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TxGal
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Will do in just a moment. Thanks, Publius!
TxGal
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Adapt 2030 has a new podcast out this morning:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDyqTfkxXw8
It's All About the Food (Interview Bob Kudla 1/2)
7,711 views • Aug 13, 2020
Run time is 15:50
Bob Kudla from Trade Genius and David DuByne of ADAPT 2030 discuss how the record floods in China with a de-pegging of the HK Dollar from the US Dollar will ripple through the global economy causing incredible inflation for food and daily essentials. With that said there are many places that will weather the financial storm which Bob discusses as well.
• Food inflation
• Gold and Silver Prices All Time Highs
• What will people eat when prices get too high?
• Crop Losses across the Globe
• Storing food for the future
It's All About the Food (Interview Bob Kudla 1/2)
7,711 views • Aug 13, 2020
Run time is 15:50
Bob Kudla from Trade Genius and David DuByne of ADAPT 2030 discuss how the record floods in China with a de-pegging of the HK Dollar from the US Dollar will ripple through the global economy causing incredible inflation for food and daily essentials. With that said there are many places that will weather the financial storm which Bob discusses as well.
• Food inflation
• Gold and Silver Prices All Time Highs
• What will people eat when prices get too high?
• Crop Losses across the Globe
• Storing food for the future
TxGal
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NASA (early 1970s): "CO2 would have to increase 10 times to achieve a 2.5-degree rise in temperature" - Electroverse
Then after that, "more CO2 wouldn't raise the temperature any further because the gas would have reached its absorption limit."
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NASA (EARLY 1970S): “CO2 WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE 10 TIMES TO ACHIEVE A 2.5-DEGREE RISE IN TEMPERATURE”
AUGUST 14, 2020 CAP ALLON
The chemistry and physics of carbon dioxide DOES NOT support the global warming theory, and NASA was aware of this way-back when the notion of wielding climate science as political weapon was but a twinkle in a young Al Gore’s eye.
In the early 1970s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had a strong and consistent theory regarding the trace gas that is carbon dioxide.
“The amount of atmospheric CO2 would have to increase 10 times to achieve a 2.5-degree rise in temperature,” scientists at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies were reported as saying in October, 1972.
“More CO2 wouldn’t raise the temperature any further because the gas would have reached its absorption limit,” the researchers added.
This “absorption limit” is one of the most critical points in the AGW myth.
Alarmists’ linear thinking tells them the more carbon dioxide you add to the atmosphere the hotter it will get — but this is a scientifically-baseless assumption, a li(n)e they’ve been fed by the dippy-eco-journalists (non-scientists) of the world who couldn’t recognize a nefarious controlling agenda if it kicked them up the arse.
A paper published in 1971 by NASA scientists Rasool and Schneider entitled “Atmospheric carbon dioxide and aerosols: Effects of large increases on global climate” explains why the alarmists’ assumption is fundamentally wrong.
Below is a key paragraph lifted directly from the study:
“From our calculations, a doubling of CO2 produces a tropospheric temperature change of 0.8-degree. However, as more CO2 is added to the atmosphere, the rate of temperature increase is proportionally less and less, and the increase levels off. Even for an increase in CO2 by a factor of 10, the temperature increase does not exceed 2.5-degree. Therefore, the runaway greenhouse effect does not occur because the 15-um CO2 band, which is the main source of absorption, “saturates,” and the addition of more CO2 does not substantially increase the infrared opacity of the atmosphere.”
Alarmists used to talk their way around this absorption spanner in the works by claiming that the remaining “unsubstantial” CO2-driven temperature increase would cause a chain reaction of other factors resulting in what amounted to runaway warming. However, the clock has long run out on that hokey theory — this prophesied chain reaction has been proven false by observation, and, therefore, it has largely been retired from the discussion.
To conclude, here is one key final point (and accompanying graph) from the Rasool and Schneider paper: “The rate of temperature increase diminishes with increasing CO2 in the atmosphere.”
Ah, the early 1970s–before climate science was wielded as a political weapon.
Don’t fall for today’s bogus, warm-mongering agendas.
The return of the COLD TIMES is ironically a far more likely eventuality, because it’s one based on actual scientific research (historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow).
Even NASA themselves appear to agree, if you read between the lines, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) revealing it will be “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
TxGal
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Strange cloud phenomenon captured over Ashville, Alabama -- Sott.net
Thousands of people have shared a photo of clouds in the Ashville, Alabama sky yesterday and no one has been able to identify a reason for the strange phenomenon. Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa and ABC 33/40 Chief Meteorologist James Spann shared...
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Strange cloud phenomenon captured over Ashville, Alabama
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Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:05 UTC
Thousands of people have shared a photo of clouds in the Ashville, Alabama sky yesterday and no one has been able to identify a reason for the strange phenomenon. Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa and ABC 33/40 Chief Meteorologist James Spann shared the photo set on Sunday evening, submitted by Facebook user Joshua Smith. Smith said he took the pictures on Interstate 59 near Ashville.
View: https://twitter.com/spann/status/1292789540978139138
TxGal
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Hurricane Hanna hits citrus industry in Texas - around 30% crop loss -- Sott.net
Texas was hit with their first hurricane in over a decade at the end of July. Dante Galeazzi of the Texas International Produce Association shares: "The typical rule of thumb is that we'll get a hurricane here in Texas once every 10 years, so...
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Hurricane Hanna hits citrus industry in Texas - around 30% crop loss
Fresh Plaza
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:47 UTC
Citrus was blown off the trees by the hurricane.
Texas was hit with their first hurricane in over a decade at the end of July. Dante Galeazzi of the Texas International Produce Association shares: "The typical rule of thumb is that we'll get a hurricane here in Texas once every 10 years, so Hurricane Hanna was roughly on schedule. Unfortunately, there's little we can do, agriculture-wise, to prepare for these severe weather conditions."
