Comments on: Corn….Sweet…..Corn http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/ Simple Living... Frugality... Gardening... Cooking From Scratch... Knifty Knitter Projects.. And More. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 lightening Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:09:41 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2979 Bettina - I'm hoping people will get used to the names as I use them more. Boneblower - I remember my MIL being horrified at a bush my DH cut back from our front yard (we rented from them). She thought he had ruined it. Not so. It grew back so much more beautiful than ever. And in a very short space of time! Same thing happened when we moved into his parents place on the farm. They had an apricot tree that had never fruited and they didn't believe ever would. DH but it back quite severely and from then on it has fruited. He's never got into vegie gardening though. I always thought I had a brown thumb. *shrugs* Go figure! I think it's a little bit of time, a little bit of interest and some practise and anyone can garden. Oh, and good soil is a must!!! :-) Bettina - I’m hoping people will get used to the names as I use them more.

Boneblower - I remember my MIL being horrified at a bush my DH cut back from our front yard (we rented from them). She thought he had ruined it. Not so. It grew back so much more beautiful than ever. And in a very short space of time! Same thing happened when we moved into his parents place on the farm. They had an apricot tree that had never fruited and they didn’t believe ever would. DH but it back quite severely and from then on it has fruited. He’s never got into vegie gardening though. I always thought I had a brown thumb. *shrugs* Go figure! I think it’s a little bit of time, a little bit of interest and some practise and anyone can garden. Oh, and good soil is a must!!! :-)

]]> By: Boneblower http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2957 Boneblower Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:24:09 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2957 I'm impressed :) Anybody willing to grow anything gets my vote. My grandpa had the green thumb in the family. DH cuts everything right back and I mean right back - yet they seem to grow beautifully. I haven't yet convinced him to do vegies though. I suppose if he had some help...............oh well *sigh* I’m impressed :) Anybody willing to grow anything gets my vote. My grandpa had the green thumb in the family. DH cuts everything right back and I mean right back - yet they seem to grow beautifully. I haven’t yet convinced him to do vegies though. I suppose if he had some help……………oh well *sigh*

]]> By: Bettina http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2956 Bettina Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:11:57 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2956 Ah thats right!! I need a list of your aliases sitting next to your posts!! lmao Ah thats right!! I need a list of your aliases sitting next to your posts!! lmao

]]> By: lightening http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 lightening Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:32:34 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2954 Jayne - I remember my mum making stuffed zucchini. Not sure how I'd go getting my family to eat it though..... Bettina - Leighton is the nickname I'm using for my 10 year old son. Must get around to adding the list to my sidebar. Is that what you meant by your question? Kin - killing weeds is a very highly desired skill you know!!! ShadowKnight - thanks. I guess some things grow better in some areas than others. At the moment it's very much trial and error for me. Is there something special about blackjack zucchini that you particularly wanted to grow it? I just happened to grab a punnet of seedlings in that variety from the hardware store. Good luck with the move! I'll be happy if I NEVER have to move house again!!!! LOL Libby - yeah, you have to pick and choose a bit based on what you can fit and what the family will eat. I've got quite a few plants in a reasonably small space though (can't remember the exact dimensions now though). River - I hope they turn out to be nice. I'm the only one in the family who's ever eaten apple cucumber (my grandmother used to grow it). Maggie - interesting analogy with the pineapple. Fingers crossed we've given it enough water as we don't have HEAPS of water to give it. Jayne - I remember my mum making stuffed zucchini. Not sure how I’d go getting my family to eat it though…..

Bettina - Leighton is the nickname I’m using for my 10 year old son. Must get around to adding the list to my sidebar. Is that what you meant by your question?

Kin - killing weeds is a very highly desired skill you know!!!

ShadowKnight - thanks. I guess some things grow better in some areas than others. At the moment it’s very much trial and error for me. Is there something special about blackjack zucchini that you particularly wanted to grow it? I just happened to grab a punnet of seedlings in that variety from the hardware store. Good luck with the move! I’ll be happy if I NEVER have to move house again!!!! LOL

Libby - yeah, you have to pick and choose a bit based on what you can fit and what the family will eat. I’ve got quite a few plants in a reasonably small space though (can’t remember the exact dimensions now though).

