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Post by Mumsey on Apr 22, 2015 17:04:25 GMT -5
The rain was welcome. Was thinking the wind was not so good. But it helped dry up the surface. And it brought corn husks in from the fields. What a mess I was thinking. Then my thoughts turned to, you got it! Mulch! They are handy for covering things too. I just went out and put some in the broccoli milk jugs, supposed to be upper 20's tonight. They will be well protected! I'm thinking to run the lawn mower over them and use them all for mulch! How lucky can I get.  |
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Post by gakaren on Apr 22, 2015 22:44:54 GMT -5
Great way to "dispose" of them!  |
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 24, 2015 17:59:46 GMT -5
Guess what some people are doing with the ones that blew in to town? Taking them right back to the field where they came from. I'm talking truckloads! Something wrong with this idea.....
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Post by lisaann on Apr 24, 2015 19:56:38 GMT -5
I'm trying to picture truck loads of corn husks blowing into my yard. I can't do it. So set up a picture of your yard.
Is it on the edge of a cornfield? I didn't think so, but maybe it is?
Is your yard in the middle of town and there are just that many corn husks that got loose from................where?
Now ya gotta tell me more!
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Apr 24, 2015 21:58:42 GMT -5
Mumsey, great idea to make use of something others might consider a nuisance, and a great example of being a creative and resourceful gardener!
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 25, 2015 3:32:26 GMT -5
Lisaaann, the corn field is across the side street behind homes and we can see it from our back yard. So a north wind brings everything in. Our fence stopped most of them from being deposited in our yard, but I felt I had to help the neighbor clean up his side. While cleaning up, any little breeze will take them, their shape allows them to act like little kites! And they stick to gloves.
That field will probably be soybeans this year. So no corn husks. We will have more Asian beetles with soybeans.
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Post by lisaann on Apr 25, 2015 6:39:39 GMT -5
Aha,
Now I can imagine it!
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 26, 2015 14:14:53 GMT -5
In late summer we get lots of corn husks along our front yard because the big dump trucks carrying the corn from the farms pass by our house. The husks blow into our yard but I like that better than finding people's cigarette butts!
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 26, 2015 15:55:37 GMT -5
DH did not think they would be good mulch, wet they are OK and won't blow around. But the drier they get the lighter they get, the quicker and higher they fly. Dastardly little kites. So maybe my idea was not so great. I did put some under other mulch to control them. And I put some in the compost bin. I did bury some while digging beds, so part of them were quite useful.
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Post by ahntjudy on Apr 26, 2015 16:17:35 GMT -5
Ever since my next door neighbor had 3 huge Norway maples cut down (they were my main source of leaves but were old, dieing and dangerous) I look forward to any leaves that blow into my yard as I only have a big old Japanese maple out front.
Mumsey, I wondered if the husks ground up and mixed with other leaves helped keep them better in place?
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