April Flowers of Lone Star Citrus shares: "Hurricane Hanna defied the early forecast predictions and turned south after making landfall, resulting in a direct hit on the upper Rio Grande Valley. It's safe to say that the winds were much higher than originally forecasted."
Citrus impacted; most other fresh produce spared
While it's never a good time for a weather event like a hurricane, Hurricane Hanna came at a fortunate time of the year. Galeazzi explains: "At this time of the year, there aren't many fruit or vegetable crops in the ground here in south Texas. The melon season in this region wrapped up at the end of June. For other produce there were a few plantings already in the ground that will have to be replanted, but the majority of the plantings are to happen in the next 60 days or so: greens, cabbage, and onions. These products were spared from the impact of the hurricane."
Cold storage warehouses in Pharr, TX.
While the majority of produce crops in Texas escaped harm, one of the state's most important produce crop was hit quite hard by the hurricane: the citrus industry. "The overall average for the loss of citrus, grapefruit and oranges which were blown off the trees by the wind, is around 30%," Galeazzi says.
For Lone Star Citrus, the average losses were fortunately a bit lower: "With major flooding in the area, information was slow to arrive, so the preliminary estimates of fruit loss came in at 15%-50%, depending on the area. Now that we've been able to get into most of the groves, we are estimating a 20% crop loss across the production area," says Flowers.
Cold storage warehouses in Pharr, TX.
Silver lining: Good citrus sizing expected
Both Flowers and Galeazzi find that there's a silver lining to the event. Galeazzi says: "The fruit that is left on the trees will likely grow to a good size." Flowers agrees, saying: "We received significant rain at a key time in the growth cycle, allowing the remaining fruit the potential to size larger than expected. This could give us the opportunity to make up some of the loss tonnage by way of a better utilization rate."
"Additionally, we are happy to report that new plantings fared well, and flood waters in the producing orchards are receding at an appropriate rate, so we do not anticipate a second fruit drop, something that was of concern immediately following the storm," Flowers adds.
Flowers shares that the effects of the hurricane will likely strengthen the markets. "We expect a small gap between the California and Texas seasons. That gap, coupled with an increased demand for vitamin C rich products, should allow a strong opening market. We're anticipating this season we'll have fewer cartons overall with more volume on higher-priced, larger size fruit," she says.
Additional damage: Infrastructure and other agriculture
Besides the effects on fresh produce, the hurricane also caused damage to roads, houses, and warehouses. Galeazzi explains: "Roads were flooded for a long time; they're only now starting to dry up. When they're dry, it'll take at least another month before they're fully fixed. This has impacted the transportation of goods, specifically the goods brought into south Texas from Mexico. It took almost a week for the efficient flow of product to return. There were also warehouses damaged, and we were dealing with a power outage that lasted anywhere from one day to a full week, depending on the area. All in all, the local communities were pretty impacted by the hurricane."
While there isn't much fresh produce in the ground at this time of year in Texas, there are a lot of other agricultural products that grow at this time that were impacted. "Cotton, for example, is a big crop at this time of the year. Growers who grow fresh produce plant other products during this time of year as a cover crop, or just to fill in their empty windows. These crops were absolutely destroyed - there has been a total of $400 million in losses," Galeazzi shares.
For the area, the biggest challenge now is to get resources to those who were impacted. "FEMA has entered the scene, but we are still waiting for the USDA to give the secretarial declaration that would make this an official disaster area. That would help with providing much needed aid to the growers here," Galeazzi concludes.
Martinhouse
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Ice Age Farmer has another video up! This one runs 17:15 minutes and at times he is nearly inarticulate from his amazement and dismay over the subject matter. Subject is mainly about what China has quickly done and is doing to handle their food crisis. There really are some astonishing ideas in this presentation.
I'll be listening to this one again. He's put a lot of things together and made a pretty incredible picture of what seems to be going on, as I said, mostly in China, although he does mention the US warehoused stocks again, too.
I'll be listening to this one again. He's put a lot of things together and made a pretty incredible picture of what seems to be going on, as I said, mostly in China, although he does mention the US warehoused stocks again, too.
TxGal
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Thanks, Martinhouse!
Here's the new Ice Age Farmer podcast:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfddicUblZ0
China's FOOD CRISIS: Recycling Food, Limiting Orders, Censoring Eating on Social Media
9,402 views • Premiered 2 hours ago
Run time is 17:15
China has launched a "CLEAN YOUR PLATE" campaign, indicating that we are entering a global food crisis and moreover that it is YOUR fault for wasting too much food. Eating shows are being censored from the internet, and social media sites are telling users to "value food." Restaurants are limited, no longer able to serve meals to each person! And "AgriFoodTech" companies are working to "Upcycle" food waste and FEED IT BACK TO YOU as other foods ... or even an innocent looking cup of coffee. Christian breaks down this next-level nanny state encroachments and this latest salvo -- which sets the tone for the rest of the world -- in the war on food.
Here's the new Ice Age Farmer podcast:
China's FOOD CRISIS: Recycling Food, Limiting Orders, Censoring Eating on Social Media
9,402 views • Premiered 2 hours ago
Run time is 17:15
China has launched a "CLEAN YOUR PLATE" campaign, indicating that we are entering a global food crisis and moreover that it is YOUR fault for wasting too much food. Eating shows are being censored from the internet, and social media sites are telling users to "value food." Restaurants are limited, no longer able to serve meals to each person! And "AgriFoodTech" companies are working to "Upcycle" food waste and FEED IT BACK TO YOU as other foods ... or even an innocent looking cup of coffee. Christian breaks down this next-level nanny state encroachments and this latest salvo -- which sets the tone for the rest of the world -- in the war on food.
TxGal
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Greenland Climate Scientist Dies during recent Record-Breaking Snow/Ice Gains - Electroverse
Konrad Steffen was one of the world's leading voices on global warming. For 40 yrs he focused on the impacts of AGW on the Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland.
