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We have had such a gorgeous summer of rain, humidity, and beautiful days. Along with that comes so many flowers that my daughter and I feel like we’ve been working around the clock to keep them harvested, the flower stand stocked, as well as the garden weeded and mowed. We’ve been harvesting sunflowers that are 8 feet tall and our shoulders are just killing us! BUT… that’s not what this blog post is about this month. It’s about CORN!
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We have had such a gorgeous summer of rain, humidity, and beautiful days. Along with that comes so many flowers that my daughter and I feel like we’ve been working around the clock to keep them harvested, the flower stand stocked, as well as the garden weeded and mowed. We’ve been harvesting sunflowers that are 8 feet tall and our shoulders are just killing us! BUT… that’s not what this blog post is about this month. It’s about CORN!
Maxine says: We froze green beans on Tuesday and sweet corn on Wednesday. I had my youngest -not so young daughter helping on both days. In fact she did nearly all the work by herself except the husking and then the bagging as I wanted her to learn the process.
Dori Troutman says: Hi Max!
How much corn did you freeze? We had 14 dozen and it went really quickly with all of us helping…. I think I need another 14 dozen at least. But not sure we’ll have time to go get it. Your green beans looked really good on IG. I was wishing we had had a good green bean crop. Do you prefer freezing them over canning?
Hugs,
– Dori –
Cyndie Gray says: Yum yum I am going to have to try that recipe!! What a fun day with your sweet grands
Dori Troutman says: Hi dear Cyndie!
You’ll have to let me know what you think of the chowder!
Hugs,
– Dori –
Allen Smith says: Aw shucks!!! Wish I was there!!! 🙂
Dori Troutman says: Hi Al,
Aw shucks! (You’re way too funny, dear brother of mine!)
Wish you had been here too!
– Dori –
Joan Hendrix says: Now that’s a beautiful freezer. Good job all!
Dori Troutman says: Thank you Joan!!!
– Dori –
bonnie ellis says: Fresh corn is so good. I’m going to try the recipe, it looks delicious. You’re so lucky to have your grand-girls close to help. I enjoy your posts!
Dori Troutman says: Hi Bonnie!
Can’t wait to hear if you love the chowder!
Oh my goodness… having my grand girls nearby is such a miracle for me.
– Dori –
Dorothy Sparks says: Some of my fondest memories are putting up corn and green beans with my Mom, Grandmother & Aunts. I am so thankful for those lessons learned. My granddaughter will be letting me help her with her green beans this year. We have contests on who can snap to most. I know your grands will have wonderful memories of these days later.
Dori Troutman says: Hi Dorothy,
Oh such wonderful memories. I hope my grand girls have memories like yours when they are older. It is my hearts desire… one of the reasons I love teaching them things like canning and sewing.
And how special that now you have time with your grown granddaughter snapping beans. SO awesome.
– Dori –
Marilyn says: Thank you for the recipe. I an sympathize with you concerning he raccoons and cows. We have problems with squirrels, they rip up our bulbs and eat them. It is so frustrating to plant the flower bulbs and only to have them chewed up and destroyed. You are so right concerning The Amish. They are such wonderful people. Your granddaughters are beautiful. They are getting so big,quite the young ladies. thank you for sharing this post.
Marilyn
Dori Troutman says: Hi Marilyn,,
You’ll love the recipe!!!
Oh my word… squirrels can be SO frustrating. 🙁
– Dori –
Krista says: My garden is very small and produces enough for my family, but not enough to save any. This year we planted zucchini and I have had quite a few zucchini already, but we have used them up in recipes. I’m thinking the next few I get I will freeze to save for winter. One day we will have a place where we can grow more. When that time comes I will save more food. Thanks for the recipe it sounds delicious. This will be a must try for our family!
Dori Troutman says: Hi Krista!
Sometimes it’s nice to have a small garden that produces just what you need. You don’t get overwhelmed with tons of produce that way. I froze some zucchini this summer too. How do you freeze yours? I just grated mine and froze it in freezer bags. I can use it in muffins and loafs that way.
