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Putting Up Corn
Where I get maize and how I preserved it
Every year, we grow a lot of vegetables in our garden. Some of them we use straight from the garden like lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, and many herbs. Others we can pick fresh and store them for several months like potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, and carrots. I usually can other vegetables by themselves or with other vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and green beans. Some vegetables we prefer to preserve in the frozen form.
Not Growing Corn this Year
For several years I grew corn (maize) in the garden, but this year, we downsized the garden to the beds we were able to put within the fence and in our eight raised beds so corn was one of several vegetables that we didn’t grow this year.
That doesn’t mean that I was not able to get corn this year because I found another source. I purchased corn from one of the Amish at our local farmers’ market. I purchased the corn at the end of the market so that I was able to buy the corn at a reduced price.
The vendors at our farmers market often don’t have vegetables at the end of a market. However, if they do, other vendors will often purchase those vegetables at a discount which is what I did that day.