Anya removed the husks & gave these a spin in a bucket of water with a paint stirrer drill attachment. Now they’re laying out in the sun to dry.
Category: Homesteading
Fall Flail
Autumn Ash
Orchard – Mulched
Anya and I got the orchard mulched today — ten blueberries, three seaberries, three honey berries, a cherry, a fig, two pawpaws, two currants, three gooseberries, and seven raspberries.
Hazelnuts
All of our hazelnut bushes are ready to pollinate flowers in spring!
Next Year’s Corn
We let a number of corn cobs dry in the field to harvest seeds for next year. The kernels pop off the cob easily when they are dry enough. If it’s even a little hard to remove, I just let the cob sit for another few days and tried again. We’ve got lots of super sweet corn ready to plant next year.
Cat things
Our cats usually come with me to the poultry pasture in the morning and evening — they patrol the area, climb a tree, and generally do cat things. Last week, Dumplin decided to try the kitchen scraps I put out for the birds.
Evidently that’s become a “cat thing” now too.
Orchard Planting
I got our autumn orchard planting done — we’ve got ten blueberries, three seaberries, and three honey berries ready to start growing next year. We’ve got another month or so of not-yet-freezing weather; hopefully the plants have enough time to get their roots set in the ground.
Corny dinner
We ate some of our frozen corn with smoked pork sandwiches — it’s really easy to overcook the blanched corn!
Grilled Creamed Corn
To make our creamed corn, we roasted the corn over our maple evaporator / grill
Roasty and toasty corn — plus some roasted jalapenos
After cutting the corn from the cobs, we have a huge bowl of kernels