{"id":4052,"date":"2014-06-12T18:08:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T22:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2014-06-12T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T22:08:13","slug":"were-racing-to-get-finished-planting-before-the-next-wave-of-rains-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/06\/12\/were-racing-to-get-finished-planting-before-the-next-wave-of-rains-come\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re racing to get finished planting before the next wave of rains come"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will tilled the old pig pen with our Troy-Bilt and we planted our open pollinated Seneca Sunrise sweet corn, which Will has bred from hybrid to open-pollinated, and several rows of Howden pumpkin. The pen should be very fertile due to all the pig manure and urine and all of the grass roots on the near end have been dug up and eaten by our piggies. Will used our push-type Earthway seeder and I used a hoe to make “hills” for the pumpkins. It was a big patch but we got it done.<\/p>\n

Today, we started the BIG job — planting corn, pumpkins, and squash in the three acre patch that Will worked up on the new forty. When you stand on one end of that patch, it’s a LONG way to the other end!<\/p>\n

\"Planting-corn\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I planted two rows of squash and pumpkins, then Will hit the next patch with the Earthway, planting more Seneca Sunrise, some Smoke Signals popcorn from Seed Savers Exchange, some extra early field corn, and Painted Mountain corn. This big patch is our experimental patch, so we don’t care if anything crosses. And it’s half a mile from our other corns and squash; our wind blows mostly from the west so we figure it should remain pure. The corn, squash, and pumpkins will be used for people and stock feed (if they grow!). And we’ll eat them and harvest seeds from the ones in our garden and isolation patches nearer home. Luckily, most crops you harvest seeds from, you can also use to eat. What a win-win situation!<\/p>\n

I’m also putting one row of Dakota Pearl potatoes in the new patch as I have the seed potatoes and just want to see how it works. It’s sort of like pioneer planting only the soil is worked up much better and we did get manure on it last fall. We’ll see what happens.<\/p>\n

\"Lilac\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our lilacs are in full bloom right now and, wow, do they smell great all over the homestead. We have five different kinds, each different from the others. One of our favorites is Beauty of Moscow, a Russian old-time double white with pink bloom. The blooms are pointed, giving the blossoms a lacy look. But it also has less fragrance than the others. Oh well, we sure aren’t lacking for lilac fragrance! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Will tilled the old pig pen with our Troy-Bilt and we planted our open pollinated Seneca Sunrise sweet corn, which Will has bred from hybrid to open-pollinated, and several rows of Howden pumpkin. The pen should be very fertile due to all the pig manure and urine and all of the grass roots on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}