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GREENLAND CLIMATE SCIENTIST DIES DURING RECENT RECORD-BREAKING SNOW/ICE GAINS
AUGUST 15, 2020 CAP ALLON
Konrad Steffen was one of the world’s leading voices on global warming. I would regularly run into his research, and although I didn’t agree with the majority of his conclusions, the man’s dedication to his work was admirable.
Steffen, the Director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, died at the age of 68 on Saturday (Aug 8). He worked on global warming for more than 40 years, focusing on its impacts on the Arctic and Antarctic, reads an official statement.
Steffen’s decades-long research in Greenland “confirmed that global warming is causing Greenland’s ice sheet to melt with increasing speed,” reports the NYT.
However, what the NYT article fails to point out is that Steffen’s tragic death occurred during Greenland’s ongoing recording-smashing snow/ice gains.
Police investigators said Steffen had fallen into a crevasse in the ice and drowned in the deep water below. However, the crevasse was a known hazard to Steffen, located not far from his outpost, and as fellow scientist at the station, Jason Box, pointed out — high winds and record summer snowfall had made visibility poor and landmarks harder to spot.
Yesterday, in the middle of Summer, Greenland Gained a Record-Smashing 4 Gigatons of Snow and Ice - Electroverse
Usually in mid-August, Greenland LOSES 4 Gts of snow & ice a day. Not yesterday, however -- on Aug 10, 2020, the ice sheet GAINED a record-smashing 4 Gts.
electroverse.net
Dr. Steffen built his Greenland outpost in 1990, and over time he made it a destination for journalists and political leaders, providing them with a “front row seat to climate change”.
One visitor, former VP Al Gore, posted a tweet on Monday stating that “Koni’s renowned work as a glaciologist has been instrumental in the world’s deepened understanding of the climate crisis.”
View: https://twitter.com/algore/status/1292979399005024256
Dr. Steffen believed the accumulating risks of climate change had not yet sunk in with the public. If people hear projections that warming will increase by two degrees by the year 2100, he said, they might dismiss it, saying “two degrees is not so bad.”
But that is only the start, he warned. “Sorry,” he said. “It won’t stop there. The melting won’t stop there. The curve gets steeper and steeper.”
Well, not this year Steffan.
The Greenland ice sheet should ordinarily be LOSING 4 gigatons a day in mid-August, but instead it’s currently GAINING never-before-seen volumes of snow/ice–accelerating the trend of growth witnessed over recent years.
Denmark’s Polar Portal called it “unseasonally snowy weather,” and that “an increase in surface mass balance of 4 gigatons is extreme for the season.”
Since mid-July, the sheet has been recording well-below-average melt, and since the beginning of August it has GAINED mass (approximately 13 gigatons since Aug 10!) — this is unheard of in summer, and as Jason Box pointed out, this exceptionally snowy event likely attributed to Steffan’s tragic death.
The COLD TIMES are returning —climate is cyclic, never linear— and the mid-latitudes are refreezing in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow. Even NASA agrees, in part at least, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Don’t fall for bogus, warm-mongering political agendas — prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
I am in Ogden, Utah. We have a apartment here for my wife’s job. We still have our place in MT which is where we plan to retire.
We are experimenting for the first time in our lives in growing food on a apartment balcony and under artificial lighting inside this winter.
That said, yesterday I went to IFA Country Store here to look for seeds they might have for use to experiment with. Nothing. I talked with one of the guys there and he said normally they have out a fall planting seed display by now. He went on to tell me that their seed suppliers said they weren't getting any. He did not say why but I have my suspicions that seed is being controlled as well. Control the food, control the people.
Folks if you can find them, recommend buying more now.
We are experimenting for the first time in our lives in growing food on a apartment balcony and under artificial lighting inside this winter.
That said, yesterday I went to IFA Country Store here to look for seeds they might have for use to experiment with. Nothing. I talked with one of the guys there and he said normally they have out a fall planting seed display by now. He went on to tell me that their seed suppliers said they weren't getting any. He did not say why but I have my suspicions that seed is being controlled as well. Control the food, control the people.
Folks if you can find them, recommend buying more now.
Martinhouse
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ktrapper, maybe you could find sprouting seeds at a health food store? I've found that most dried beans from the grocery store will sprout. So will seeds from tomatoes, although you wouldn't want to plant those until next spring, except maybe to try a couple to see if they'd germinate.
Also, a regular feed store might have seeds for things like turnips and other winter greens, And seeds from wild bird feed will usually sprout.
I've not ever tried growing the seeds from a grocery store squash, but those in an October-bought pumpkin sure do sprout!
Also, a regular feed store might have seeds for things like turnips and other winter greens, And seeds from wild bird feed will usually sprout.
I've not ever tried growing the seeds from a grocery store squash, but those in an October-bought pumpkin sure do sprout!
TxGal
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Gosh, there have been several posts throughout the forum about people being told there won't be fall seeds in their area stores. I haven't seen any here yet, but I'll be going to Tractor Supply likely next week and I'll check them out. I hadn't seen any yet in Lowes or Home Depot, but I won't be going back (I think) for another several weeks.
DH and I have decided not to plant a fall garden this year. We're still working on getting the new raised beds set up, and we have enough frozen and canned vegetables to easily get us through next spring the way our eating habits have changed. The only exception is that we will plant potatoes. We'll probably do them in old cattle protein tubs again. I'm not thrilled with the quality of red potatoes we've been getting at the grocery stores, and last week the HEB I went to was almost sold out. I do NOT want to go through that again, having to hunt down fresh potatoes.
We are lucky, I guess, that I'm a bit OCD on having seeds. I buy every single year, sometimes twice a year, generally from Baker Creek, but have also used Territorial Seeds, Seed Savers, Seeds of Change, and basically any place that sells heirloom seeds (organic when possible). I know that the germination quality will drop over time, even if stored as best as possible. But, I'd rather have some than none.
