi. I have a one story house. They grow really tall. Will they just grow as high as they have support? You mentioned your fence. I just don’t want my neighbors complaining that they grow to their yard.
@Maria Perez Yes they will grown in their yard depending on the fence. Mine grew over the top of the fence and along it. Not straight up. I dont know if they ever do that. I just talked to my neighbour and said they could chop it off if they wanted too and throw it over the fence or I would come do it. One fence was no neighbours so it was planted there. The stem is pretty sturdy. The people who owned the house before me planted it and Wild Cucumber which grows even faster (16 to 24 feet). The entire yard was full of nettle, ferns, burdock and all sorts of herbs and medicinal plants. Took me a whole summer to identify them all and they grew. There was even an entire back corner that was obviously ripped out. I guess it was their perennials they could take with them. Was an interesting yard.
oh and if you watch it you could make sure its not hopping over the fence entirely. Its just those offshoots that are hard to catch, especially if they grow through a fence. I also had a huge grape vine against a fence (on its own arbor) but it too went into the neighbours yard.
Susanna S Thanks for the info Susanna! That’s right if I build a trellis a foot away from the fence then I could catch grow before it gets to the neighbor since I KNOW it will happen. God bless you!
My husband has insomnia. Would hops be good every night or would that be too much intake?
We have hops new this year. So really looking forward to utilizing their benefits.
What is a good heat hearty hop for medicinal use in Texas? OR, a good place to go research reliably for that information?
Love my hops plant – will definitely try the tea – I grow them for beautiful dried arrangements
This was great Carolyn!! Thank you!
I really enjoyed your video about Hops. It would be nice, if you have the time, to do other videos about a medicinal herb that you grow. Love the view from your second story balcony.
I saw a hops plant at Tractor Supply early on In the spring and I thought to myself what the heck would I do with hops? I knew you were growing them from watching prior videos but I never knew why. Now I’m kicking myself.
There’s always next season!
I know a cure from hops. hair of the dog.
Hi Carolyn
I’m in love with hops now ♡ thankyou