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Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, recipes on 2008-03-15, 00:30:50

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You don’t often think about holidays being created, but that’s just what happened 40 years ago when Dr. Maulana Karenga celebrated the first Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa has its origins in...

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An interesting discussion is going on at the Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog on the color of cornmeal (maize) people eat around the world.

What color do you eat?

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Posted by Digital Flower Pictures Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-10-25, 00:22:36

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My corn. Abject. Failure. I have pictures, but I'm too ashamed to post them.

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-10-23, 00:57:31

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The key to harvesting is picking the optimum moment - for no crop is this truer than sweetcorn. I've grown corn several years in a row, and it's always been a huge disappointment: unfortunately we've always been on holiday in late August/early September when the ears are at their prime, only to get back to kernels like cardboard. This year, the arrival of our tiny person has meant our usual late summer jaunt hasn't taken place. It's a shame, but it has meant that - hallelujah! - the corn could be harvested at just the right moment. This year we...

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Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-10-12, 06:03:09

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to brugmansia, corn on 2007-09-19, 18:24:27

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Sometimes I am just amazed how often I am surprised in Chacala. About who is related to whom, for example. Or bits of people’s history that they share with me. Or pieces of Chacala history I hadn’t heard before. Or who speaks passable English. Or has been to the U.S. . . .

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Posted by Gardener in Chacala Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-09-08, 06:26:50

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If you are going to save corn seed this year, make sure it has not been cross pollinated, or that it is not seed from a hybrid plant, because hybrid varieties may not produce fertile seed. You’ll want to do this seed saving exercise only with a non-hybrid variety of corn. . . .

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Posted by Hilary Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, seeds on 2007-08-25, 06:27:14

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I don't grow veggies. I've made attempts to grow various kinds of produce over the years. Resulting in spectacular failures. Did I ever mention the golfball sized watermelon? So I stick to flowers. More success. Better pictures. . . .

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Posted by OldRoses Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-08-20, 18:57:20

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Fortunately, another weekend has arrived. And with it comes more time in the garden and hours to wittle away enjoying my favourite hobby.

But as the sun sets on another productive Saturday my mind begins to caress the stay-in-with-a-video notion. The muscles are sore, but not nearly as sore if I hadn't warmed up with some stretching exercises first, and I feel a sense of achievement as I scan the yard. . .

reBlogged to corn on Aug 17, 2007, 8:47PM

Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-08-18, 06:26:02

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We harvested our corn today..not a big crop by any means but everyone got to taste...and even the unpollinated ears served as a good visual for the kids as to how the corn grew. It takes a lot of space for what we got and maybe next year I can work on ideas to up our yield but the kids got a lot more than lunch out of it. And we had beans to go with it...we've actually been able to have beans twice a week for a couple of weeks and my husband and I have been eating them for dinner, too. So the beans are highly successful!

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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, harvest on 2007-08-07, 18:42:30

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Gardeners, plant and nature lovers can join in Green Thumb Sunday every week. Visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

reBlogged to Corn on Aug 5, 2007, 9:30AM

Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-08-06, 00:05:56

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Who has the sweetest sweet corn? Me or my sister? This post was going to be about how my corn just wasn't producing good ears and I had to accept a hand out from my sister so I could taste good sweet corn at least once this summer. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-08-04, 00:30:49

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I'm going to give a shot at growing a small patch (15', two rows) of sweet corn this fall, sowing sometime at the beginning of September, hopefully harvesting some ears for Thanksgiving. After a lot of searching, I chose Silver Princess Hybrid, since it offers very early harvest, good disease resistance, and sturdy plants. I poked around the 'net for advice on growing corn in a sub-tropical climate (which ours is, kind of...) and came across this great picture of tropical corn in Peru from Breeding Field Crops. . . .

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Posted by Central FLA Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-07-30, 00:53:20

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The lone tomato plant we've got - 'Mr. Stripey' - is finally large enough to need support. It's leaning, but not from the weight of tomatoes, because it's only got a couple of marble-sized ones right now. There are several blooms, but it's been really slow to get going. ..