For those that still want/need seeds, try every single online source of seeds possible. It doesn't look like we have many options going forward.
I don't know if there is just delayed shipment of fall seeds, or a true shortage of seeds for fall. If the latter, is it because of terrible growing conditions, lack of harvesting/processing/packaging of seeds due to weather or the darn virus, or - a real concern given the news on food stockpiling by local and the Fed govt - are seeds being stockpiled, also?
Everyone, just do what you can to the best of your ability...check out every available source, even if not your favorite.
DH and I have decided not to plant a fall garden this year. We're still working on getting the new raised beds set up, and we have enough frozen and canned vegetables to easily get us through next spring the way our eating habits have changed. The only exception is that we will plant potatoes. We'll probably do them in old cattle protein tubs again. I'm not thrilled with the quality of red potatoes we've been getting at the grocery stores, and last week the HEB I went to was almost sold out. I do NOT want to go through that again, having to hunt down fresh potatoes.
We are lucky, I guess, that I'm a bit OCD on having seeds. I buy every single year, sometimes twice a year, generally from Baker Creek, but have also used Territorial Seeds, Seed Savers, Seeds of Change, and basically any place that sells heirloom seeds (organic when possible). I know that the germination quality will drop over time, even if stored as best as possible. But, I'd rather have some than none.
For those that still want/need seeds, try every single online source of seeds possible. It doesn't look like we have many options going forward.
I don't know if there is just delayed shipment of fall seeds, or a true shortage of seeds for fall. If the latter, is it because of terrible growing conditions, lack of harvesting/processing/packaging of seeds due to weather or the darn virus, or - a real concern given the news on food stockpiling by local and the Fed govt - are seeds being stockpiled, also?
Everyone, just do what you can to the best of your ability...check out every available source, even if not your favorite.
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Martinhouse
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TxGal, remember last year the news about that place in Idaho and/or western Washington that had a huge failure of the crop that provided dry bean seeds for pretty much the whole world?
And those videos we saw about that potato grower dumping trucks full of potatoes into an enormous ditch? I think that was this year's early crop and those were seed potatoes!
I do think it's possible that the seed we have now is pretty much all we're ever going to have again. I wonder if it might not pay to buy everything we can at the grocery store that might possible sprout? I'm looking at several little tomato seedlings in my compost bin and I know they were from a beefsteak typ tomato and I may just pot them and try to winter them over in the greenhouse. I'd probably need to bring them into the house on our few very cold nights so I'd use small pots that aren't too heavy for me.
Do remember, everyone, that if there is still any sprouting seed to be found, it will not have been irradiated and might be one of the few ways left to get seeds. A health food store has a variety of dried beans, too, unless the organic ones are as rare as the ones in the grocery stores.
And those videos we saw about that potato grower dumping trucks full of potatoes into an enormous ditch? I think that was this year's early crop and those were seed potatoes!
I do think it's possible that the seed we have now is pretty much all we're ever going to have again. I wonder if it might not pay to buy everything we can at the grocery store that might possible sprout? I'm looking at several little tomato seedlings in my compost bin and I know they were from a beefsteak typ tomato and I may just pot them and try to winter them over in the greenhouse. I'd probably need to bring them into the house on our few very cold nights so I'd use small pots that aren't too heavy for me.
Do remember, everyone, that if there is still any sprouting seed to be found, it will not have been irradiated and might be one of the few ways left to get seeds. A health food store has a variety of dried beans, too, unless the organic ones are as rare as the ones in the grocery stores.
TxGal
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Martinhouse, you may be correct.
I just checked Baker Creek a few minutes ago, and they are pretty much sold out. I didn't see a mention of a fall catalog being available soon, but it's possible I missed it.
I'm on Territorial Seeds' website, and they do have items in stock, although some varieties are sold out. This is their fall catalog, I believe. And here I am, about to place another order....they've got Blue Lake Pole Beans! It's easier to find the bush bean varieties (have those), but we have cattle panels up for trellising and I have plenty of canning jars....I want a lot in case I want to do a lot of canning. For those that don't know - Territorial Seeds' website is Vegetable, Flower, & Herb Garden Seed - Territorial Seed Company, and for heaven's sake, DON'T WAIT!!
I'm with you - I'm looking at the little red potatoes I have stashed away in our pantry room, and I'm still thinking they'll make great seed potatoes.
At this point, I'm not leaving one single thing to chance.
Editing to add: I got an email from Stark Bros nursery - it looks like their stock is coming in for fall shipment. If anyone needs/wants fruit trees, especially dwarf varieties, this may be the time to start shopping. Last year I held out for their usual near end of season sale, and every single variety I wanted was sold out. That almost never happens. And, their prices are way up, too. Joys.....
I just checked Baker Creek a few minutes ago, and they are pretty much sold out. I didn't see a mention of a fall catalog being available soon, but it's possible I missed it.
I'm on Territorial Seeds' website, and they do have items in stock, although some varieties are sold out. This is their fall catalog, I believe. And here I am, about to place another order....they've got Blue Lake Pole Beans! It's easier to find the bush bean varieties (have those), but we have cattle panels up for trellising and I have plenty of canning jars....I want a lot in case I want to do a lot of canning. For those that don't know - Territorial Seeds' website is Vegetable, Flower, & Herb Garden Seed - Territorial Seed Company, and for heaven's sake, DON'T WAIT!!
I'm with you - I'm looking at the little red potatoes I have stashed away in our pantry room, and I'm still thinking they'll make great seed potatoes.
At this point, I'm not leaving one single thing to chance.
Editing to add: I got an email from Stark Bros nursery - it looks like their stock is coming in for fall shipment. If anyone needs/wants fruit trees, especially dwarf varieties, this may be the time to start shopping. Last year I held out for their usual near end of season sale, and every single variety I wanted was sold out. That almost never happens. And, their prices are way up, too. Joys.....
