Comments on: Lime and Salt http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/ Think. It ain't illegal yet... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dawn http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-70463 Dawn Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:07:30 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10959#comment-70463 Thank you Lex! It's wonderful having a resident Botanist in the group. :) Thank you Lex! It’s wonderful having a resident Botanist in the group. :)

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-70462 Lex Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:47:10 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10959#comment-70462 And here i am... Corn is monoecious (having male and female flowers separate but on the same plant). The tassel at the top of a corn plant is the male flower, while the silk and husks are the female flower...with the edible kernels being the result of sweet, sweet pollination. The roughly two weeks of actual summer we've gotten has not been kind to local sweet corn :( And here i am…

Corn is monoecious (having male and female flowers separate but on the same plant). The tassel at the top of a corn plant is the male flower, while the silk and husks are the female flower…with the edible kernels being the result of sweet, sweet pollination.

The roughly two weeks of actual summer we’ve gotten has not been kind to local sweet corn :(

]]> By: Dawn http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-70461 Dawn Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:41:23 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10959#comment-70461 Sam - I looked up your Olathe sweet corn - right on, you all have an entire corn festival! Enjoy your dinner! Sam – I looked up your Olathe sweet corn – right on, you all have an entire corn festival!

Enjoy your dinner!

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-70460 Dr. Slammy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10959#comment-70460 Damn. You made me hungry. May have to go in search of some Olathe sweet corn for dinner. Damn. You made me hungry. May have to go in search of some Olathe sweet corn for dinner.

]]> By: Dawn http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-70458 Dawn Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:25:31 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10959#comment-70458 Thanks Russ :) I think corn is really beautiful. The individual kernels are unique yet fit together perfectly. I'm not sure what the silk brings to the party - maybe Lex can tell us. Thanks Russ :)

I think corn is really beautiful. The individual kernels are unique yet fit together perfectly. I’m not sure what the silk brings to the party – maybe Lex can tell us.

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2009/08/23/lime-and-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-70452 Russ Wellen Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:57:17 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=10959#comment-70452 I feel like it's the first time I've seen an ear of corn. I feel like it’s the first time I’ve seen an ear of corn.

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