What did you do in the garden today?

[sandburRanch]

@sandburRanch, we do talk a LOT about gardening. Lots of us have been here a long time, so we talk about all kinds of other subjects too.

Jump in with a garden question or observation any time.

Would you subscribe to a news paper or read a book written like i mentioned ?

 

[WthrLady]

This thread is 12 years old. It has become a family event. Yes, we talk about gardening-when there is gardening to talk about. We also rejoice in new grandchildren, graduations and weddings. We mourn when we loose a member or a spouse. We commiserate when someone else is injured, ill or looses a cherished pet. We swear alongside our friends when a season of work is destroyed in a single storm. We swap seeds, offer advice, and share tips.
If the way this thread has evolved doesn't suit your needs, might I suggest you go to the main garden thread, start a new topic, and keep it solely on that topic.

 

[Sally PB]

Would you subscribe to a news paper or read a book written like i mentioned ?

If it were full of interesting people who I'd come to like very much, sure. I'm here for the camaraderie as much as anything else.

Any time you want to post anything about gardening, go for it.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Hey, I got my Amazon Glass Gem corn seeds!
(How cool do they look! Hope they'll be good popcorn)


They delivered the peanuts for boiling to the house (cajun style, DH & I Love boiled cajun peanuts!) but stuck the corn package in the mailbox down the road. So I will plant 3 types of corn this year. I'm starting the seeds indoors tonight after work.

100+ Glass Gem Corn Seeds Non-GMO Popcorn Delicious Jewel-Toned, Glass-Like Kernels, Grown in USA. Rare! Ornamental and Edible! HARLEY SEEDS https://a.co/d/j04diQK

I am so looking forward to planting them! The safe date here to plant outside is April 15th & after.

I hope mother nature cooperates. So far, it's been a very wet year! More rainy days coming this week But at least no Temps in the 20s.



Question...I have 2 different areas I can plant corn. I will do rows so they can pollinate. One area is very ready, rich, composted soil. It happens to be near the adjacent farmed fields. There is flooding back there when we get lots of rain, like we've had this year. There is a part that doesn't flood, a very rich berm we've created, so I can plant there. Right now the greenest, low growing, delicious, chicken friendly weeds grow there naturally.

My question is...I don't know if they'll plant their corn, or soy this year. The type of corn they do plant is geared for feed, we call it cow corn or horse corn. Does it matter if I plant my rows of corn near that type of corn? Or should I avoid that? Just curious if that has any effect with pollination?

I've only grown 1 type of sweet corn in the past, not near anyone else's corn.

 

[Sally PB]

My question is...I don't know if they'll plant their corn, or soy this year. The type of corn they do plant is geared for feed, we call it cow corn or horse corn. Does it matter if I plant my rows of corn near that type of corn? Or should I avoid that? Just curious if that has any effect with pollination?

If they plant corn, yes, it will most likely cross pollinate with yours.

I *think* for this year's harvest, you should be ok, but I'm not sure. The problem comes in when you want to save your seed for the next year.

 

[WthrLady]

Hey, I got my Amazon Glass Gem corn seeds!
(How cool do they look! Hope they'll be good popcorn)
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They delivered the peanuts for boiling to the house (cajun style, DH & I Love boiled cajun peanuts!) but stuck the corn package in the mailbox down the road. So I will plant 3 types of corn this year. I'm starting the seeds indoors tonight after work.

100+ Glass Gem Corn Seeds Non-GMO Popcorn Delicious Jewel-Toned, Glass-Like Kernels, Grown in USA. Rare! Ornamental and Edible! HARLEY SEEDS https://a.co/d/j04diQK

I am so looking forward to planting them! The safe date here to plant outside is April 15th & after.

I hope mother nature cooperates. So far, it's been a very wet year! More rainy days coming this week But at least no Temps in the 20s.

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Question...I have 2 different areas I can plant corn. I will do rows so they can pollinate. One area is very ready, rich, composted soil. It happens to be near the adjacent farmed fields. There is flooding back there when we get lots of rain, like we've had this year. There is a part that doesn't flood, a very rich berm we've created, so I can plant there. Right now the greenest, low growing, delicious, chicken friendly weeds grow there naturally.