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Martinhouse
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TxGal, your mentioning the Stark Bros.fall shipments makes me wish I had gotten a debit card. The very expensive strawberry plants my brother ordered for me earlier this summer all died and there is nowhere to find any more around here. I am very much afraid that I will never have strawberries. What I once had were so nice, but those roof rats or whatever they were, two winters ago, destroyed every one of them!
Martinhouse
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I have no safe place I can plant cover crops and then let my chickens in to scratch around. At one time I had a large run around two sides of my huge covered garden and when I'd give the chickens the run of the big garden in the winter, I'd have an amazing garden the following summer. One year I planted bell peppers a little downhill from the roost bars in that big garden and the plants got well over 6 feet tall and the peppers had super-thick walls and were the size of softballs stretched lengthwise. And I filled a five gallon pail with sweet potatoes from two plants and some of those potatoes were big enough to each make four large servings! They looked like small footballs!
Unfortunately, raccoons found their way into that big garden so I don't dare use it for the chickens any more. I've never been able to figure out how they got in.
Unfortunately, raccoons found their way into that big garden so I don't dare use it for the chickens any more. I've never been able to figure out how they got in.
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TxGal
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Understand your dilemma. We could plant cover crops, but letting the chickens out to free range is a danger...ugh!
TxGal
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Deer have been eating ours right up against our house. I think I saved 3 plants, but the darn heat (100-104 actual temp) is baking everything. I'm torn about getting more.
Martinhouse
Deceased
I just called a small nursery in town, the only place that might have had strawberries, and the only berries they have this time of year are blueberries.
For seeds...
nikitovka.com
They're in the Ukraine. Prices are excellent (you can do better buying bulk seeds for large stuff lije peas and beans, however. And they don't carry corn of any type). Seed counts are amazing compared to what we pay here!
Probably 95% are heirloom or OP. I ordered some earlier this year.. too late for planting most stuff, but tried 2 varieties of cucumbers. Excellent germination, very early production. I sent another big order in, which should be arriving Monday.
Summerthyme
NIKITOVKA Seeds - Seeds from Ukraine and Eastern Europe
Quality vegetable, herb and flower seeds from Ukraine and Europe for growers and gardeners
nikitovka.com
They're in the Ukraine. Prices are excellent (you can do better buying bulk seeds for large stuff lije peas and beans, however. And they don't carry corn of any type). Seed counts are amazing compared to what we pay here!
Probably 95% are heirloom or OP. I ordered some earlier this year.. too late for planting most stuff, but tried 2 varieties of cucumbers. Excellent germination, very early production. I sent another big order in, which should be arriving Monday.
Summerthyme
BenIan
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Placed a large order from there 2 weeks ago. Hasn’t arrived yet but they said it would be 3-5 weeks shipping time.For seeds...
NIKITOVKA Seeds - Seeds from Ukraine and Eastern Europe
Quality vegetable, herb and flower seeds from Ukraine and Europe for growers and gardeners
They're in the Ukraine. Prices are excellent (you can do better buying bulk seeds for large stuff lije peas and beans, however. And they don't carry corn of any type). Seed counts are amazing compared to what we pay here!
Probably 95% are heirloom or OP. I ordered some earlier this year.. too late for planting most stuff, but tried 2 varieties of cucumbers. Excellent germination, very early production. I sent another big order in, which should be arriving Monday.
Summerthyme
anyone know where I can get seed potatoes?
TxGal
Day by day
This past growing season I bought from any feed store I was in that had them, also Tractor Supply, and I ordered from Wood Prairie and they all pretty much did great. I just placed an order for Feb delivery at Wood Prairie. Here's their website: Homepage | Wood Prairie Family Farm
I should add that Wood Prairie has not yet started harvesting, and my order is on back order but it did go through.
I also planted red potatoes I bought at the grocery store, and they did well, too. This year I'll do the same.
I'll be planting a lot of potatoes this year :-)
Martinhouse
Deceased
I haven't checked my potatoes yet, but I have an idea that they were as big a dud as last year. This time, the plants got huge.....nice and dark green even though in lots of shade, and so far I've seen no potatoes showing through the dirt, which is odd.
Oh, well, If they didn't produce, I'll just have to get them at the store when I can find them there.
Even though my new soil mix has Miracle-Gro in it, which has grown me some great stuff in the past, I wonder if maybe they aren't making it the same any more? I may get a big wheelbarrow full of dirt from the chicken pen and scratch a shovel full of it into each container. If I run out of good chicken dirt, I now also have a good deal of new rabbit poop that I can use, plus some left over from last year.
Oh, well, If they didn't produce, I'll just have to get them at the store when I can find them there.
Even though my new soil mix has Miracle-Gro in it, which has grown me some great stuff in the past, I wonder if maybe they aren't making it the same any more? I may get a big wheelbarrow full of dirt from the chicken pen and scratch a shovel full of it into each container. If I run out of good chicken dirt, I now also have a good deal of new rabbit poop that I can use, plus some left over from last year.
TxGal
Day by day
Rabbit droppings may be the best thing for gardens! Had a bunny, been there, done that!
We used the raised bed Miracle Gro soil, and everything did great except our full-sized tomatoes. They grew like crazy, but few tomatoes or flowers. The cherry tomatoes right next to them did great and are still bearing, just now starting to poop out from the heat, I think.
It's just been a weird growing season....really glad we didn't depend on it for daily meals :-)
We used the raised bed Miracle Gro soil, and everything did great except our full-sized tomatoes. They grew like crazy, but few tomatoes or flowers. The cherry tomatoes right next to them did great and are still bearing, just now starting to poop out from the heat, I think.
