"Kristen" wrote in message
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FDR wrote:

Oh, one more thing. What did you do to prepare the soil for the corn?
I
understand that corn is a heavy feeder and needs rich soil. I'd love to
get
some horse manure from one of the local farms in the Syracuse area but I
don't know where or how to ask for it. Then there's the transporting of
it
too.


Nice to meet you, Rob (stay away from basements there in Dewitt, ok?
(local news reference) ).

Haha

As for soil prep, last year I went to Hafner's Garden Center on Taft
Road and bought a few bags of composted manure, and the corn grew really
well - but the summer was HOT. We have heavy clay soil up here (in
Clay! go figure), so I'm adding more (of something... anything!)

Luckily the house we bought already had a raised garden area that had some
good soil. I expanded it and for the past few years tilled it by hand and
added a few cubic yards of nutra-brew. It's really to the point now that I
feel it's got the right structure.

this
year. There's a place up on Route 31 that always has a sign out for
free manure - I see Shetland Ponies in their enclosure, so I assume it's
horse manure.

What part of Rt 31?

I may stop by and take them up on the offer if I can
borrow a pickup truck & offer the truck lender a free car wash.

I have a GMC Yukon XL (just like the Suburban) that is big enough to haul
manure, just that it's enclosed so the odor would be pretty bad.


If you don't mind... is Newark too far north to eat white corn?

No, it's not too far. In fact, my mom would buy it whenever she could.

It
seems to be a regional preference, and I grew up on Silver Queen from
farmer's markets and roadside stands - not many of those around the
Syracuse, NY area!

I see lots of corn growing in fields on Rt 81 from here to Binghamton but it
probably is used for feed, I assume.

I've wanted to check out some of the roadside stands one day. When I was
growing up in NJ I remember the fun of going to them, while there was still
farmland in the area.

I can always identify South Jersey people by their
corn preference (and pronunciation of water as "wooder").

LOL. It's so funny how much difference there between the north and south
jersey, The north has 7/11's and the South has Wawa's

I'm curious, what brings you up to Syracuse?


-Kristen