Don’t forget to make the chowder and let me know!
– Dori –
Krista says: In the past I have sliced or blended them and froze them. The sliced I use for side dishes and meals, where I use the blended ones for bread and cooking. I’m not sure yet how I want to save them this year. Maybe I will try grating them.
maureen bruner says: Awesome tip about the bundt cake pan! We’ve made pickles, salsa, and rhubarb jam. (I have a rhubarb plant that just keeps on giving.) Can’t wait to try your Chowder…..YUM!
Dori Troutman says: Hi Maureen,
Using that bundt pan for the corn is nothing short of amazing! Saves on clean up too. Oh how I wish I could grow rhubarb here. I so totally love it. Rhubarb pie, rhubarb jam…. oh yummy.
– Dori –
It might be cool enough on your hilltop to grow rhubarb. If you do, I call first dibs on any extra. My Grand-Aunt Sarah Louise grew such wonderful rhubarb in Ohio!
Jutta says: I’ve been freezing raspberries and strawberries from the garden we planted last year. Deer are a real problem for us so we put a high fence all around but left the gate off the ground a foot. I’ve been watching the grapes ripen looking forward to them any time now. Then last week we picked up some chickens, well they made short work of the grapes even though most were hard and green. So next we’ll be dropping our gate so those girls (chickens) will have to share. 🙂 Our friends down the road run a corn farm but the season is only now beginning for us up here. You’ve given me some good ideas that I can use when it’s our turn to put up the corn. Also thanks for sharing such a yummy looking recipe.
Dori Troutman says: Jutta,
Raspberries and strawberries in the freezer are so good through the winter aren’t they? My grand girls picked wild blackberries around the farm and we froze a gallon of those. What do you do with your grapes? Do you can them?
– Dori –
Donna Kozak says: How wonderful to do all this all outside ! Just finished making apricot jam in my hot kitchen but now will treat myself to a nice cool swim in my pool – would love to have that soup for dinner but too tired and hot today !
Dori Troutman says: Hi Donna,
Canning outside is just a dream compared to in the house. The best thing about it being able to clean up the mess with the garden hose! Ha Ha!
A cool swim in the pool sounds wonderful!
– Dori –
Beth says: I pressure can anything possible, to save on freezer space. Your corn on the cob is beautiful! Thanks for the recipe, I’ll be trying that as soon as the weather cools.
Dori Troutman says: Beth,
I pressure can things too, but I’ve never canned corn. How does that come out? I’ll have to try it sometime I guess. We have a couple big freezers because we harvest our own meat, so I usually have room for corn!
– Dori –
Gloria Smith says: Thanks for sharing your day with us. I always enjoy reading about your adventures!. Just yesterday my husband and I were discussing the best way to preserve corn for the winter. A local farmer has been selling wonderful corn the past couple of weeks and I hate for it to end. We do not have a vacuum seal system. I guess we’ll have to get one!
Dori Troutman says: Gloria,
You can freeze the corn in gallon size ziplock freezer bags. It will work just fine. They don’t last as long in the freezer; but they would last through the winter.
– Dori –
Sandi King says: Dori, I have never tried chowder of any kind, but as I read your recipe through, it made me think I may try yours. It sounds and looks so delicious. I am only afraid the corn will hurt me as I have diverticulitis according to my doctor. I didn’t know I had it but I would get a pain in my side when I ate certain things. But I am sure my family and friends would love it so I may fix it anyway and try a small amount. As for canning and freezing, I haven’t been able to do those for myself, but I helped a friend of mine do hers. She canned pickles (lots of cucumbers in her garden), and green beans. I was hoping she would can some tomato juice with all her tomatoes and maybe I can talk her into it before they are all gone. We also love fried green tomatoes and will make some soon.
