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    Homegrown Cornstalk Decor

    September 18, 2011 |

    I love the idea of decorating with cornstalk bundles. My mom does it every year, I bought some last year at a local farm, but this year I wanted to make my own from the stalks in our garden!

    It was so easy, here’s how you do it.

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    Cut down cornstalks and remove from garden (or ask your husband nicely)

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    Arrange the stalks until they’re staggered to your liking. I prefer to arrange them at different heights, with a couple of tassels sticking up higher than the rest. You’ll see that the stalks are not all lined up at the bottom. This is okay!!

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    Find some wire, and cut two pieces about yeh big (1 yeh = about 6-8 inches)

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    Pull with both hands and TWIST! As tightly as possible! Once that initial twist is TIGHT, keep twisting until your wire stays put.

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    Twist and tuck your wire until it’s hidden behind a few corn husks. But don’t be picky about it, you’ll never see the wire when looking from far back.

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    Carry your cornstalk bundles to your spot and somehow secure them into place. I wedged ours in behind our really big (free) planters, and they’re not going anywhere. Those things are heavy.

    You might want to place yours in a weighted container, or tie it to your container if it’s wimpy. If no container you could always put a nail in the side of your house and hook the wire on there.

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    I bet you’re wondering how our corn did and how delicious it was. Well… it didn’t do so well. I think part of the problem is that our corn may have cross pollinated with the corn in the field behind us?

    We had some weird looking franken-corn

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    and these little green bugs :-/

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    But all in all we have enough for a few meals, which is fine in my book. Maybe a little disappointing, but now we know what we’re working with and can improve on it for next year.

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    But we did get AWESOME popcorn! Stay tuned for a post on that…

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    Did you grow corn in your garden?

    How did it turn out?

    thanks for reading our feed, please stop by the house for a visit sometime soon. 🙂

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    1. Anonymous

      September 21, 2011 at 10:12 pm

      Nice work on the garden. I heard gardens get better each year you have one. Next year will be better.

    2. [email protected]

      September 18, 2011 at 9:45 pm

      My parents grew tons of corn. . . and none of it turned out. Sad, huh? It didn't mature and just hardened. But I did ask for their stalks for decorating purposes :).

    3. Anonymous

      September 18, 2011 at 2:33 pm

      eh eh...I wish I had a garden.Nice posts ,always.cheers from Milan Italy Emma

    4. Parents of a Dozen

      September 18, 2011 at 11:51 am

      The corn stalks look good. We usually buy them from the lady we get our eggs from, tie them with twine around our posts. I like how you have them by the garage. We will have to do that this year.The popcorn looks great, to bad about the corn.

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