home grown popcorn & a giveaway

September 26th, 2011 · 14 Comments

This year my husband asked me if we could expand our garden to include popcorn. I have never grown popcorn, but it certainly sounded fun! We chose a multi-colored popcorn and harvested the corn when the stalks had dried out. And look what I’ve learned about popcorn: you can tell when the kernels are ready to pop because they take on a dull sheen and are impossible to scratch with your fingernail. I feel like a real farmer already! :) Once we removed the kernels, we found them a little too wet for popping, so we are letting them dry out for a week or two before storing them for later popping!

Surely I’m not the only one who thinks that growing popcorn is fun! If you’re interested in receiving a packet of organic heirloom popcorn seeds to grow in your own garden, just leave me a comment below saying so. One commenter will be chosen on Thursday, September 29 to receive popcorn seeds for planting next spring.

I’ll give the winner instructions for growing corn when I send the seed.

Have a great day!

Tags: garden tale

14 responses so far ↓

1 Brant // Sep 26, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Am I eligible to win?
2 Paula // Sep 26, 2011 at 12:51 pm

No, sweetheart, you aren’t.
3 sara // Sep 26, 2011 at 1:55 pm

I don’t have space for growing corn, so don’t enter me in the giveaway, but I just wanted to say – very cool idea! My parents grew regular corn when I was a kid but I somehow never thought of growing popcorn corn! Awesome.
4 Shirley Madsen // Sep 26, 2011 at 3:33 pm

How about me? Can I play too? Heck, why don’t you just grow the popcorn for me. Now remember, I pop 4 ounces of kernels a day (every day, no kidding, I love popcorn!), so plant accordingly.
5 Beniy // Sep 26, 2011 at 5:13 pm

I’d love to grow some popcorn. I grew sweet corn for the first time this year. It tasted great. I have some more coming up right now. I live in SoCal so hopefully there is still enough heat to bring them in for the finish, even though it’s a bit late.
6 Emily // Sep 26, 2011 at 6:20 pm

I’d LOVE to grow some popcorn! That’s not something that I have ever thought about doing, but I love it!
7 LeAnn // Sep 26, 2011 at 6:28 pm

That’s so fun! Great idea, Brant!
8 Stacy // Sep 26, 2011 at 6:46 pm

can I just have some of the popcorn to pop? I’d love to grow popcorn, but I’m wondering if I should start with something more basic first… like weeds? :}
9 Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 // Sep 27, 2011 at 7:40 am

How cool! It’s so pretty, too. I just bought an air popper so I’ve been eating all kinds of popcorn lately. It’s such a great snack.
10 Kim // Sep 27, 2011 at 8:19 am

What a kool idea! Do squirrels like popcorn?
11 Tupper // Sep 28, 2011 at 8:50 am

Dig it! Please put my name in the hat!
12 Russell at Chasing Delicious // Sep 28, 2011 at 9:06 am

Wow this sounds like fun. I want to grow popcorn!! Is it too late to enter?
13 Paula // Sep 28, 2011 at 10:23 pm

TUPPER WINS! Congrats, Tupper! I’ll be in touch for your snail mail address.
14 Glenn // Sep 29, 2011 at 6:54 am

Awesome! Thanks so much -I’ll e-mail you asap!