Our Corn Accident

neohippy111
Sep 30, 2017
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Corn 2017

Today we are popping the kernels off of our dried Field Corn!

Our corn is probably our biggest accident of the growing season this year, but what an amazing and beautiful accident it was! We thought we were growing corn that we could eat fresh,

but,

we didn't.

We got our corn from Seedy Sunday, a yearly seed selling an trading event here in Edmonton, and Sherwood Park Alberta. Some we got for free on the swap table and some that I had bought in previous years. It turns out that we ended up with three varieties of dried Indian corn.

We have Flint corn, this yellow one:

Painted Mountain corn, which is the beautiful bright multi coloured stuff:

Finally we have strawberry Indian corn, which I'm afraid is not going to be able to ripen in time before winter:

Normally we research better the things we plan on growing, but we had such a huge garden this year, and so many other things to look up it kind of slipped our minds. I was hoping that maybe it would pop like popcorn, but it doesn't.

These varieties are often used to make grits which is also known as hominy, and a staple food of many different cultures. Our types of corn are often used as animal feed and as also as beautiful decorations in autumn.

I did see a recipe for corn nuts that looks promising. I think that's what I'm going to try, I'll just have to soak them overnight and roast them in the oven with some seasoning. I'll make another post about that when I get around to it, if it actually works well! LoL

This corn grew very well, they were nice and strong plants, although they did draw in quite a few aphids. Yuck!

I plan to share a lot of the seeds from the painted mountain corn with friends and family and anyone who would like some because it's a beautiful heirloom variety to continue growing.

Next year I want to make sure to have sweet corn that we can eat fresh, and popcorn as well, but I'll still plant a bit of the painted mountain because it's so unbelievably beautiful.

The Neohippy

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Our Corn Accident

Corn 2017

Today we are popping the kernels off of our dried Field Corn!

Our corn is probably our biggest accident of the growing season this year, but what an amazing and beautiful accident it was! We thought we were growing corn that we could eat fresh,

but,

we didn't.

We got our corn from Seedy Sunday, a yearly seed selling an trading event here in Edmonton, and Sherwood Park Alberta. Some we got for free on the swap table and some that I had bought in previous years. It turns out that we ended up with three varieties of dried Indian corn.

We have Flint corn, this yellow one:

Painted Mountain corn, which is the beautiful bright multi coloured stuff:

Finally we have strawberry Indian corn, which I'm afraid is not going to be able to ripen in time before winter:

Normally we research better the things we plan on growing, but we had such a huge garden this year, and so many other things to look up it kind of slipped our minds. I was hoping that maybe it would pop like popcorn, but it doesn't.

These varieties are often used to make grits which is also known as hominy, and a staple food of many different cultures. Our types of corn are often used as animal feed and as also as beautiful decorations in autumn.

I did see a recipe for corn nuts that looks promising. I think that's what I'm going to try, I'll just have to soak them overnight and roast them in the oven with some seasoning. I'll make another post about that when I get around to it, if it actually works well! LoL

This corn grew very well, they were nice and strong plants, although they did draw in quite a few aphids. Yuck!

I plan to share a lot of the seeds from the painted mountain corn with friends and family and anyone who would like some because it's a beautiful heirloom variety to continue growing.

Next year I want to make sure to have sweet corn that we can eat fresh, and popcorn as well, but I'll still plant a bit of the painted mountain because it's so unbelievably beautiful.

Did you grow corn this year? Have you ever made a corny mistake like we did?

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Corn 2017

Today we are popping the kernels off of our dried Field Corn!

Our corn is probably our biggest accident of the growing season this year, but what an amazing and beautiful accident it was! We thought we were growing corn that we could eat fresh,

but,

we didn't. ​

​​

​ We got our corn from Seedy Sunday, a yearly seed selling an trading event here in Edmonton, and Sherwood Park Alberta. Some we got for free on the swap table and some that I had bought in previous years. It turns out that we ended up with three varieties of dried Indian corn.

We have Flint corn, this yellow one: ​

​ Painted Mountain corn, which is the beautiful bright multi coloured stuff: ​

​ Finally we have strawberry Indian corn, which I'm afraid is not going to be able to ripen in time before winter: ​

​ Normally we research better the things we plan on growing, but we had such a huge garden this year, and so many other things to look up it kind of slipped our minds. I was hoping that maybe it would pop like popcorn, but it doesn't.

These varieties are often used to make grits which is also known as hominy, and a staple food of many different cultures. Our types of corn are often used as animal feed and as also as beautiful decorations in autumn.

I did see a recipe for corn nuts that looks promising. I think that's what I'm going to try, I'll just have to soak them overnight and roast them in the oven with some seasoning. I'll make another post about that when I get around to it, if it actually works well! LoL ​

This corn grew very well, they were nice and strong plants, although they did draw in quite a few aphids. Yuck!​

​

I plan to share a lot of the seeds from the painted mountain corn with friends and family and anyone who would like some because it's a beautiful heirloom variety to continue growing. ​

​ Next year I want to make sure to have sweet corn that we can eat fresh, and popcorn as well, but I'll still plant a bit of the painted mountain because it's so unbelievably beautiful.

​

Did you grow corn this year? Have you ever made a corny mistake like we did?

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we didn't.

We got our corn from Seedy Sunday, a yearly seed selling an trading event here in Edmonton, and Sherwood Park Alberta. Some we got for free on the swap table and some that I had bought in previous years. It turns out that we ended up with three varieties of dried Indian corn.

We have Flint corn, this yellow one:

Painted Mountain corn, which is the beautiful bright multi coloured stuff:

Finally we have strawberry Indian corn, which I'm afraid is not going to be able to ripen in time before winter:

Normally we research better the things we plan on growing, but we had such a huge garden this year, and so many other things to look up it kind of slipped our minds. I was hoping that maybe it would pop like popcorn, but it doesn't.

I did see a recipe for corn nuts that looks promising. I think that's what I'm going to try, I'll just have to soak them overnight and roast them in the oven with some seasoning. I'll make another post about that when I get around to it, if it actually works well! LoL

This corn grew very well, they were nice and strong plants, although they did draw in quite a few aphids. Yuck!

I plan to share a lot of the seeds from the painted mountain corn with friends and family and anyone who would like some because it's a beautiful heirloom variety to continue growing.

Next year I want to make sure to have sweet corn that we can eat fresh, and popcorn as well, but I'll still plant a bit of the painted mountain because it's so unbelievably beautiful.