Liverworts near the parking area!Briar is always blinking when she gets her picture taken. We saw some very green fine stuff covering the Sandy loam. Some obvious moss nearby. Then the green stuff with moss capsules! When I got home I saw Mom’s blog post from today. The very fine green coating appears to be the protonema life stage of the moss! Thanks Mom! Guess ‘tis the season. Dog eyes open this time. A big cluster of dead ants. No idea why. A mystery plant on the edge of the path cut. The leftover seed heads of the mystery plant. A second smaller individual of this mysterious plant. The habitat of the mysterious plant. Paula spotted this gorgeous greenbriar leaf!Briar leaps from the water. It was warm out!Bounce bounce bounce! miraculously she wasn’t muddy. Good clean water. Enjoying some last smells before we head home. The Chef made Hoppin’ John for dinner. The green is chard from our garden, frozen from a previous season. The black eyed peas were from the farm share. Paula made cornbread from scratch.
Marigolds are done. Photo by Paula. Winecup rosettes are fine for the winter! Photo also by Paula. We went to look at Saxon park. It was fun. Then we went home. Having dog thoughts in the backyard. CatctusTom kha (Thai coconut chicken soup). Has garden lemongrass in it. Lemongrass is not frost hardy so Paula divided the stems to keep a few indoors over the winter, and froze a bunch of stems to use.
The tiny bowl on the left contains popcorn from a deeper container. The tiny bowl on the right contains popcorn from a shallow bowl. Both are stored near an air vent. The sample on the right had nearly all kernels pop. The sample on left did not. We have decided we need to at least stir that container.
A full range of glass gem popcorn corn ears!Some kernels started to pop in the hot dry shade which is what prompted us to bring them inside.Not sure if this is popping or fungus or something else.Some kernels appear scratched up but we’re not sure why.A few ears did not get fully pollinated and were not covered with kernels completely.These ears had several kernels that popped open.Natural lighting shows off the colors best.Everyone’s thumbs are sore from removing kernels.I used the colander to sift out a bit of chaff. I think Paula has plans to do more later.Two bowls full. 1,146 g total including our earlier test.
Glass gem popcorn in all its glorious colors!One cob down, two to go.Paula just used her hands to remove the kernels.The kernels are such a beautiful mix of colors!Three ears of popcorn made 147 g of dried kernels. We let the ears dry on the stalk and then have been keeping them in the hot dry shade on the porch.About half of the kernels Paula tried did pop. According to this extension service article we found, this means they’re probably still too moist. More should pop and be fluffier too once they dry more. However, we’re still quite pleased!