Hm. Sorry Newlife, the link just sends me to an empty page of a past seed saver order.. no info I'm afraid. Tried entering "crazy corn" in the search function to no avail as well..
here it`s autumn, so I`m drying herbs for the winter. Mint, melissa... We have also frozen some coriander, parsley and ciboulette for the long dark winter. I didn`t have much time this summer, so I wasn`t able to pick up all the raspberries and they went off, I was able to make one jar of jam only. Hope next season things will be better. Right now I have to cut and burn all those dry branches and weeds. Amazing how the garden reflects our life...
I try to grow some stuff each year. But, I cheat, sort of. I merely cover some areas of ground with plastic, cut small openings (2 inches squared) spaced apart, dig up a little soil, and drop my plants in and refill around with some of the dirt I had removed. This eliminates most weeding, which saves time that is used for all the tomato plant sucker removal and tying up the plants as they become taller, which becomes a constant wave of activity once it begins. Also I plant around 30 tomato plants along my fencelines (don't bother with plastic for these) that I tie along the fence. I just mow around these and pull some weeds up by hand. We'll probably have around 150 tomato plants, various varieties (red, yellow, and orange), 40 sweet and hot peppers, 12 hills straight eight cucumbers, many zuchini, yellow, and acorn squash, canteloupe, eggplant, and Lyn had some other herbs and the like in mind that I don't recall right now. I live on a river (Little Kanawha) and the soil is quite rich. There are a few photos of last year's stuff on my profile page. I'm off work through the summers and have little responsibility so I pretty much spend all my time in the yard. Lyn's Italian and boy can she cook. She has all these great plans. We'll see how it goes. She knows a simple process to freeze tomato juice and most other vegetables, so we shouldn't be canning much. Here's a little heads-up on fried green tomatoes so that one may enjoy them year round without canning them. You slice the tomatoes, then coat them with flour or cracker crumb or whatever one wishes to use. Next you lie the coated slices on a cookie sheet, and just place the sheet with the slices into your freezer. Allow a couple days to pass, then remove from freezer (if they are good and frozen). Next place the frozen slices into plastic bags(I usually double bag) and place back into freezer. This prevents the slices from sticking together whenever one wishes to cook and enjoy them. You can have fried green tomatoes, should one so desire, any time of year. Also, they make unique Christmas gifts to surprise your friends or family.
First garden I've had in years with be this year. I am looking forward to planting tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, onions, cucumbers, potatoes and zucchini. Along with sage, dill, garlic. Still trying to figure out what in the heck to do and when to do it. So I will be watching this thread closely.
I had the same thing happen to me. I love growing and he had a perfect place...god do I miss that. I planted over 100 bulbs...he will have a nice spring yard. I can't grow much here for lack of sun. I live in a mobile home park and trees surround 3 sides. I am going to plant tomatoes in a container and cukes in another and put those on the front lawn. Dang squirrels will probably get them. Does anyone know of good hearty shady flowers to plant? Soil stinks but maybe could beef it up a notch.
Alas, I find myself this year in your situation last year ...so I haven't even started seeds yet. I probably won't do a real garden in case I have to sell my house. Still composting just in case.
Looks like I'll be doing a container garden at best. Herbs, sunflowers, watermelons and pumpkins for the kids, some crazy Japanese corn from last year, and probably germinate my entire collection of seeds just to lessen things I may have to move...mostly flowers.
I did plant some garlic last fall, hope to see it finish out before/if I move.
No enthusiasm though, which really sucks. Normally by now, I have trays of seedlings ready to go.
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Hoping to grow good veggies this year
.. so true!!Crazy japanese corn?
Ooops!- dang! I didnt notice the OG missing in the copy/paste..
Now I see it!!
Its gorgeous!! And the best thing: Its got green and purple tassels!!!!
But does it produce a corn to eat or is it purely ornamental?
Its lovely!!
RE: Crazy japanese corn?
Did you type in "(OG)" at the end of the bad link? It wont show the whole url for some reason.Alternately, try googling Striped Japanese Maize.
Crazy japanese corn?
found this though, - great fun!! -but I'm pretty sure thats got nothing to do with what you are talking about.Crazy japanese corn?
Hm. Sorry Newlife, the link just sends me to an empty page of a past seed saver order.. no info I'm afraid.Tried entering "crazy corn" in the search function to no avail as well..
RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
here it`s autumn, so I`m drying herbs for the winter. Mint, melissa... We have also frozen some coriander, parsley and ciboulette for the long dark winter. I didn`t have much time this summer, so I wasn`t able to pick up all the raspberries and they went off, I was able to make one jar of jam only. Hope next season things will be better. Right now I have to cut and burn all those dry branches and weeds. Amazing how the garden reflects our life...RE: Crazy japanese corn?
(OG) must be in link to work.link
RE: Crazy japanese corn?
Same conditions as regular corn as far as I know. Easy to grow.
And did I mention it looks crazy?
Crazy japanese corn?
What is that? And what does it need to grow? I'd love to try!(I'm a great fan of japanese pumpkins, japanese sweet potatos and other things which will not grow here in Switzerland..)
RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
I try to grow some stuff each year. But, I cheat, sort of. I merely cover some areas of ground with plastic, cut small openings (2 inches squared) spaced apart, dig up a little soil, and drop my plants in and refill around with some of the dirt I had removed. This eliminates most weeding, which saves time that is used for all the tomato plant sucker removal and tying up the plants as they become taller, which becomes a constant wave of activity once it begins. Also I plant around 30 tomato plants along my fencelines (don't bother with plastic for these) that I tie along the fence. I just mow around these and pull some weeds up by hand. We'll probably have around 150 tomato plants, various varieties (red, yellow, and orange), 40 sweet and hot peppers, 12 hills straight eight cucumbers, many zuchini, yellow, and acorn squash, canteloupe, eggplant, and Lyn had some other herbs and the like in mind that I don't recall right now. I live on a river (Little Kanawha) and the soil is quite rich. There are a few photos of last year's stuff on my profile page. I'm off work through the summers and have little responsibility so I pretty much spend all my time in the yard. Lyn's Italian and boy can she cook. She has all these great plans. We'll see how it goes. She knows a simple process to freeze tomato juice and most other vegetables, so we shouldn't be canning much. Here's a little heads-up on fried green tomatoes so that one may enjoy them year round without canning them. You slice the tomatoes, then coat them with flour or cracker crumb or whatever one wishes to use. Next you lie the coated slices on a cookie sheet, and just place the sheet with the slices into your freezer. Allow a couple days to pass, then remove from freezer (if they are good and frozen). Next place the frozen slices into plastic bags(I usually double bag) and place back into freezer. This prevents the slices from sticking together whenever one wishes to cook and enjoy them. You can have fried green tomatoes, should one so desire, any time of year. Also, they make unique Christmas gifts to surprise your friends or family.RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
First garden I've had in years with be this year. I am looking forward to planting tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, onions, cucumbers, potatoes and zucchini. Along with sage, dill, garlic.Still trying to figure out what in the heck to do and when to do it. So I will be watching this thread closely.
RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
Good grief!I had the same thing happen to me. I love growing and he had a perfect place...god do I miss that. I planted over 100 bulbs...he will have a nice spring yard. I can't grow much here for lack of sun. I live in a mobile home park and trees surround 3 sides. I am going to plant tomatoes in a container and cukes in another and put those on the front lawn. Dang squirrels will probably get them. Does anyone know of good hearty shady flowers to plant? Soil stinks but maybe could beef it up a notch.
RE: Hoping to grow good veggies this year
Alas, I find myself this year in your situation last year ...so I haven't even started seeds yet. I probably won't do a real garden in case I have to sell my house. Still composting just in case.Looks like I'll be doing a container garden at best. Herbs, sunflowers, watermelons and pumpkins for the kids, some crazy Japanese corn from last year, and probably germinate my entire collection of seeds just to lessen things I may have to move...mostly flowers.
I did plant some garlic last fall, hope to see it finish out before/if I move.
No enthusiasm though, which really sucks. Normally by now, I have trays of seedlings ready to go.
Hoping to grow good veggies this year
Last year I had been disappointed in a love affair, just as the digging and planting season started,- and my enthusiasm dropped accordingly..So I only grew a few japanese pumpkins and some leeks, a few broccoli, and a handful of other things..
But this year I feel like digging again,- plantig my favorit beet roots and whatever else falls into my hands at the farmers market..
Mmmh, -can't wait!!
What are you planting this year, or have in the past?
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