you can eat it when it's not dry like that, and it's pretty damn tasty, in fact you should

@freedomforestlife

20 күн бұрын

Hi, Yes, we have tried it freshly cooked before when young, it was of course different to the sweet corn we are used to, but very nice in a different way 💚 Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏✌️🌿

Awesome corn harvest 👍👍👍👌👌👌🤗🤗🤗

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks our friend!!!!!!! Peace & Plants

Congratulations on your harvest!

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nneka!!!

Loved the three sisters meal - idea! 💚👌

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Epic, hopfully something you can try at some point!

Awesome inspirational video. I really enjoyed watching the full process from harvesting to plate, and I’m definitely looking forward to a follow-up video when you restore the corn shucking device and flour grinder!

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Anthony thanks so much, nice to hear when people have enjoyed what we do, oh thats epic, will get the old tools restored v.soon and show them in their glory again!! Thanks again

That soup looked phenomenal, and the corn a beautiful colour. Great video.

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Rico, thank you for your nice comment! The soup was really nice, we keep making parched corn most days and have it in a jar as snacks! Peace

Beautiful corn 🌽 😋

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Val - we think so too 💚✌️🌿

Very cool

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Thats some great tips there Reece - thanks for sharing 👍✌️🌿

You guys are always awesome.and so inspiring, thankyou for another great video now I've got another thing to try

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Jack thanks so much bro, always great to hear from you!

Great work! Isn't this such a blessing to grow (and be grown by)? Thank you for the video. I'd like to learn about your planting in mounds, and at what depth do you place your seed?

@freedomforestlife

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, we have made a few about growing corn, I'll put our play list link in here for you. Our depth gauge for corn seed is a planting depth of the 2nd joint on your finger ✌️🌿 kzread.info/head/PLOidPRQofoMPk_ucKbYe82TDS34yxcJar&si=MCMEWbfufVfBRNjs

I suppose I'm weird because I call the shucking process "threshing" after the process that achieves the same purpose with small grains like wheat, rye, oats, barley, and triticale.

@freedomforestlife

3 ай бұрын

Hey Ellenor - Not weird at all - I think thrushing is just another name for it, like you say just with different plants ... the end result of either is the same in essence 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting. ✌️🌿

Mantap👍👍

@freedomforestlife

11 ай бұрын

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Really loving your videos, hoping to start creating my own food forest this year near Wales. Just become a patreon, keep up the good fun!

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Thats so nice to know your enjoying our Vids so much David - Really means a lot to us - Awesome, thank you! Happy watching my friend ✌️🌿

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Where I live, squirrels make short work of my corn, it never makes it, so I gave up on corn and sunflowers for the same reason. If they don't get it, then the deer and jays will.

@freedomforestlife

Ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that, we have squirrels here too, to my knowledge they haven;t striped our corn yet 🤞 rats have before though They are currently plucking things out of our food forest right now though, still trying to work out what ... it can be hard to be sure until something is completely stripped! We deer fenced the whole of our property which mostly keeps them out luckily! Thanks for watching and good luck with growing ... Finding ways has to be become part of the fun I guess 💚✌️🌿

@FarleyMan151

Ай бұрын

@@freedomforestlife My gardens are fenced, so it keeps out deer and rabbit, but that's it. I've been growing in Fl for 32 yrs now, but N Fl is new too me, so I'm learning what I can grow here and what my pests are.

#1 like 🎉😊

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

No1! Thanks so much Sarah, true legend!!!!

I did not know inbreeding would hurt my crop om growing my first butcher blood crop next time I will do better 👍

Brilliant as always guys. Have you ever looked into a variety of corn called painted mountain? I just managed to get some seeds for next year. Apparently its an early flour corn. Might be a bit of a safer option than blue hopi? Only problem on paper is perhaps it wont be tall enough for climbing beans. Really jealous of those hand crank tools btw. So cool

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey Joe! yes i was really close to ordering some from Baker creek seeds in US last year, it was just the shortness of the plants that put me off and that its multicoloured which is stunning (but makes it harder to see cross pollination, as we grow several varieties), but really interested to hear how it goes for you, are you in the UK too? I watched a video in the past of the guy who has been breeding it so corn can be grown in harsher places with a aim to help to feed the world, really cool! Ild say the last 3 years we get about 10-20% loss's to the damp weather at the end of the season, but because we can grow the beans and squash together the overall yeild is prettu high, the mounds did great this year some had upto 10 plants together in a foot space and most had 2 big ears on!