It's just been a weird growing season....really glad we didn't depend on it for daily meals :-)
Martinhouse
Deceased
This has been the third year in a row that I've have a poor growing season. But I have to admit that because of my health, there have been spells of neglect that probably lasted a little too long. I keep telling myself I'll do better, but I keep disappointing myself.
I called the feed store earlier and they have plenty of whole corn for my chickens and also have set out the seed left from last spring. They are out of corn and tomato seed, but the girl said there's some of all the other things left, like kale, beans, etc.
I called the Health Food Store in our big town at 4:05 and a recording told me that they close at 4:00 on Saturdays. Bummer.
I called the feed store earlier and they have plenty of whole corn for my chickens and also have set out the seed left from last spring. They are out of corn and tomato seed, but the girl said there's some of all the other things left, like kale, beans, etc.
I called the Health Food Store in our big town at 4:05 and a recording told me that they close at 4:00 on Saturdays. Bummer.
TxGal
Day by day
Health issues got us this year, also....it's bound to happen to everyone sooner or later, especially as we get older. Don't blame yourself :-)
You have a great feed store! I'm guessing you'll have a trip there planned soon.
TxGal
Day by day
Latest storms and hail in Spain caused severe damage to several crops - 360,000 hectares affected -- Sott.net
According to estimates by the Spanish Group of Combined Agricultural Insurance Entities (Agroseguro), the storms and hail registered recently in various parts of Spain have damaged a total of 24,000 hectares of crops. The region of Castile-La...
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Latest storms and hail in Spain caused severe damage to several crops - 360,000 hectares affected
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Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:33 UTC
© Efeagro / José Manuel Vidal
Damage to an olive grove in the Sevillian town of Gilena
According to estimates by the Spanish Group of Combined Agricultural Insurance Entities (Agroseguro), the storms and hail registered recently in various parts of Spain have damaged a total of 24,000 hectares of crops.
The region of Castile-La Mancha has been particularly hit by these meteorological events, with the greatest damage being recorded in Campo de Calatrava and Montiel, in Ciudad Real, and in Albacete.
In the province of Ciudad Real, hail has caused plenty of damage to almond trees (just at the beginning of their harvest season) and to summer vegetables (melon, watermelon, tomato and onion). In Albacete, the hail storms have hit similar crops, as well as other like corn or lettuce, as revealed by Agroseguro data.
In the case of Extremadura, a region also strongly affected, the greatest damage has been reported in the Las Vegas Altas region, in the province of Badajoz, especially in fruit trees (some plum and peach varieties) and in crops such as tomatoes.
In the case of the regions of Rioja Alta, in La Rioja, and La Ribera, in Navarre, a total of 2,000 hectares have been affected by two storms on different days.
Hail has also hit Requena-Utiel, in the Region of Valencia, and the province of Cordoba, in Andalusia.
Agroseguro said that the damage caused is covered by the agricultural insurance system and that experts have started visiting the affected plots.
So far this year, 360,000 agricultural hectares have been affected by inclement weather. The province of Burgos is, for now, the one that has suffered the most damage from hail, with 35,000 hectares affected during 2020. At the same time, Zaragoza, Huesca, Palencia or Segovia have exceeded 20,000 hectares, while Cuenca, Guadalajara, La Rioja, Lleida or Soria report around 15,000 hectares hit.
© Efeagro / Elisa Laderas
Crops affected by hail
Martinhouse
Deceased
TxGal, I plan to go to Harp's and Dollar General first things tomorrow, as they open ar 6 AM and 7 AM. The feed store is only open in the afternoon on Sunday so I will go there Monday AM to get feed and seed, and I may possibly go all the way in to the Health Food Store to see if they have my kind of green tea and also some Anasazi beans. I will check out sprouting seeds too, if I go there.
I'd be more inclined to drive all the way to town if that nursery had strawberry plants! (grumble, grumble!)
I'd be more inclined to drive all the way to town if that nursery had strawberry plants! (grumble, grumble!)
Martinhouse
Deceased
My gosh,, it seems like nature has chosen to tear up crops all over most of the world! What's going to happen to all those people who live in both big concrete cites and in poor little towns and villages? There won't be enough for all of them to eat!
