donkey herder, fowl friend on Nostr: Check out my splendid corn harvest! Here’s the seed description: This was one 2 oz ...

Check out my splendid corn harvest!
Here’s the seed description: https://www.adaptiveseeds.com/product/vegetables/corn/flour-corn-purple-mountains-organic/
This was one 2 oz packet, planted in dense clumps on really rich soil, in a patch about 8’ x 16’. I harvested now because our summer temps are probably done and the ears will only start to mold or get eaten by the chickens, who are spending a lot of time in the hawk-proof tangle of lodged stalks. The ears look so much nicer than I hoped for!
Now I’m consumed with worry that whatever rodents roam the garage will mutilate my beautiful grain overnight. I can’t dry them inside where the rabbits will eat them, which only leaves the bedrooms or my husband’s office. If I could figure out what to use for a rack, maybe I could pile them in our bathtub? We take showers, and there’s already a dehumidifier in there. Hmm.
This is some serious praxis about the addictive and consuming nature of possessing things, lmao. While the plants were growing, I had a slight parental feeling about them — good luck, little dudes! But then I harvested those ears and now the corn has become mine! I must defend it!
#gardening #corn