I love your freezer (I want an upright) and I have a small chest type that I always have to dig through or empty to find what I am looking for. We do have a vacuum sealer though. I love your blogs and MaryJane’s Farm magazine and read it from cover to cover whenever I get one in the mail. I think you and the other bloggers are wonderful for sharing your stories and you family lives with the rest of us. Until the next time.
Dori Troutman says: Hi Sandi,
An upright freezer is the only way to go in my book. I do have a small chest freezer too but the only thing I use it for is all the one pound ground beef packages from the beef that we harvest every year. It is so much easier to keep an upright organized. Super easy actually.
Thanks for always reading and commenting!
– Dori –
Marlene Capelle says: We stopped and got fresh corn on the cob on the way to our cabin this weekend. Your recipe for chowder looks like a perfect thing to have tonight. Thanks.
Dori Troutman says: Hi Marlene,
I hope you tried the chowder and loved it!
– Dori –
Joan says: Dori, you never cease to amaze me. Being reared by my grandparents and aunt, on the farm that my grandparents moved to in 1910 and raised 9of their own children and counting me 5 others. Yes we all learned by them and enjoyed it. Seeing your grand girls with you brings tears to my eyes remembering my experience, thank you for doing this and all the other projects you teach them. It’s just my sister and I now, so our ‘putt’ up’ is much less, we froze 4 more quarts of corn today, total of 12 for the summer. Thanks for sharing, really does this old gals heart good. God bless.
Dori Troutman says: Hi Joan,
Thank you for writing. I never had much opportunity to learn from my grandparents as they didn’t live that close to us; so it is important to me to have as much time with my grand-girls as I can. I’m so thankful that we have the opportunity to be close to them… both physically and emotionally!
How nice your and your sister have each other and can put corn up together.
– Dori –
Gail says: I plant squash & pumpkins with my corn. (Around the perimeter of my garden.)No more coons. They do not like the pickie vines.
Dori Troutman says: Hi Gail,
Oh this is marvelous! I can’t wait to tell my husband! Thank you!
– Dori –
Nicole Christensen says: Hi Dori, (I love your covered porch, by the way). I could almost taste that sweet corn! What I love best about this post is the memories you are making with your grand girls. So sweet. Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole (Suburban Farmgirl)
Dori Troutman says: Hi Nicole,
Thank you so much. I do hope that there will be amazing memories for my grand-girls. They mean the world to me.
Hugs to you dear friend,
– Dori –
elaine says: We call it “doing corn”!! I need to do corn this summer because my supply from 2 years ago is all gone! I love fresh frozen corn to serve for company meals. Corn of this quality and flavor cannot be purchased! Soooo Good!
Dori Troutman says: Hi Elaine,
Oh I love that… “doing corn”!!!
And yes, it sure doesn’t taste like this from the grocery store!
– Dori –
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We froze green beans on Tuesday and sweet corn on Wednesday. I had my youngest -not so young daughter helping on both days. In fact she did nearly all the work by herself except the husking and then the bagging as I wanted her to learn the process.
Hi Max!
How much corn did you freeze? We had 14 dozen and it went really quickly with all of us helping…. I think I need another 14 dozen at least. But not sure we’ll have time to go get it. Your green beans looked really good on IG. I was wishing we had had a good green bean crop. Do you prefer freezing them over canning?
Hugs,
– Dori –
Yum yum I am going to have to try that recipe!! What a fun day with your sweet grands
Hi dear Cyndie!
You’ll have to let me know what you think of the chowder!
Hugs,
– Dori –
Aw shucks!!! Wish I was there!!! 🙂
Hi Al,
Aw shucks! (You’re way too funny, dear brother of mine!)
Wish you had been here too!
– Dori –
Now that’s a beautiful freezer. Good job all!
Thank you Joan!!!
– Dori –
Fresh corn is so good. I’m going to try the recipe, it looks delicious. You’re so lucky to have your grand-girls close to help. I enjoy your posts!
Hi Bonnie!
Can’t wait to hear if you love the chowder!
