Hoppy Birthday to me

Today is my birthday (birfday, awful definitions). Anywho, Beatrice gave me hops to plant, among a couple other things, to celebrate the occasion. She bought two rhizomes each of the Perle and Sterling varieties. I sure do hope they grow this year, it might be little late to start them and normally they would go in the ground instead of big pots, but I'm an optimistic sort of fellow. Also, hops take about 3 years before they're fully productive, but generally they do produce a usable, but small, first year crop. Hurrah!