Corn in abundance!!!

Jul 03, 2011

This is the first year I have a successful corn harvesting. I had some issues at first with deer, but I fixed that with netting fence around the back of the cornfield. We have a solar unit that we bought from Australia that puts out a high pitch (utrasonic waves) to deter animals from entering the garden area. Only they can hear the sound.I usually grow everything organic. I planted my corn in 4 rows around 20 feet in good soil. I put it some 10 10 10 this year and spread straw all around the corn after it came up where I could see it. I just hoed around it until then. Then after 2 weeks I planted 2 more rows. That was in April, and July 1 Yesterday, I harvested about 100 ears. What I noticed was there were no worms or bugs in the corn. I usually have some. Then I remembered when they were getting ready to form the ears, I sprayed on the ground a mixture of 2 Tbls. Dawn dishwashing liquid to a gallon of water all around the corn. I even sprayed some on top of the corn. I thinking that stopped the worms from crawling up the stalks and then again from entering the husks. I still have a lot to harvest, but I am so thankful for the harvest. I put up 9 quarts and we have had corn 3 nights a week. Also a great recipe for herbed butter is this. Chop up a bunch of fresh parsley and basil and garlic, and add to butter in small pot and cook on low until flavors blend and butter melts. Then brush on corn and Wha La. You will love this. Thanks for letting me share.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR, aphilbeck8

We live on 15 acres of cleared land. We have about an 1 acre vegetable garden and a 50 foot greenhouse. I love canning vegetables! I make everything with fresh tomatoes like pizza sauce, tomato...

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aphilbeck8

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 02:57

Coleman sells an ultrasonic unit that deters insects from garden. We got our unit from Australia who has a big problem with kangaroo. The website is Shuroo.com. They might have some links to other products which might help you.

Jessica Still

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 11:53

I'm planting Sweet & Fino Verde Basil today to grow with tomatoes ... love the aroma of Marigolds in the garden, from tallest to shortest.

aphilbeck8

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 12:38

Romas all the way for salsa, I grow different kinds of chile peppers and of course jalepeno and banana too. I plant about 20 sometimes more of the jalepeno plants (everything by seed) because jalepenos I put near my bulbs where moles are and the bulb is protected.

Jessica Still

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 17:13

That tip alone should put you in the KGI hall of fame! Here in the mountains of central idaho we have beautiful country land where voles are so rampant above & below ground that they have motivated people to move back to town & civilized amenities - such as bulbs in the garden!

aphilbeck8

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 17:53

We have a huge heater in our greenhouse, but it gets too expensive to run it in Jan and Feb. So we don't use it then. We grow mostly tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers in it. A lot of seeds get started there as well. Oh and the jalapenos work so well.

Jessica Still

Sat, 07/09/2011 - 18:50

This is a photo I sometimes put on my laptop screen when I am working at this alpen-glow time of day.

Allotmentmanyork

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 01:36

Hi Jessica Beatiful Photo. We have a squirrel that comes and eats most of our tulip bulbs. I think even he would stuggle to get through that lot. :) With regard to photo sizing. After a while you get to know the size of photo that suits you best.

Jessica Still

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 23:08

... don't forget about tucking in halves of Jalapeno peppers - the way Ann successfully protects her bulbs!

aphilbeck8

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 03:49

you make me want to grow tulips. LOL I really want to grow lavender like that. We hve the room no doubt. My husband even talked about setting up a drive in movie theater. There is only 8 in the state of Virginia. I would still have a lot of land to grow.

Allotmentmanyork

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 02:06

Hi Ann On the subject of heating your greenhouse in winter. This is a photo i took recently describing how they grow pineapples in winter in Cornwall, England. I don,t know if the text will be readable.We have disscused heat from decomposition in other areas of the site.Glenn

aphilbeck8

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 03:43

Now that would be cool! I saw and red some of the techniques of decompostion for heat. I also looked into the cost. We have no trees hardly on our land. Its cleared. you need a lot of brush for that. it.

Jessica Still

Sun, 07/10/2011 - 23:21

... is if your regional power company is willing or able to deliver to you the tree trimmings they chip up when they clear their power lines every year.

Allotmentmanyork

Mon, 07/11/2011 - 13:07

Hi Jessica. I,m not sure how they heat a pineapple pit. As you are aware from reading about Jean Pain, it is all a matter of controlling the heat, which i think is a bit of a black art. Strawy stable manure is the key to success, which is what i use now to get my compost heap fired up.

Jessica Still

Fri, 07/08/2011 - 00:47

"We have a solar unit that we bought from Australia that puts out a high pitch (ultrasonic waves) to deter animals from entering the garden area. Only they can hear the sound." Now I am wondering if your ultrasonic device helped deter insects as well as deer!

aphilbeck8

Mon, 07/11/2011 - 16:54

Thanks so much for all the comments on this blog. I have learned a lot and hope I could share some insight as well to someone. Kitchen Gardeners International is a great way to do this learning and sharing thing. Thanks again, Ann

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