My question is...I don't know if they'll plant their corn, or soy this year. The type of corn they do plant is geared for feed, we call it cow corn or horse corn. Does it matter if I plant my rows of corn near that type of corn? Or should I avoid that? Just curious if that has any effect with pollination?

I've only grown 1 type of sweet corn in the past, not near anyone else's corn.

What did they have there last year?
If you don't know, look at the stubble field. If it shows almost nothing, it was soy, if you see stalk stubble, it was corn. It' alternates. Sometimes we switch to sorgum if it's going to be a dry year.

 

[WthrLady]

If they plant corn, yes, it will most likely cross pollinate with yours.

I *think* for this year's harvest, you should be ok, but I'm not sure. The problem comes in when you want to save your seed for the next year.

Exactly. It only botches the second generation.
I've never had problem with glass corn the year I plant it. But only when I try to reuse the seed from year to year. It gets less glass corn, and more odd. Meaning, the ears aren't formed properly and the kernels aren't as colourful etc.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

This thread is 12 years old. It has become a family event. Yes, we talk about gardening-when there is gardening to talk about. We also rejoice in new grandchildren, graduations and weddings. We mourn when we loose a member or a spouse. We commiserate when someone else is injured, ill or looses a cherished pet. We swear alongside our friends when a season of work is destroyed in a single storm. We swap seeds, offer advice, and share tips.
If the way this thread has evolved doesn't suit your needs, might I suggest you go to the main garden thread, start a new topic, and keep it solely on that topic.

I'm so happy I jumped in, I've been so inspired & incredibly motivated! I've needed this! After illness saps your energy, & your immune system suffers for years, getting back into the groove can be a challenge. I've been a chicken topic talker for awhile, but getting the oomph to do some real gardening on a larger scale...well, I just didn't have it. Now, thanks to this thread, I do!

It helps to share, whether it is hopes & dreams of a lush garden, questions or methods of growing, or to express compassion for someone that lost a beloved pet, or encouragement for someone feeling under the weather.

 

[WthrLady]

I went to bed last night with the plinking of sleet on the windows. I woke up to a sheet of ice and snow on the ground. Temperature is 20'F with a chill of 8'. This is how we find out what the newly sprouting things in the herbal bed are truly hearty, because I forgot to cover everything.
The livestock looks less than amused this morning. LOL I'm sure they said the same about me.
We'll be at 70' again by Friday.
I'll get soil into cells today and get them warming on the mats for Monday's seeds into soil party!

 

[Minanora]

Yesterday in the garden; I watched my small human beam with joy because I asked him to use his watering can to water the olallie Berry plants we transplanted into pots together on Sunday.

Then he checked on his apple sprouts and dusted them with cinnamon to keep the earwigs away.

Mom ramble: He started these apple seeds a few months ago... Ate the fruit, asked me if he could grow the seeds, got himself a wet paper towel and a bag, put them in the fridge, let them germinate. Two weeks ago he asked me where they were, and he got them out of the fridge to check on them, (glad I didn't pitch them) all of the seeds had roots! He got a 10 cell peat starter, filled it with seed starter and planted them all by himself. So far two have popped out of the ground. He's 5, I'm still a little beside myself. The only help I offered was "make sure you keep the seeds in the paper towel until you're ready to plant them so they don't dry out". He asked me to make sure they get watered so we put them with the rest of our seedlings. He's quite the little gardener. I hope he stays interested, I love that he spends time with me out there and wants to be involved.

@sandburRanch, were you being sarcastic? I can't tell by the way you wrote (text can be hard to interpret), but if you were, that's hilarious! If not, as a newbie to this thread I can say that the content of this thread is mostly about gardening but it's also a group of people talking, sharing and being supportive. It's a forum, actually a sub forum, not comparable to published papers or articles.

We do have great resources in this group if you have specific questions about garden stuff! Or just garden life you want to share!