Strawberry Popcorn (Corn Variety)

Strawberry Popcorn (Corn Variety)

A few years ago we started growing baby corn in hopes of pickling it for use in stir-fry recipes.  Well, we were pleasantly surprised that Baby Corn can also be used as popcorn!  (click on link below to see that post):

Click HERE to view: "Baby Corn- Popcorn Surprise"

This year we decided to grow a different kind of popcorn - it's called:

Strawberry Popcorn

(if you would like to buy these seeds for your 2025 garden then click HERE - They are from Mary's Heirloom Seeds)

I believe this variety gets it's namesake because they have the shape and color of strawberries (see picture below).  I haven't yet popped any popcorn from this year's crop but when we do, I will share it with you in a different post.

The color is also perfect for Thanksgiving/Fall decorations but I'd rather save it for eating popcorn.

Below is a recipe for Caramel Popcorn

(click HERE to view "Caramel Popcorn with Almonds & Dried Cranberries")

As you know, I also grow strawberries:

(click HERE to view "Strawberry Stages:  From Planting to Eating")

ENJOY!

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Baker's Dozen #10 - COOKIES

Baker's Dozen #10 - COOKIES

This is the tenth post in my 2024 series celebrating the 13th year of "God's Growing Garden".  The term "baker's dozen" comes from medieval England where there were strict laws about the price of bread/wheat.  If a baker was caught cheating on the size of bread they would be fined or even punished physically.  To make sure that punishment never happened, bakers started adding an extra baked good in with each customer's order. 

Once or twice a month I will post in this series.  I will choose a topic and then share 13 previously published posts on that chosen topic.

Today's topic just in time for Christmas baking:

COOKIES

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Old Fashion Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies

Cranberry Walnut Biscotti

Mom's Marzipan Christmas Cookies

Lemon Coconut Sugar Cookie

Triangle Poppy Seed Cookies

"Hamantaschen"

Orange Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pepparkakor - Swedish Spice Cookie

12 Cookies of Christmas

Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Hazelnut Tapestry Textured Cookie

Pinwheel Christmas Cookies

Granola Cookies

Coffee & Hazelnut Biscotti

Other "Baker's Dozen" posts:

WINTER

CHOCOLATE

SPRING

FLOWERS

HERBS

BERRIES

SUMMER

VEGGIES

FALL



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Baker's Dozen #9 - FALL

Baker's Dozen #9 - FALL

This is the ninth post in my 2024 series celebrating the 13th year of "God's Growing Garden".  The term "baker's dozen" comes from medieval England where there were strict laws about the price of bread/wheat.  If a baker was caught cheating on the size of bread they would be fined or even punished physically.  To make sure that punishment never happened, bakers started adding an extra baked good in with each customer's order. 

Once or twice a month I will post in this series.  I will choose a topic and then share 13 previously published posts on that chosen topic.

Today's topic:

FALL

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Amazing Autumn Colors

Photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Caramel Apple Muffins

HARVEST - Thankful for Sweet Potatoes

Polymer Clay Leaf Napkin Rings

Wild Rice Stuffed Squash

Bless  Blessed  Blessing

Take Up The Thankfulness Challenge

Gourdon's First Day of School

Cranberry Apple Pie with Slivered Almonds

Root Crop Campfire Dinner

It's Harvest Time!

No Overeating with These Miniature Pumpkin Spice Cakes

Reversible Thanksgiving/Christmas Garland

Other "Baker's Dozen" posts:

WINTER

CHOCOLATE

SPRING

FLOWERS

HERBS

BERRIES

SUMMER

VEGGIES



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Garden Destroying Critters

Garden Destroying Critters

This garden season has been a devastating year due to critter tampering.  Our sweet potatoes have been annihilated and most of my sunflowers have been chomped.  And then a third of the corn was pulled to the ground before I had a chance to net it off.

The main critter culprit was the groundhog.  The corn heist was done by the raccoons.

Below you will see how the raccoons flattened the stalks making it easy to remove the cobs of corn.

If you look closely you will notice the raccoon laughing at us from his high vantage point in the maple tree (see picture below).

Click HERE to read "Baby Corn:  Knowing When To Harvest"

Then my sweet potatoes - one of my favorite veggies.  Both the sunflower destruction and the sweet potato annihilation are equally the most heartbreaking.

I have always had issues with deer jumping the fence to eat the tender sweet potato plants and that's why I have a deer net draped loosely over the plants.  For the past 7 years this netting method has kept all critters away.  Well, this year the groundhogs found their under the netting.  Just look at the flattening of the beautiful vines!!!

The picture below is what a normal lush sweet potato patch looks like (this picture is from last year/2023):

Now look at the 2024 sweet potato vine below - looks like it was mowed.

Click HERE to read "22 Treasures - Sweet Potatoes"

Finally, my beautiful sunflowers.  As you know I have been featuring different sunflower varieties every year for the past 13 years - I have featured 40 plus sunflower varieties so far.

You will notice that the first picture below seems fine.

 Then look at the stripped down sunflower foliage. 

This is the lower part of that first sunflower picture above.  It has a large bit taken out but the sunflower continues to grow towards God's glorious sunlight everyday.

I have had critter issues in the past:

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"Garden Critters 2020 - Good, Bad & Ugly"

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