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-07-19, 17:47:07

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We were spared the typhoon, although it was another gloomy and wet day. After dinner, I popped out to the garden to check the corn and ended up taking a few cobs. The test of a few raw kernels was promising, with a bit of luck they will be as sweet for tomorrow lunchtime.

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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-07-16, 18:19:24

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Corn takes up a lot of space in the garden for a long time, yet gardeners are happy to accommodate it. If you've never tasted just picked sweet...

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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-07-05, 05:40:26

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Is it just me, or do the coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) seem to have a little deeper color this year? I wonder if it is due to the lack of rainfall?

Wait, I wasn't really out in the garden to take pictures of the coneflowers. I was heading back to take some more pictures of my sweet corn and the coneflowers caught my eye. Sometimes I think I have "GADS", garden attention distraction syndrome. I go outside with one gardening task in mind, see something else to do and say "Gads, I gotta get to that big tall weed" or something like that. Then I end up doing about five other tasks before I get to the task of the moment or even remember why I went out to the garden in the first place. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-06-29, 18:39:02

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I'm still working on conquering sweet corn. I have two gardens going this summer, as previously noted. The corn above is in the garden at my house. The corn below is in the garden next to where I grew up. There is quite a difference in the two corn plots, which I can explain rather simply...

I have no idea what I am doing with sweet corn. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-06-29, 06:10:24

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On our visit to the Courthouse Green Farmers Market this mornning, I met Gloria Diggs. She's making a rug made out of braided cornhusks! I thought that was so cool. She told me that she learned how to make these rugs from her father, and that these rugs were used in plantations. Some of the most interesting things at farmers markets are the people! I urge everyone who is near a farmers to go and support them, and to meet interesting, friendly folks.

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Posted by RivahGal Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-05-06, 00:42:08

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Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-02-20, 23:54:02

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Making Sweet Corn Even Sweeter

Hedgehog came in all excited yesterday and said that her mother’s spring bulbs grew another couple of inches in the rain. It’s been mild here on Canada’s Wet Coast, but there seems to be constant drizzle, which is great for the garden. . . .

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Posted by Tim Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-02-09, 16:42:18

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Is it true that if I cut off the wheatlike tops of my corn plants, the ears will grow bigger? Is it OK to do this? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-02-08, 23:52:44

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Yellow leaf tips lead to Reduced Feeding

The good news is that electricity has been restored to most homes on the island, including ours.

Another five to ten centimetres of snow fell on Gabriola this morning, then the snow turned to rain and it became slush. Rubber boots are the de rigueur wear around here these days. . .

reBlogged to weather corn on Jan 19, 2007, 2:27PM

Posted by Tim Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, weather on 2007-01-20, 16:58:13

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You don’t often think about holidays being created, but that’s just what happened 40 years ago when Dr. Maulana Karenga celebrated the first Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa has its origins in...

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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-12-28, 11:32:21

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100% Organic Sweet Corn, Christmas Cactus Blooming Forth

While we here on Gabriola are still covered in snow, Eloise and John are reporting from New Zealand that their young corn is growing like a bag of popcorn in the microwave. . .

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Posted by Tim Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-12-09, 17:40:49

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I think this is a field of cow corn. The farmer is finally bringing it in this weekend. Its been raining for the last 2 or 3 weeks which I think may have slowed him down. Even now his tractor is running in deep mud. It looks like about half of the fields have been cut.

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-11-20, 16:07:00

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Parade at the festival of corn, La Prensa, Honduras

The festival of corn was held recently in La Labor, Ocotepeque, Honduras. I thought you might enjoy these pictures, shamelessly stolen from this La Prensa article (in Spanish).

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Posted by La Gringa Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, shows on 2006-11-14, 18:27:16

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"... when the frost is on the punkin' and the fodder's in the shock"

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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-11-07, 16:27:42

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Yesterday we made our traditional trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins for carving and have fun with the kids. This year we chose Maris Farms.

