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mikelikesplants.bsky.social
Just shelled this year's flint #corn!

Now thinking back to the fire I set to burn the weeds (too lazy to hoe) and an amazing carpet of #morningglory and #amaranth seedlings that followed. A little hoeing ain't bad.

I'll grind, separate the #flintcorn into winter flour and grits
#smallfarmlife
A burned garden patch showing bits of blackened, charred wood over soil. Tiny green seedlings of an amaranth species and morning glory (Ipomea tricolor) rose from the ashes making a thin carpet of green a week after the fire. I didn't find any information in a lazy search connecting fire adaptation to either of these plants. They might have just taken advantage of the empty space. A close-up of the heart-shaped cotyledons on the morning glory seedlings. If they look familiar to you farmer types out there, it may be because they look like sweet potato seedlings - they are in the same genus! That is, if you start your sweet potatoes from seed instead of slips. Hey, you do you! I love the distinctive leaf shape. Corn seedlings 3 weeks after planting and hoeing the amaranth and morning glory seedlings between rows. Some of the rows still have the 'weed' within row. The corn was outpacing them, so I mostly left them.
November 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
jenniferauh.bsky.social
#Flintcorn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn.[1] With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the
#Flintcorn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn.[1] With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ponzphoto.bsky.social
"Strawberry Popcorn" - Photographed November 2, 2025, in Palmyra, Virginia. 📷

#ornamentalcorn #flintcorn #strawberrypopcorn #autumn #fall #decorative
Flint corn or ornamental corn. This variety of flint corn is called Strawberry Popcorn.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
hallowedcrossing.bsky.social
I decided to include flint corn instead of sweet corn in Hallowed Crossing as a nod to the First Nations people who are the original and continuing stewards of the land on which I live.

#HallowedCrossing #FlintCorn #PixelArt
Pixel art of a cob of flint corn, yellow red and black, with a beige-to-rust husk.
July 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
esmichelson.bsky.social
Quintessential US #foodways: Zea mays / #maize / calico #corn / Indian corn. I thought this was #FlintCorn, but flint corn doesn't (as far as I know) have the dents in the kernels. Anyway, it's quite beautiful and, if you know how to and care to prepare it, good #food! #IndegenousFood
A close-up view of ears of colorful dried corn as displayed for sale at a local farm stand.
November 25, 2024 at 3:27 AM
phukheadz.bsky.social
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#rainbowcorn #flintcorn #calicocorn #fall #fallharvest #polymerclay #sculpey
November 25, 2024 at 2:02 AM