@06a09

Жыл бұрын

@@freedomforestlife based up on an allotment in Manchester, so we might be pushing it a little bit further . We will have to see how it goes with the pollination, its very frustrating that we can't just trial everything in 1 year in the space we have, but that's why your channel is really valuable. There is 1 more corn type I've found in my time scouring the Internet named 'earth tones' which is also faster to mature and taller. Sadly I can't give you any info outside of theoretical stuff because I'm quite new to growing. Cant wait to have accumulated half the practical knowledge you guys have. I will definitely get back to you with any updates though, its a shame we have to wait so long haha!

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

@@06a09 Oh cool, yeah so blue hopi might be abit more of a push for you guys up there, maybe if you started it in trays/plugs earlier, but the beauty of the painted mountain is that you should be able to do it direct in may! Earth tones sounds cool i'll check it out! yeah and please keep us updated on the painted mountain, maybe you can send a few pics next season!

@Aviation_988

Жыл бұрын

I'm also going to grow painted mountain this year mainly because of its hardiness and how early it is. I'm also going to try Oaxacan dent corn and Abenaki flint. All of these are early corn. The Abenaki and Oaxacan I had to order from abroad so hopefully they'll reach me.

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

@@Aviation_988 mate def keep us updated as to how they grow, these are traditional native american varities?

No good, gotta stop watcing, gona be late for work. x x

@freedomforestlife

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant ! You got sucked in!! 😆 Hope you made it on time, but got to finish watching the vid later 😁✌️🌿

Whoooooaaa, you need to nixatamalized the kernels before milling, you're gonna get sick if you don't.

@freedomforestlife

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿

@itsamysticlife3500

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Most natives across the Americas knew this. That's why we eat hominy, hominy grits, and other dishes. If you don't, you run the risk of developing pellegra (niacin deficiency) which leads to neurological issues and death. It used to be a huge problem among black and white share cropper families before the 1940s.

Remember to nixtamalize. Don't suffer palegra

@freedomforestlife

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks -yes we have come across this a little- I think this is why the Native Americans would cook it with ash? ✌️🌿

@MegaMackproductions

8 ай бұрын

@freedomforestlife yes! I believe it has to be hard wood ash. But I believe you can also you calcium hydroxide or baking soda. Definitely look into it to ensure you remain healthy!

I don't understand why you wouldn't want crossbreeding. Seems to me like having more varied genetics will give you a chance of making a better corn.

@WoodFaerie

24 күн бұрын

Blue hopi is an heirloom, and with pretty much every heirloom you want to try your best to ensure it's genes stay the same and untampered by another plants. If they do it's not the end of the world it just means you won't have as much seed stock. Now crossbreeding might be highly discouraged, that doesn't mean their isn't some pickiness when it comes to what ears you keep for seed.

@WoodFaerie

24 күн бұрын

One corn plant might have longer ears than others whereas another has nice, symmetrical rows so you select the best of those to keep for seed then next year plant and hopefully you get more of those 2 traits, so no cross breeding between different varieties but selective breeding within that same plant.

@WoodFaerie

24 күн бұрын

Though there are exceptions like when someone IS wanting to create a new variety though that can take years before you get something that is genetically stable enough to get consistent results for what traits you wanted. I guess unless it's a GMO type selection process though my knowledge on that is lacking so not sure

@orsonzedd

24 күн бұрын

@@WoodFaerie I think everyone should be doing landrace gardening

@WoodFaerie

23 күн бұрын

@@orsonzedd it's pretty cool stuff