Hop growing 2012

After the horror of last year's hop growing things are looking more hopeful now. We've got a nicely cleared area at work with a couple of plants growing:

And I've got one out the front at home:

Dare I say it the hop grown in Surrey is looking better than the hops in Kent? Though to be fair the Weald soil at work doesn't look good, and the hop at home benefits from the hard work of my worms.