Good morning ##coffeechain ☕️
Happy Friday Eve! 😁
Kinda tired at the fiat mine this morning. Last night hubby and I harvested three 5-gallon buckets of corn... yeah, corn in February in Florida 🌽
We got about half of it cut off the cob, blanched, and put in the freezer before we got tired and called it a night.
I'm tired, but it's a good kind of tired.😊
Have a great day everyone!
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GM!
Did you grow it in a hoop house? Inquiring minds want to know.
I grew it in my garden, no covers. Our temperature only dipped into the low 30s Fahrenheit a few times during the winter. With less sunlight and warmth, the ears were shorter and there was less pollination. It was just an experiment. I probably won't do it again and plant a cover crop or winter veggies instead. In 2 weeks, we are planting corn again in the same place, and planting it during the proper growing season for our region.
We're really taxing the soil doing this. I will plant a summer cover crop after this next harvest. Last year we planted sunhemp to nourish the soil during the summer.
We're only 2.5 years on this property. I'm still learning how to navigate the seasons to grow year-round. It's been mostly fun, sometimes frustrating 😁
Nice. I'm up in the PNW. I built a hoop house mostly to extend the tomato growing season but there's not much gardening that can be done last mid November and before April.
Oh, get that. I grew up in Michigan. Gardening was much easier!!
Our climate has more pests and diseases for plants. Not to mention fire ants everywhere and root knot nematodes sucking the juices from our plants.
I kinda miss gardening in a temperate climate. But I'm here so I'll make the best of it!😁
Have a great time growing your tomatoes 🍅!
Wow, i have never tried growing corn, so cool😊
Amazing! Love corn.
My husband's favorite veggie right after potatoes. We're experimenting to see if we can get a Spring and fall crop to get two harvests every year. But we planted this crop a little bit late. We are still learning how to grow year around.
Wow!
