Farming That Improves the Environment

Ascribe ^ | Mon Nov 7 13:14:01 2005 Pacific Time | Randy Killorn

[GreenFreeper]

want not waste not!

[GreenFreeper]

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[SJackson]

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

Corn. Nature's Most Perfect Food. Right after Beer, of course! ;)

[GreenFreeper]

Corn. Nature's Most Perfect Food. Right after Beer, of course! ;)

I need to put a beer garden in my backyard!

[Iowa Granny]

Interesting article, thanks for the ping SJ.

Right off the top of my head I'm wondering if this won't also reduce the amount of Nitrate in the soil. Decaying organic matter produces Nitrate, does it not?

It will be hard to teach some of us Old Timers (myself included) New Methods. I've always thought we should take nothing from the land which isn't necessary. We have neighbors who bale corn stalks. We don't. I want those corn stalks to decay and replentish the soil.

Green, if you see more articles about this, please ping me to them.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Go for it. I grow my own hopps. If I had more acreage I'd plant barley, too! :)

Can you add me to your Ping List, please? I, too, am a conservative, green Freeper. I confuse many who think the two can't survive together in the same body. *Rolleyes*

[WIladyconservative]

Corn. Nature's Most Perfect Food.

Late August . . . fresh butter . . . a salt shaker . . . and a dozen ears. Later on, a niblet stuck between my teeth and melted butter running down my chin. Heaven on earth.

[WIladyconservative]

Another Hops grower!

It was a great year for hops!

[Borax Queen]

Hooray - looks like I found some like-minded folks; I'm so happy! Will you please add me to your list too, Green? Thank you.

[billhilly]

While they are at it, why not be sensible and return to burning lawns in the autumn. Furtermore, kids love it.

[SJackson]

You can have them both. No, I don't know what it tastes like.

[tubebender]

Anything is possible with enough tax money thrown at it...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

No kidding! I had 500 acres of Sweet Corn around me this season. I've been flirting my head off with the guy in charge for the past few seasons and he always stops by to tell me when they'll be harvesting and to get out there and pick all I can carry.

"He don't know me very well, do he?" ~ Bugs Bunny

Forty quarts canned, and fresh Sweet Corn every day for weeks into September. ;)

I think hopps are just so pretty! I used to work for The Seed Savers Exchange in Madison and there was a 'Wine & Hopps Shop' next door, so the man who ran that swapped a few hopps plants with me for some eggs...and the rest is history. They grow on the south side of my barn, and are happy as clams. I barter with my BIL and he uses them in his home brewed Raspberry Beer. Now THAT is some yummy beer!

[fish hawk]

MMMmmmmm cornnuts and beer.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! If you're buying, I'm up for a taste test. ;)

[GreenFreeper]

your added!

[Iowa Granny]

While they are at it, why not be sensible and return to burning lawns in the autumn

Not likely the EPA would allow that. Air Quality regulations would probably prevent it.

The Sierra Club would go nuts if we burnt off all the corn and soybean fields in Iowa.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Thanks! I look forward to some great discussions. :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Now, now. No p*ssin' in our corn field, Buddy. ;)