After loading the car up with pumpkins, we bought tickets for their courtyard. Samantha enjoyed the cow train a great deal, and Conner loved climbing up into the loft of the milk carton. From the top, we could see people walking through the corn maze. Samantha got a butterfly painted on her cheek with pink wings, her favorite color. . .

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Posted by Gabrielle Adams Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, pumpkins on 2006-10-30, 17:04:11

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Where do those small corns served in Chinese entrees come from? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-10-20, 19:18:27

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I wish this corn was in my garden, but its in a field Skippy and I walked through Sunday at Callahan State Park. Beautiful corn! Its exactly twice the height of my 5 1/2 foot tall son. Since I read that corn grows to be 5-12 feet tall, this crop has done well. Ears are enormous!

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-09-27, 23:26:31

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My crop circle was defeated by crop failure.

I wanted my corn to grow taller than the Jolly Green Giant. I wanted ears as big as my arm. I wanted to hide in the lush green foliage and jump out at Brian as he mowed the lawn. . . .

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Posted by Greengirl Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-09-21, 00:07:20

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I'm still puzzled why my back garden corn failed while the corn planted on the allotment (same variety, tougher conditions - no water and a thin sandy soil) did OK .

I had put it down to lack of water but I always think of corn growing in hot, dry conditions. . . .

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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-09-18, 16:16:25

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This was my corn, variety 'Incredible', August 18, 2006. It looks healthy, off to a good start.



This is my corn on September 8.



Beaten down, battered and bruised. Apparently some sort of animal trampled through it. . . .

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Posted by La Gringa Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, pests on 2006-09-13, 16:20:15

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OK.  Let’s talk corn for a minute.  I have resigned myself to the sad truth that I will never grow my own without the intervention of raccoons. And my garden is too small to keep both them and me happy.  My local producer at Morning Glory Farm grows superb corn, and on Friday night I had my first ear all summer. . . .

reBlogged to corn on Aug 20, 2006, 7:14AM

Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-08-21, 23:54:28

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While my London garden corn let me down the allotment may well provide and like May Dreams Gardens I'm hoping for some harvest; at least and ear or two!

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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-08-17, 23:15:54

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Every day I learn something new when I garden. Today, I learned more about growing corn, and how I might be more successful with it next year. For those who have kept up, I was quite concerned earlier in the summer that I would get no corn at all out of the two blocks of corn I planted.

Well, this evening, I doubled my corn harvest for the year. That's right, doubled it. I went from two ears to four ears! And, the really good news is that I think there are probably another four ears out there to pick . . .

reBlogged to corn on Aug 16, 2006, 9:25PM

Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-08-17, 11:09:53

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Things are kind of hectic around here, I'm making travel plans, working on a project and trying to keep ahead of the garden and cheap local produce.

Local corn is great right now and it seems a shame to not take advantage of the harvest. I bought two sacks of it today and spent the better part of the afternoon shucking-blanching-bagging one of them. I'll get to the other sack tomorrow which I'm going to can.

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Posted by steven Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, tomatoes on 2006-08-14, 17:41:50

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Not sure which I like better, the field of corn or the huge bunch of rudbeckia. -OR

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Posted by Girl Gone Gardening Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, rudbeckia on 2006-08-08, 22:59:05

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It’s sweet corn season in Iowa, and that means eating as much of it as I can get my hands on, even though Steve and I decided not to grow it in our garden. While I will forever and ever (Amen) be a fan of the butter-and-salt-laden variety, there comes a time in every girl’s life when she needs to serve corn with a little more panache, and a little less cholesterol. . . .

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Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, recipes on 2006-08-06, 23:42:18

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I spent the better part of yesterday morning shucking and then cutting Butter & Sugar corn from the farm stand. The season is just starting and whole sacks are going for about $8. I got eighteen pints canned plus another five pints in vacuum sealer bags for the freezer. I cold packed the corn and pressure canned it. The only deviation from the recipe I made was instead of covering the corn with boiling water I used corn broth that I made by boiling the cobs, it really makes a difference.

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Posted by steven Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2006-08-05, 12:13:45

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