Oh my goodness… having my grand girls nearby is such a miracle for me.
– Dori –
Some of my fondest memories are putting up corn and green beans with my Mom, Grandmother & Aunts. I am so thankful for those lessons learned. My granddaughter will be letting me help her with her green beans this year. We have contests on who can snap to most. I know your grands will have wonderful memories of these days later.
Hi Dorothy,
Oh such wonderful memories. I hope my grand girls have memories like yours when they are older. It is my hearts desire… one of the reasons I love teaching them things like canning and sewing.
And how special that now you have time with your grown granddaughter snapping beans. SO awesome.
– Dori –
Thank you for the recipe. I an sympathize with you concerning he raccoons and cows. We have problems with squirrels, they rip up our bulbs and eat them. It is so frustrating to plant the flower bulbs and only to have them chewed up and destroyed. You are so right concerning The Amish. They are such wonderful people. Your granddaughters are beautiful. They are getting so big,quite the young ladies. thank you for sharing this post.
Marilyn
Hi Marilyn,,
You’ll love the recipe!!!
Oh my word… squirrels can be SO frustrating. 🙁
– Dori –
My garden is very small and produces enough for my family, but not enough to save any. This year we planted zucchini and I have had quite a few zucchini already, but we have used them up in recipes. I’m thinking the next few I get I will freeze to save for winter. One day we will have a place where we can grow more. When that time comes I will save more food. Thanks for the recipe it sounds delicious. This will be a must try for our family!
Hi Krista!
Sometimes it’s nice to have a small garden that produces just what you need. You don’t get overwhelmed with tons of produce that way. I froze some zucchini this summer too. How do you freeze yours? I just grated mine and froze it in freezer bags. I can use it in muffins and loafs that way.
Don’t forget to make the chowder and let me know!
– Dori –
In the past I have sliced or blended them and froze them. The sliced I use for side dishes and meals, where I use the blended ones for bread and cooking. I’m not sure yet how I want to save them this year. Maybe I will try grating them.
Awesome tip about the bundt cake pan! We’ve made pickles, salsa, and rhubarb jam. (I have a rhubarb plant that just keeps on giving.) Can’t wait to try your Chowder…..YUM!
Hi Maureen,
Using that bundt pan for the corn is nothing short of amazing! Saves on clean up too. Oh how I wish I could grow rhubarb here. I so totally love it. Rhubarb pie, rhubarb jam…. oh yummy.
– Dori –
It might be cool enough on your hilltop to grow rhubarb. If you do, I call first dibs on any extra. My Grand-Aunt Sarah Louise grew such wonderful rhubarb in Ohio!
I’ve been freezing raspberries and strawberries from the garden we planted last year. Deer are a real problem for us so we put a high fence all around but left the gate off the ground a foot. I’ve been watching the grapes ripen looking forward to them any time now. Then last week we picked up some chickens, well they made short work of the grapes even though most were hard and green. So next we’ll be dropping our gate so those girls (chickens) will have to share. 🙂 Our friends down the road run a corn farm but the season is only now beginning for us up here. You’ve given me some good ideas that I can use when it’s our turn to put up the corn. Also thanks for sharing such a yummy looking recipe.
Jutta,
Raspberries and strawberries in the freezer are so good through the winter aren’t they? My grand girls picked wild blackberries around the farm and we froze a gallon of those. What do you do with your grapes? Do you can them?
– Dori –
How wonderful to do all this all outside ! Just finished making apricot jam in my hot kitchen but now will treat myself to a nice cool swim in my pool – would love to have that soup for dinner but too tired and hot today !
Hi Donna,
Canning outside is just a dream compared to in the house. The best thing about it being able to clean up the mess with the garden hose! Ha Ha!
A cool swim in the pool sounds wonderful!
– Dori –
I pressure can anything possible, to save on freezer space. Your corn on the cob is beautiful! Thanks for the recipe, I’ll be trying that as soon as the weather cools.