River - I hope they turn out to be nice. I’m the only one in the family who’s ever eaten apple cucumber (my grandmother used to grow it).

Maggie - interesting analogy with the pineapple. Fingers crossed we’ve given it enough water as we don’t have HEAPS of water to give it.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 Maggie Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:50:35 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2953 The only thing I know about corn is make sure it doesn't go 'pine-apply' I.e. if your corn starts to look as if it has got an identity crisis and wants to be a pineapple, you've lost your corn. This is an indication of not enough water and too much sun. I think someone above pointed out that corn needs lots of water. Good luck! The only thing I know about corn is make sure it doesn’t go ‘pine-apply’ I.e. if your corn starts to look as if it has got an identity crisis and wants to be a pineapple, you’ve lost your corn. This is an indication of not enough water and too much sun. I think someone above pointed out that corn needs lots of water.
Good luck!

]]> By: river http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2947 river Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:17:34 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2947 Congratulations on your apple cucumber. I've never been able to grow any type of cucumber. I once had a self grown seedling that I thought was a cucumber growing out of my compost, it turned out to be a rockmelon which grew a single fruit a bit smaller than a tennis ball and extraordinarily sweet. Your sweet corn looks amazing. I was all set to tell you about testing and picking, then read Poppy's comment and all the information is there. Cooking time for such fresh cobs should only be about a minute or so. Congratulations on your apple cucumber. I’ve never been able to grow any type of cucumber. I once had a self grown seedling that I thought was a cucumber growing out of my compost, it turned out to be a rockmelon which grew a single fruit a bit smaller than a tennis ball and extraordinarily sweet.
Your sweet corn looks amazing. I was all set to tell you about testing and picking, then read Poppy’s comment and all the information is there. Cooking time for such fresh cobs should only be about a minute or so.

]]> By: Libby http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 Libby Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:00:47 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2946 The garden looks great. I would love to grow corn but just don't have enough room. My poor garden is looking rather sad now after a massive clean up session yesterday. Need to get out and plant some more seeds now. Libby The garden looks great. I would love to grow corn but just don’t have enough room. My poor garden is looking rather sad now after a massive clean up session yesterday. Need to get out and plant some more seeds now.

Libby

]]> By: ShadowKnight http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2945 ShadowKnight Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:04:12 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2945 I am jealous! I can not get Blackjack Zucchinis to grow. I have lost 10 seedlings in about 2 months. As such I have given up on it for now. I will try it again once I have moved to Wollongong. I do though have 1 large Lebanese zucchini doing well. I enjoyed its large white fruit in a stir fry on the weekend. Like you it was the sweestest, juiciest and best tasting zucchini I have eaten. A lot of it due to it growing in my own garden. I also have sweet corn planted and it will be getting moved around once we move into some much deeper tubs. We should be moving soon else I will end up with stunted corn. Well done on the garden and I wish you a continued success. I am jealous! I can not get Blackjack Zucchinis to grow. I have lost 10 seedlings in about 2 months. As such I have given up on it for now. I will try it again once I have moved to Wollongong.

I do though have 1 large Lebanese zucchini doing well. I enjoyed its large white fruit in a stir fry on the weekend. Like you it was the sweestest, juiciest and best tasting zucchini I have eaten. A lot of it due to it growing in my own garden.

I also have sweet corn planted and it will be getting moved around once we move into some much deeper tubs. We should be moving soon else I will end up with stunted corn.

Well done on the garden and I wish you a continued success.

]]> By: Kin http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2944 Kin Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:47:36 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2944 Oooh sweet corn! I lurve sweet corn! SO jealous of your garden, but I'm the worlds. worst. gardener. I kill weeds! Oooh sweet corn! I lurve sweet corn!

SO jealous of your garden, but I’m the worlds. worst. gardener. I kill weeds!

]]> By: Bettina http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 Bettina Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:10:14 +0000 http://www.lighteningonline.com/2008/01/10/cornsweetcorn/#comment-2942 who was hoping your zucchini wouldn't grow so well? who was hoping your zucchini wouldn’t grow so well?

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