First Corn of the Season
Jul 23, 2020 12:55:05 #
T Croft wrote:
Is the Honey & Cream the white corn? Gotta find me some here in KC,MO.
It is a white yellow mix. Best IMHO.
Jul 23, 2020 18:34:28 #
T Croft wrote:
Is the Honey & Cream the white corn? Gotta find me some here in KC,MO.
H n C was one of the first super sweet varieties. It's half white and half yellow kernels.
Jul 23, 2020 18:39:48 #
Flytier wrote:
H n C was one of the first super sweet varieties. It's half white and half yellow kernels.
Ambrosia variety looks the same way. Yellow and white mixed. 70 days to mature and super sweet also.
Jul 23, 2020 19:24:17 #
When I lived in Texas back in the 1960’s, a fellow would call and say come an get it. He had a field of corn ready to pick. You had to watch out for the rattle snakes. Later he would call and tell us we could have all the peas we wanted. We would pick them and then
Put them on a large tarpaulin and walk all over them. We would raise the tarp up in the air and then bounce it up and down. The wind would blow the husk away. That was a lot of work but we got a lot of peas. Things are a lot different now. I would by a lot of rooster chickens and keep them for a while. Then dress them out. Another time I bought red skin potatoes off the rail car in town. 100 pound sack for $6.00. Times have sure changed since then. I look at the water Mellon’s for sale here. $5 and $6 a piece. I used to buy them for 50 cents. I think we are going to go into another depression like in the early 1900’s. I could go on but someone else needs to say more.
Put them on a large tarpaulin and walk all over them. We would raise the tarp up in the air and then bounce it up and down. The wind would blow the husk away. That was a lot of work but we got a lot of peas. Things are a lot different now. I would by a lot of rooster chickens and keep them for a while. Then dress them out. Another time I bought red skin potatoes off the rail car in town. 100 pound sack for $6.00. Times have sure changed since then. I look at the water Mellon’s for sale here. $5 and $6 a piece. I used to buy them for 50 cents. I think we are going to go into another depression like in the early 1900’s. I could go on but someone else needs to say more.
Jul 23, 2020 20:14:01 #
teabag09
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
Iowa Farmer wrote:
Neighbor's sweet corn is ready. He plants half an acre then invites the neighbors to share.
I hope y'all take good care of him and his in return. Dang good looking corn. Mike
Jul 23, 2020 20:21:23 #
teabag09 wrote:
I hope y'all take good care of him and his in return. Dang good looking corn. Mike
Absolutely. Members of our church, so we know them well. I have tilled their garden in the past with my tractor tiller.
Jul 23, 2020 23:35:11 #
Bergfield
Loc: Macon,Mo.
Iowa Farmer wrote:
I'm partial to the honey and cream, but beggars can't be choosers.
How does he keep nthe raccoons from destroying his corn patch? My first planting was destroyed by coons 1 day after it tassled out.
Jul 24, 2020 00:04:41 #
Bergfield wrote:
How does he keep nthe raccoons from destroying his corn patch? My first planting was destroyed by coons 1 day after it tassled out.
There are areas the raccoons have knocked down, but the patch is big enough to share, 32 rows probably 500 ft long. I would always put electric fence around mine.
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