TxGal
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The Oppenheimer Ranch Project has a new podcast out:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMbNI7Xv690
Riders hit by 'icy ping pong balls' - Intense, Prolonged, & Dangerous Heatwave - Grand Solar Minimum
3,861 views • Premiered 6 hours ago
Run time is 20:57
Heatwave will be more intense, prolonged & dangerous than expected https://bit.ly/3gWzy6G
ping pong balls' on cycling's Critérium du Dauphiné https://cnn.it/3iIW4Aw
Zonal vs Meridional https://bit.ly/2PVktXl
California Issues 1st Rolling Blackouts Since 2001 https://n.pr/310UaoJ
California faces decade of 'unique' wildfire blackouts https://reut.rs/3auhGO5
Power Outage US https://poweroutage.us/
Iowa recovering from devastating derecho https://bit.ly/2FollkZ
A month's worth of rain, giant hail, wicked lightning and crop damage https://bit.ly/3iPaL5b
Tennis ball-sized hail to tornadoes was happening across Nebraska https://bit.ly/320gFcI
Major Heat Wave Out West; Flash Flooding in the Mid-Atlantic https://www.weather.gov/
GOES X-Ray Flux (Solar Flares) https://bit.ly/30YhLGA
C2 solar flare, SC25 slowly ramping up? https://bit.ly/310N2ZK
Etna volcano updates and eruption https://bit.ly/2PWJscG
Sinabung volcano (Sumatra): eruption news and activity updates https://bit.ly/3g935cl
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return https://bit.ly/3iIXTgQ
Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier r etreat https://go.nature.com/3asco5I
Climate change: Greenland's ice sheet has melted past the point of no return https://bit.ly/2Y4xHW5
Surface Mass Budget of Greenland https://bit.ly/2Y6Pdci
Greenland Surface Melt https://bit.ly/2PSHMB0
Greenland Surface Mass Budget DMI http://bit.ly/2KXO5DF
Climate Scientist Is Claimed by Ice Melt = NOT! https://bit.ly/3g5FXep
Entire cities could fit inside the moon's monstrous lava tubes https://bit.ly/3iKjMw9
Oppenheimer Ranch Project is creating Educational Videos https://bit.ly/3h4wUM8
Riders hit by 'icy ping pong balls' - Intense, Prolonged, & Dangerous Heatwave - Grand Solar Minimum
3,861 views • Premiered 6 hours ago
Run time is 20:57
Heatwave will be more intense, prolonged & dangerous than expected https://bit.ly/3gWzy6G
ping pong balls' on cycling's Critérium du Dauphiné https://cnn.it/3iIW4Aw
Zonal vs Meridional https://bit.ly/2PVktXl
California Issues 1st Rolling Blackouts Since 2001 https://n.pr/310UaoJ
California faces decade of 'unique' wildfire blackouts https://reut.rs/3auhGO5
Power Outage US https://poweroutage.us/
Iowa recovering from devastating derecho https://bit.ly/2FollkZ
A month's worth of rain, giant hail, wicked lightning and crop damage https://bit.ly/3iPaL5b
Tennis ball-sized hail to tornadoes was happening across Nebraska https://bit.ly/320gFcI
Major Heat Wave Out West; Flash Flooding in the Mid-Atlantic https://www.weather.gov/
GOES X-Ray Flux (Solar Flares) https://bit.ly/30YhLGA
C2 solar flare, SC25 slowly ramping up? https://bit.ly/310N2ZK
Etna volcano updates and eruption https://bit.ly/2PWJscG
Sinabung volcano (Sumatra): eruption news and activity updates https://bit.ly/3g935cl
Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return https://bit.ly/3iIXTgQ
Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier r etreat https://go.nature.com/3asco5I
Climate change: Greenland's ice sheet has melted past the point of no return https://bit.ly/2Y4xHW5
Surface Mass Budget of Greenland https://bit.ly/2Y6Pdci
Greenland Surface Melt https://bit.ly/2PSHMB0
Greenland Surface Mass Budget DMI http://bit.ly/2KXO5DF
Climate Scientist Is Claimed by Ice Melt = NOT! https://bit.ly/3g5FXep
Entire cities could fit inside the moon's monstrous lava tubes https://bit.ly/3iKjMw9
Oppenheimer Ranch Project is creating Educational Videos https://bit.ly/3h4wUM8
TxGal
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Jeremy Clarkson starts a Farm, during the onset of a Grand Solar Minimum - the results are predictable - Electroverse
This year, Clarkson has suffered "the wettest autumn since 2000, the wettest Feb on record, the driest May on record and then, the coldest July since 1988."
electroverse.net
JEREMY CLARKSON STARTS A FARM, DURING THE ONSET OF A GRAND SOLAR MINIMUM — THE RESULTS ARE PREDICTABLE
AUGUST 16, 2020 CAP ALLON
Jeremy Clarkson purchased Diddly Squat Farm, located in west Oxfordshire, England back in 2009. Since then he has given regular updates on his efforts, after being told by an expert that it was “the shittiest land he’d ever seen”.
The quality of the land hasn’t been Clarkson’s concern this year, however — he sorted that out long ago, one of his first tasks being to increase biodiversity and fix the soil. No, the former Top Gear presenter’s rage in 2020 has been directed firmly and squarely at the Weather Gods.
All God has done this year, explains Clarkson, is thwart my attempts to successfully grow crops, throwing all their might into rain, drought and cold: “He gave us the wettest autumn since 2000, the wettest February on record, the driest May on record and then, for good measure, the coldest July since 1988. He’s fried my crops, frozen them, drowned them and then drowned them again.”
Clarkson was warned by his fellow farmers not to expect a heavy harvest of barley, wheat or oilseed rape this year, due to the inclement weather. But he did end up with a little something to show for his efforts, and, after checking with BBC weather and hearing that the week held light winds and sunny skies, he proceeded to book the trucks and combine.
Predictably, the next day was historically cold and unusually wet, and Clarkson was furious: “To you, inaccurate weather forecasts don’t matter. The worst consequence is you have to abandon the barbecue you’d planned and move inside, but to a farmer they are critical, so I have a plea to the Beeb’s (BBC) weather people: if you don’t know — and at the moment you don’t, because the transatlantic pilots on whom you rely for information are all at home learning how to make sourdough bread — admit it.”
Clarkson did, eventually, wind-up with a paltry, “sub-par volume of crops” in the barn, but not due to his inexperience (that’s something of an act now, anyway), and not due to his land being the “shittiest” one expert had ever seen (another joke), but because of historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are refreezing — and even NASA appears to agree, if you read between the lines, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Don’t fall for bogus, warm-mongering political agendas — prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
TxGal
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South Korea's Summer Temperatures "Reverse" - July comes-out Colder than June for the first time on Record - Electroverse
Korean meteorologists have blamed 2020's unusually cold July on "exceptionally high temps in the Arctic caused by global climate change" -- a half-truth, at best:
electroverse.net
SOUTH KOREA’S SUMMER TEMPERATURES “REVERSE” — JULY COMES-OUT COLDER THAN JUNE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD
AUGUST 16, 2020 CAP ALLON
For the first time since record-keeping began in 1973, South Korea’s average temperature in July was LOWER than that in June, according to Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) data.
The official explanation for this event dutifully tows the IPPC li(n)e, with South Korean meteorologists blaming 2020’s unusually cold July on “exceptionally high temperatures in the Arctic caused by global climate change”.
However, this is only a half-truth, at best.
