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First 'n' Last Crops

May 14th, 2025

2026

  • May 12th: First strawberry
  • May 16th: First broad beans

2025

  • May 13th: First strawberry and Last carrot
  • May 19th: First broad beans
  • June 8th: Made bread from home wheat, maize, masa and a little spelt from 2020 �
  • June 12th: Eating bread and lettuce, with some Essential PButter and Broad beans in the evening.
  • July 4th: Some decent sized blackcurrants from the bush at the front of the cabin.
    160g climbers
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  • July 6th: Wasn't quite expecting some climbing beans to be ready, and variety
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  • July 31st: First 2 figs: Sept. 10th Last Fig
  • Sept. 5thLast plum
  • Sept. 25th Harvested last maize, most needed the removal of black and rotten kernels, but have twelve edible.
  • Sept. 25th Most of the pears on the nearest tree were gone by the end of August and now the other pear tree is bare.
  • Sept. 25th A few runner beans still going but on there last legs.
 

Maize, Sweet Corn 2026

March 22nd, 2026

Hominy and Masa | Nixtamalization | Lye Production
Ground Corn (flour) | 2024 | 2025


There are four types, Flat or Round, Yellow or White ( FY RY FW FW ). The Round ones are best for flour.

2026

Using only saved kernels this year

First Lot

  • April 14th: Soaked 72 FY type | · April 18th: 26 | April 21st: + 9 | April 22nd + 4 ✅
  •  20 of 26 potted on 18th ❜ April 24th 9 | April 25th +8 | April 26th +3
  •  9 of 13 potted on 21st and 22nd ❜ April 25th: 5 | April 26th: +4 |
  • 🌱 April 26th: 15 | April 27th: +18 | | April 28th: +2

Second Lot

  • April 22nd Soaked 36 FY type | · April 26th 29| April 28th +1
  • ❜ April 29th: 3 | April 30th: +4 | May 1st: +3 | | May 4th: +18 | ❜ 28 | ✅
  • ✘ May 4th: approx 10 dug up, probably by mice, to eat the kernel. So plant deeper in future etc. or protect individually and not with netting.

Plot 1

April 27th: Plot 1
April 30th: Plot 1
May 8th: Plot 1: Minus 10 eaten by 'mice' �.
May 4th : 🌱 58 ✅

Third Lot

  • May 3rd: Soaked 58 RY type | · May 8th: 34 + 20 + 4 not sprouting. ✅
  • ❜ May 11th: 40 | May 12th: +14 + 4 not sprouting. �
  •  🌱 May 14th: 54 ✅
    May 14th: Plot 2: Risking a cold night
 
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