This year we planted popcorn.
It is something I had always wanted to do, but never remembered to order the seeds in time. Well this year I was ahead of the game and ordered my popcorn seeds here while ordering some of my other seeds.
We planted the popcorn seeds in the same rows as our Indian and sweet corn. Instead of picking the popcorn when we did our regular sweet corn we just left the popcorn in the garden until the husks started drying and turning brownish. Then a few weeks ago we picked and husked all of the ears and set them inside to dry a little longer.
For the past two weeks, every few days I have been popping a few of the kernels on the stove to see if they were ready. Then two days ago we got a few kernels that popped and then today we got a whole plateful!
I really can't tell you how exciting it was to hear and see those little kernels popping.
The kids were just as excited as I was.
Then once I saw that the kernels would pop in the pan I had to try and see if the kernels would pop right on the cob in the microwave. So I just took the cob and placed it into the microwave.
And a few minutes later I got this...
not exactly what I had hoped for, but still pretty cool to see. And just in case you were wondering, our homegrown popcorn is like everything homegrown or handmade...
way better then any store bought popcorn by far!
Here is a great resource for those of you that want to try and grow your own popcorn next year. It is so fun and easy to do, go ahead and give it a try!
It is something I had always wanted to do, but never remembered to order the seeds in time. Well this year I was ahead of the game and ordered my popcorn seeds here while ordering some of my other seeds.
We planted the popcorn seeds in the same rows as our Indian and sweet corn. Instead of picking the popcorn when we did our regular sweet corn we just left the popcorn in the garden until the husks started drying and turning brownish. Then a few weeks ago we picked and husked all of the ears and set them inside to dry a little longer.
For the past two weeks, every few days I have been popping a few of the kernels on the stove to see if they were ready. Then two days ago we got a few kernels that popped and then today we got a whole plateful!
I really can't tell you how exciting it was to hear and see those little kernels popping.
The kids were just as excited as I was.
Then once I saw that the kernels would pop in the pan I had to try and see if the kernels would pop right on the cob in the microwave. So I just took the cob and placed it into the microwave.
And a few minutes later I got this...
not exactly what I had hoped for, but still pretty cool to see. And just in case you were wondering, our homegrown popcorn is like everything homegrown or handmade...
way better then any store bought popcorn by far!Here is a great resource for those of you that want to try and grow your own popcorn next year. It is so fun and easy to do, go ahead and give it a try!
Have any of you grown popcorn before?
looks sooo good!!
ReplyDeletethat is so cool! I Will have to remember that for my garden next year!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool! How many kids actually get to grow their own popcorn?
ReplyDeleteHow fun is that! We will have to try that next year!
ReplyDeleteThat is so much fun! I didn't even know that popcorn was different from the sweet corn we eat!
ReplyDeleteOh homegrown popcorn is SO good. My Mom and I grew some in our garden years ago. I still remember taking it off the cobs and having the big wood frame screen to get rid of the chaf and having to do that in the back yard. lol Popcorn has pretty sharp kernels too - THAT I do remember very well. Rubbing the cobs against each other to get that popcorn off was fun until you missed once in awhile and hit your knuckles. ouch. I'm sure you know this since you've researched, but did you know the easiest way to remove the corn from the cobs is to rub them against each other with one reversed so rubbing them together it pops the kernels right off? Works great as long as you don't hit those knuckles. LOL And then removing the chaf with the screen works great when you do it on the really windy days to help it blow right away. But OMG homegrown popcorn is THE best. You're probably already planning on planting double or more than you did this year.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! My boys were asking all Summer if we could grow our own popcorn, but I've never known anyone who has successfully grown it. I totally added the seeds to my wishlist for next year!
ReplyDeletethis is wonderful. I am putting it on my list for next year.
ReplyDeleteThis is so genius! Love it...maybe next year. Will the popcorn gown in all areas?
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