Gardening

[jbcurt00]

How long between picking the ears and eating them?

Exactly what variety of sweet corn?

 

[redneck joe]

About 30 seconds raw and 20 min to the pot.


Dont remember just know i went extra gmo sweet. Love me some gmos....

 

[redneck joe]

We have a fencerow with some wild blackberries



This is about halfwhat we have

 

[redneck joe]

And i made a tart with some homemade whipped cream

 

[redneck joe]

Gonna make some jelly tonight.

 

[redneck joe]

So once again couldn't stop her. About two weeks early at a minimum but here is our harvest from two potato plants. Ate a couple raw with s n p

 

[sam60]

We have a fencerow with some wild blackberries



This is about halfwhat we have

Those look great! Love them.

 

[rlb81]

Some nice gardens! We have about 80 sq ft in raised beds, it's been a good growing season so far in NJ

 

[foodfisher]

My corn is not sweet. The seed pack said extra sweet. Any ideas?

Picked too soon? Does corn have to ripen like other vegies?

 

[redneck joe]

My neigbor who is wise in these things tells me it is too many weeds and not enough potassium. So this year I'm just going to cot off the cob and freeze for use in soups and stews.

 

[redneck joe]

My not sweet sweet corn. Cut it off the cob and got the vacuum sealer out. I'll use it for soups and stews. Probably anothe 50 ears out there

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Couple lbs og beans put up as well

 

[Gyrene]

I had a wonderful batch of butternut squash - 'till a raccoon discovered the patch and chowed down....Ones I got were delicious.

 

[redneck joe]

I had a wonderful batch of butternut squash - 'till a raccoon discovered the patch and chowed down....Ones I got were delicious.

I've just learned to like that, might try it next year. does it run like a pumpkin?



just picked about 20 more not sweet corn and in a couple days will have about the same. all form a 7' x 20' space. Next year - potassium and more nitrogen and wait a couple weeks to plant.


so i'll be cutting of the cob and vacuum sealing of about 5 more cups. I do them in 2-3 cup portions.


now i'll need some corn recipes for this fall. Chowder is where I think I'll be heading mostly unless you all have any other ideas.,

 

[gm280]

I've just learned to like that, might try it next year. does it run like a pumpkin?



just picked about 20 more not sweet corn and in a couple days will have about the same. all form a 7' x 20' space. Next year - potassium and more nitrogen and wait a couple weeks to plant.


so i'll be cutting of the cob and vacuum sealing of about 5 more cups. I do them in 2-3 cup portions.


now i'll need some corn recipes for this fall. Chowder is where I think I'll be heading mostly unless you all have any other ideas.,

redneck, you can't make anything bad using corn can you? :noidea:

 

[brian4321]

Great looking garden Joe...this year our sweet corn and tomatoes and peppers aren't doing very good at all but having a bumper crop of potatoes, onions , carrots, and cucumbers.... maybe time for a soil sample?

 

[Gyrene]

I've just learned to like that, might try it next year. does it run like a pumpkin?

Yes, they "run". I looped them back on themselves...

 

[rlb81]

Corn and black bean salad, quesadillas with corn, put it in some salsa, make your own tortillas....plenty of options!

 

[redneck joe]

gm280 good point


brian4321 - yes, definitely. On the raised beds I bought the new wonderful awesome organic big box bags. Horrible. I've been nuking them wiht fertilzer and its starting to look better.


Gyrene - ok we have plenty of room just planning. I need to go get a pic of the pumpkin again - it even more huge. Unfortunately, its almost ripe I think.


rlb81 - yep, thought of those last night except the tortillas. We make our own already not sure I want to go that far back in the food making steps. Masa is pretty easy...

 

[redneck joe]

last batch of not sweet corn, but we did find a few more that were sweet so we ate those with our steak




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[redneck joe]

we also got a good batch of our kale but forgot a pic and i'm travelling next 12 days.