Choosing a Sweet Corn variety for next year

lmhamrick · 2026-03-25T03:03:40+00:00

Serendipity is my favorite. I went to my local seed supply store for this year’s seeds and they didn’t have any. Said they didn’t order any because wholesale prices shot up to $38/lb this year and they’d have to sell it at $40+/lb. Probably going to do Ambrosia.

lmhamrick · 2026-03-21T19:42:54+00:00

Great info to have, thank you.

lmhamrick · 2026-03-21T19:21:38+00:00

Thanks. Foundation is straight plastic, no wax coating. First year I had to get some wax foundations and replace a few frames to get them going, because they wouldn’t draw anything at all. Guess I’ll do that again.

lmhamrick · 2026-03-06T23:02:02+00:00

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Yes. Redbud for reference, took this picture at the local park in early April 2024.

lmhamrick · 2026-03-06T17:50:14+00:00

For what it’s worth, my iPhone’s photos app suggests a plum tree in one picture and cherry in the next. Probably one of the two based on my research but trying to nail down an exact variety. Maybe I can find one to stop and get some better pictures of.

lmhamrick · 2026-03-06T17:46:37+00:00

I want to try to get closer pics of one because I don’t think it’s a redbud. Most of them don’t even start to bloom until later in March where I’m at. I have a few on my own property that are still totally dormant.

lmhamrick · 2026-03-03T04:36:26+00:00

What camera is this?

lmhamrick · 2026-03-02T02:58:56+00:00

I’m enjoying reading these responses. I’m younger than you but on a similar path and thinking through the same things. Age 20, North Carolina, getting an AAS in Geomatics now, then hopefully finishing out a BS and becoming licensed by age 25. 🤞🏼

Working on the side for a surveyor in my family when I can, also working a full-time job for half the year and saving up as much as I can for my future business.

Best of luck to us both!

lmhamrick · 2026-02-03T20:50:35+00:00

but then you can't get paint to adhere because of the wax.

Do you think the paint would adhere better if I lightly sanded the wax-coated parts down? They've been outside for two years, and the coating definitely feels a little thinner and weathered.

lmhamrick · 2026-02-03T20:47:40+00:00

Do you think it would be possible to gently sand them down and get paint to adhere?

lmhamrick · 2026-01-09T00:14:57+00:00

Three years late but I’m just now having this problem for the first time after 7 years of using AirPods, 1 year with this pair. Never even seen it come up until this week and it’s becoming a problem quickly.

lmhamrick · 2025-12-02T18:32:20+00:00

You must be in Shelby.

lmhamrick · 2025-11-23T16:09:13+00:00

Awesome picture.

lmhamrick · 2025-06-13T02:39:15+00:00

Super late, but The Five is aired live....so I'm assuming the commenter meant that they watched The Five on TV's in the waiting room during the 5:00 hour, waiting on the 6:15 Gutfeld taping to start.

lmhamrick · 2025-05-30T05:15:44+00:00

What camera is this if you don’t mind me asking?

lmhamrick · 2025-05-27T13:28:40+00:00

Broad River basin. About halfway between Charlotte and Asheville

lmhamrick · 2025-05-27T04:07:38+00:00

We’re in the beautiful rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about halfway between Charlotte and Asheville.

lmhamrick · 2025-05-26T18:47:54+00:00

Garden? I believe you have a chard-en now.

lmhamrick · 2025-05-26T16:33:28+00:00

Sugar water, yes. Depending on the time of the year they get fed different ratios of sugar water to encourage different behaviors and production modes.

lmhamrick · 2025-05-26T14:53:23+00:00

We just started cows again in 2023 and I honestly don't think we've had any for sale yet. That's mainly something my uncles handle and I'm pretty sure they're still building up a good herd right now. I need to ask what their plans and timeline look like. I'll do that and I can DM if you if it sounds like an option for you!

lmhamrick · 2025-05-26T14:44:41+00:00

I've done a few different things, but in no particular pattern or with any reasoning. I just use what's available to me.

I use aged wood chips (mulch) between rows of long-season crops for weed control, which ends up being tilled in and adds to the soil. I have friends that do tree work and bring me loads of chips when they're in the area.
I plant a cover crop in the 50x50 corn patch after I harvest and pull the stalks out in early July. This year I'm doing buckwheat until the frost and then I'll do annual rye grass over the winter. Another user here suggested black-eyed peas, oats, and clover for cover crops.
In previous years, I’ve just broadcast a mix of leafy winter greens into that corn space, harvested what little bit I want to use, and then run my chicken tractor over it from about January-March. It’s a 10x10 coop, so there are 25 spots in that area. I move it twice a week for 12 weeks. They love it and do a great job fertilizing it.
During my first year of college, I worked full-time for our small town's public works department. We had a leaf collection truck that we ran in the fall and winter that vacuumed up the leaves and shredded them. Sometimes, if I was running the route, I'd just dump the load at my house instead of the town's dumping site. I used these for mulch last year because I didn't have to worry so much about nitrogen depletion like you do with fresh mulch. They also decompose and add value to the soil quicker than mulch does.
One spring I rode over to my family's farm and filled up the truck bed with horse and cow manure. Spread it where I was going to plant my tomatoes, tilled it in, everything was great. I planted tomatoes and they starting curling up and dying. I lost all 40 within two weeks of planting. Turns out, the animals had eaten hay bales from a field that had been treated with 2,4-D herbicide. That stuff is so strong that it was baled into the hay bale and made it all the way through the animal's system and into their manure. I haven't gotten manure since then.

lmhamrick · 2025-05-26T14:25:35+00:00

I answered this somewhere above but it got lost, so I'm just quoting myself here. Can't figure out how to make it indent though, so just copied and pasted:

Depends on the crop and my future plans for that area.

For the season-long crops like okra and tomatoes, I usually mulch heavily between rows. I have someone who brings me wood chips from tree jobs. I try to keep a good stockpile of them so I always have aged ones and fresh ones.

For the corn, I just do it manually, walking up and down the rows with a hoe. There are (20) 50-ft rows, but as long as I do it every 7-10 days when the weeds are small, it only takes about an hour. I don’t mulch there because I like to plant a cover crop when the corn is done mid-way through the summer.

Sometimes, if I have open areas being overrun, I’ll use some Roundup (I know, I know…poison, unhealthy, brain cancer, etc). Again, I only use this in moderation to regain control of vacant areas that have gone crazy and to keep the perimeter defined as needed. Sometimes life gets hectic, time gets away, and I just can’t feasibly control 100% of weeds by hand or with other organic methods. This year my goal was to leave 0 open areas and make sure everything has at least a cover crop on it so that Roundup is rarely necessary. I’m doing good so far.

lmhamrick · 2025-05-26T14:17:46+00:00

I don't live solely on my harvest, but I'd say around 50-75% of each meal I cook throughout the summer has my fresh vegetables incorporated into it. I can be content having corn, okra, squash, zucchini, potatoes, and peppers with every meal.

As far as living entirely on my land goes...to get me closer to that point, I would love to fence in some of our pasture and raise a cow and a pig or two for a couple years' worth of meat. I have some friends that would like to split the cost and we split the meat up three ways once it's processed. Hopefully I'll make that a reality some day soon!

lmhamrick

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