Corn got flattened last night

PineRidge · Jul 1, 2005

Um-mm do the rest of you guys think that we may need hip boots for any other reasons? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

sassafraspete · Jul 1, 2005

I admit the analysis may be flawed because I didn't take into account the large stockpiles of steel used for grapple building and such (unbuilt implements as you will ), nor the number of tractors that had cup holders versus those without.

rswyan · Jul 2, 2005

Mike,

Glad to hear your corn is doing well. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Here, the early stuff (60 - 65 day) is about 24" tall ... the rest of it is mostly a few inches smaller than that. I'm gonna try to head up to Copley Feed later today for some urea. I haven't been able to water it like I really had intended .... been too busy with work. Lugging water up there 100 gallons at a time is better than nothing but I really need to get the water hooked up in the shed.

I have managed to keep most of the rest of the plants watered though ..... there's some zuchinnis up there (largest is maybe 8"), yellow crookneck (6"), some tomatoes about the size of a golf ball, and a bunch of pumpkins. No peppers on the vine yet. The eggplants have some blooms. The bean plants are continuing to get picked over by the deer - probably lost about half of those.

GerardC · Jul 2, 2005

Had the storms come through our part of the country yesterday. Some places got hit two,three and four times with heavy storms that caused major flooding, mud slides etc. along with power outages. Our power authority called in out of state power companies to help restore it.

This morning it is beautiful sunshine with much lower humidity. Gonna be a nice weekend from here on out the weather man said.

HAPPY 4TH everybody!!

sassafraspete · Jul 2, 2005

Gerard, same here....humidity is down, temps down....going to be a good weekend. My wife left here before the storms hit...she is up in your country... Saratoga Springs ...for a few days. Haven't talked to her to see what they got there, but I warned her it was coming.

She asked how her sunflowers did in the wind. I said , oh 2-3 may have gotten knocked over. Well, It is considerably worse, so I will try to straighten those out before she gets home. Looks like I need to do a lot of staking.

You too, have a good 4th.

sassafraspete

DavidA · Jul 2, 2005

I am sure sorry to hear about problems with storms. My problem last night was that my son's 23 goats and 2 cows got out and ate all of my corn, about 1/2 of the rest of the garden, part of a small apple tree and totaled a small peach tree. I hope the devilish things got a good belly full. I guess my son will be going to the farmer's market and buying fresh corn etc. for us the rest of the summer.

sassafraspete · Jul 3, 2005

David.... oh my.... I had that problem starting a few yrs back...only it was deer. My solution was to start eating deer. 23 goats is a lot to eat though! That has to be heartbreaking. He will definately have to make a few trips to the local farmer's market for you to replace those veggies. Nothing like fresh veggies out of the garden though. Does your son make goat cheese by any chance?

DavidA · Jul 4, 2005

Sassafraspete, it was definately goats and cows. My son came out and caught them at their evil tricks. We have plenty of deer, but so far they have left the garden alone. I have about 10 acres of game food planted, field corn and sun flowers etc. and the deer have stayed there.

No, he does not make cheese. The goats are almost pets, he does take the kids to market a couple of times a year.

We tilled up the old corn and replanted yesterday, maybe we will get corn in late August or early September. The longer we wait, then the better it will taste.

jmc · Jul 4, 2005

David,

You seem to take my wife's side of an arguement about feeding deer. She says that if we plant deer food away from our garden, they will have enough without coming close to the house. My theory is that while it may work in the short term, the deer will reproduce until their overflow has to eat our garden anyway. Can anyone settle this?

John

DavidA · Jul 4, 2005

I would not try to settle it, but, my son and I keep our freezers full of deer each year. The food plots are real good places to go and look for the deer. Around dark the hungry rascles come out in force. You just look them over, take your pick and get ready to do some cleaning and skinning.