Beth,
I pressure can things too, but I’ve never canned corn. How does that come out? I’ll have to try it sometime I guess. We have a couple big freezers because we harvest our own meat, so I usually have room for corn!
– Dori –
Thanks for sharing your day with us. I always enjoy reading about your adventures!. Just yesterday my husband and I were discussing the best way to preserve corn for the winter. A local farmer has been selling wonderful corn the past couple of weeks and I hate for it to end. We do not have a vacuum seal system. I guess we’ll have to get one!
Gloria,
You can freeze the corn in gallon size ziplock freezer bags. It will work just fine. They don’t last as long in the freezer; but they would last through the winter.
– Dori –
Dori, I have never tried chowder of any kind, but as I read your recipe through, it made me think I may try yours. It sounds and looks so delicious. I am only afraid the corn will hurt me as I have diverticulitis according to my doctor. I didn’t know I had it but I would get a pain in my side when I ate certain things. But I am sure my family and friends would love it so I may fix it anyway and try a small amount. As for canning and freezing, I haven’t been able to do those for myself, but I helped a friend of mine do hers. She canned pickles (lots of cucumbers in her garden), and green beans. I was hoping she would can some tomato juice with all her tomatoes and maybe I can talk her into it before they are all gone. We also love fried green tomatoes and will make some soon.
I love your freezer (I want an upright) and I have a small chest type that I always have to dig through or empty to find what I am looking for. We do have a vacuum sealer though. I love your blogs and MaryJane’s Farm magazine and read it from cover to cover whenever I get one in the mail. I think you and the other bloggers are wonderful for sharing your stories and you family lives with the rest of us. Until the next time.
Hi Sandi,
An upright freezer is the only way to go in my book. I do have a small chest freezer too but the only thing I use it for is all the one pound ground beef packages from the beef that we harvest every year. It is so much easier to keep an upright organized. Super easy actually.
Thanks for always reading and commenting!
– Dori –
We stopped and got fresh corn on the cob on the way to our cabin this weekend. Your recipe for chowder looks like a perfect thing to have tonight. Thanks.
Hi Marlene,
I hope you tried the chowder and loved it!
– Dori –
Dori, you never cease to amaze me. Being reared by my grandparents and aunt, on the farm that my grandparents moved to in 1910 and raised 9of their own children and counting me 5 others. Yes we all learned by them and enjoyed it. Seeing your grand girls with you brings tears to my eyes remembering my experience, thank you for doing this and all the other projects you teach them. It’s just my sister and I now, so our ‘putt’ up’ is much less, we froze 4 more quarts of corn today, total of 12 for the summer. Thanks for sharing, really does this old gals heart good. God bless.
Hi Joan,
Thank you for writing. I never had much opportunity to learn from my grandparents as they didn’t live that close to us; so it is important to me to have as much time with my grand-girls as I can. I’m so thankful that we have the opportunity to be close to them… both physically and emotionally!
How nice your and your sister have each other and can put corn up together.
– Dori –
I plant squash & pumpkins with my corn. (Around the perimeter of my garden.)No more coons. They do not like the pickie vines.
Hi Gail,
Oh this is marvelous! I can’t wait to tell my husband! Thank you!
– Dori –
Hi Dori, (I love your covered porch, by the way). I could almost taste that sweet corn! What I love best about this post is the memories you are making with your grand girls. So sweet. Farmgirl Hugs, Nicole (Suburban Farmgirl)
Hi Nicole,
Thank you so much. I do hope that there will be amazing memories for my grand-girls. They mean the world to me.
Hugs to you dear friend,
– Dori –
We call it “doing corn”!! I need to do corn this summer because my supply from 2 years ago is all gone! I love fresh frozen corn to serve for company meals. Corn of this quality and flavor cannot be purchased! Soooo Good!
Hi Elaine,
Oh I love that… “doing corn”!!!
And yes, it sure doesn’t taste like this from the grocery store!
– Dori –