We planted about 3/4 as much corn this year in an effort to increase pink eye purple hull and butter bean production. We picked about 65% of our corn today. I skinned 282 ears for cream corn [no cream actually, just the corn milk] and we already have 2 more tubs to freeze than we did last year. We freeze 4 serving cool whip tubs.
Why is my yield so high? Remember I'm a mariner turned gardener about 4 years ago. I have no idea why our corn was so happy this year.
It is much more sweaty gardening than running boats.
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Mary Del, I hate to say what I grow here but I grow silver queen. Everybody loves it who eats it. It's very sweet. One of the Michigan farmers here told me last year that silver queen was only fit for feeding hogs and chickens.
In my live aboard days in Charleston, we used to call people who couldn't handle their boats farmers. This guy from Michigan basically called me a sailor.
I have a fragile ego and no sense of humor so I didn't post for six months.
So, silver queen but keep it between you and me. Don't post it all over the internet or anything.
In my live aboard days in Charleston, we used to call people who couldn't handle their boats farmers. This guy from Michigan basically called me a sailor.
I have a fragile ego and no sense of humor so I didn't post for six months.
So, silver queen but keep it between you and me. Don't post it all over the internet or anything.
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Charlie, just between you and me, (that's the old Mike Wallace line) , I remember years ago in the old Organic Gardening magazine that Silver Queen was voted the best sweet corn of all time. Despite that, I have never yet tried it, next year I vow that I will. I hope to have more room to garden next year. Saw some seed packets of it the other day in the store.
Of course, that poll was taken before all the modern se and sh2 (is that what they're called?) corns were developed, but it must be good to have won the election even back then. This year am growing Bodacious; it's my favorite that I've grown.
Of course, that poll was taken before all the modern se and sh2 (is that what they're called?) corns were developed, but it must be good to have won the election even back then. This year am growing Bodacious; it's my favorite that I've grown.