Harvested more corn
And beans
Category: Gardening
Pumpkin Progress and Corn Harvest
Some of our pumpkins are starting to turn orange
And we harvested our first eleven ears of corn. A few weren’t fully developed (small kernels), but some were beautiful, plump yellow kernels. Very sweet and tasty — especially since we ate it within hours of harvesting it.
Corn Progress
We’ve got tassels all over now — silks on corn, cobs forming. This is the Damaun SH2 sweet corn we’ve planted for the first time this year.
Pumpkin Progress
The pumpkins are starting to look like … pumpkins!
Corn Tassels
The corn is starting to form tassels!
Pumpkins Are Forming
Peanut Butter Fence
We got the peanut butter fence up on the farm — Scott and Anya attached the metal strips, and I smeared the with peanut butter. Since they are connected to an electric fence line, the idea is that a deer will lick at the peanut butter (evidently something they really like) and get an unpleasant jolt. It’s a solar energizer, so not too unpleasant. But enough for them to think “I’m gonna go eat this other green leafy stuff!”.
Hazelnut Development
The continuing saga of my growing hazelnut … July 30th
Hazelnut Pollen
A few years after we planted our hazelnuts, I was eagerly awaiting the time when they would have pollen-y bits. Except I couldn’t find anything online about what I was looking for. We did, finally, see the developed bits over the winter … but, this year, I can actually see them starting to develop in late July.
Mulch!
We got a whole truckload of mulch from a local arborist — a lot of pine, so it smells really good.