An article from en.yna.co.kr muddies the water even further, and again offers no explanation other than “cold air stayed over the country due mainly to climate change.” Perhaps further explanation isn’t required any longer. Perhaps the sheep have been herded into such an order that straight-up obfuscations like these enter the consciousness unquestioned.
Yes, the evidence suggests that the Arctic is warming (slightly); however, and rather crucially, the once-prevailing polar cold hasn’t simply vanished, nor has it escaped into the atmosphere, or been disappeared by the mythical trace gas that is CO2. No, the Arctic’s cold has merely been diverted south on the back of a weak and wavy (meridional) jet stream flow–a phenomenon that increases during times of low solar activity (such as the historically low output we’re experiencing now).
The graphic (below), recently released by the KMA, backs this up. Clearly visible is the meridional jet stream flow in action. This setup has pulled the Arctic cold anomalously-far south in some regions (the troughs), while has dragged tropical warmth unusually-far north in other areas (the peaks):
This graphic, provided by the KMA, shows movements of atmospheric pressure around the Korean Peninsula in July.
Anomalous warmth may-well be engulfing the Arctic, but this phenomenon, counter-intuitively, is entirely expected during bouts of global cooling.
NASA, and others, have revealed that while Earth’s overall temperature trends colder during a Grand Solar Minimum (GSM), as the Sun’s output drops lower and lower, not all regions experience the chill. As with the previous GSM (the Maunder Minimum 1645-1715), areas such as the Arctic, Alaska, and S. Greenland/N. Atlantic actually warm during bouts of otherwise “global” cooling.
NASA reveals the phenomenon in their Maunder Minimum temperature reconstruction map:
Temp change between 1780 (a year of normal solar activity) and 1680 (a year within the depths of the Maunder Minimum) — NASA.
Technically, June, 2020 was South Korea’s hottest June on record, with an average temperature of 22.8C. And while that record grabbed the headlines, it was only 1.6C above the monthly average. The July that followed, on the other-hand, finished with an average temp of 22.7C — as already mentioned, this was the first time July has been cooler than June since records began in 1973, however, more crucially, July came out 1.8C below the monthly average, meaning, overall, that South Korea’s summer has been below average.
This is simple to deduce, though hasn’t been reported on.
Instead, what is repeatedly mentioned is that “South Korea’s annual average temperature will rise by 1.7 C to 4.4 C towards the end of the 21st century.”
But we know the truth, or at least a far-closer version to it.
We know climate is cyclic, never linear, and that historical documentation is calling this the return of the COLD TIMES. The Arctic appears to be warming again (slightly) but this warming is fully line with the historically low solar activity we’re currently experiencing and its impact on the jet streams.
Thankfully, real-world observations have been doggedly persistent of late, and even through the noise and obfuscation oozing out of fraudulent political bodies like the IPCC they can be seen, tragically in some cases:
Greenland Climate Scientist Dies during recent Record-Breaking Snow/Ice Gains - Electroverse
Konrad Steffen was one of the world's leading voices on global warming. For 40 yrs he focused on the impacts of AGW on the Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland.
electroverse.net
Low solar activity = global cooling — a baffling notion to some, but one that makes total sense when you drop the modern political dogma and instead apply the science of cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays and a meridional jet stream flow. Even NASA appear to agree, if you read between the lines, with their forecast for this upcoming solar cycle (25) seeing it as “the weakest of the past 200 years,” and the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.
Don’t fall for bogus, warm-mongering political agendas.
Prepare for the COLD — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
TxGal
Day by day
Update on the 'local' vegetable seed situation. It does appear there may well be a problem brewing for fall seeds.
I went to Home Depot this morning. The big seed displays are gone. They have moved outdoor rugs and outdoor decorative items into that area. There was a small box with leftover vegetable seeds just tossed in there; the box was on a shelf with other outdoor items. Most people would probably have missed it, no labels or anything like that to identify the box's content.
While checking out in the garden center I asked about fall seeds - the checkout person said they don't think they'll be getting any in. Directed me to a nearby feed store. This is unusual for the store, generally they have a good idea of when items should be coming in.
Folks, get what you can wherever and whenever you can. Hopefully spring seeds will be available with no problem, but personally I don't have a lot of confidence at the moment.
I went to Home Depot this morning. The big seed displays are gone. They have moved outdoor rugs and outdoor decorative items into that area. There was a small box with leftover vegetable seeds just tossed in there; the box was on a shelf with other outdoor items. Most people would probably have missed it, no labels or anything like that to identify the box's content.
While checking out in the garden center I asked about fall seeds - the checkout person said they don't think they'll be getting any in. Directed me to a nearby feed store. This is unusual for the store, generally they have a good idea of when items should be coming in.
Folks, get what you can wherever and whenever you can. Hopefully spring seeds will be available with no problem, but personally I don't have a lot of confidence at the moment.
parsonswife
Veteran Member
Local Grange also said no seeds thus fall..
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Martinhouse
Deceased
TxGal, thanks for posting this about the seeds. I'd pretty much expected this to happen this year. Wonder if I should call Lowe's and ask for their garden center? Probably not. They rotate workers there and none of them know diddly about what's out there.
And I sure don't want to drive all the way into town just to take a look. I haven't been in since early March and I'd just as soon keep it that way.
I'd told my daughter to watch for the decorative colored corn when Walmart starts getting in fall items, (if they even do!) but she looked online and is going to try to find me some Painted Mountain corn. I told her my second choice would be the red stuff that gets super tall and often gets two or even three ears on one stalk, but I can't remember the name of that one.
And I sure don't want to drive all the way into town just to take a look. I haven't been in since early March and I'd just as soon keep it that way.
I'd told my daughter to watch for the decorative colored corn when Walmart starts getting in fall items, (if they even do!) but she looked online and is going to try to find me some Painted Mountain corn. I told her my second choice would be the red stuff that gets super tall and often gets two or even three ears on one stalk, but I can't remember the name of that one.