corn, specifically known as #flintcorn or #Indiancorn, which are heirloom varieties of maize characterized by their multicolored #kernels

corn, specifically known as #flintcorn or #Indiancorn, which are heirloom varieties of maize characterized by their multicolored #kernels

A burned garden patch showing bits of blackened, charred wood over soil. Tiny green seedlings of an amaranth species and morning glory (Ipomea tricolor) rose from the ashes making a thin carpet of green a week after the fire. I didn't find any information in a lazy search connecting fire adaptation to either of these plants. They might have just taken advantage of the empty space.

A close-up of the heart-shaped cotyledons on the morning glory seedlings. If they look familiar to you farmer types out there, it may be because they look like sweet potato seedlings - they are in the same genus! That is, if you start your sweet potatoes from seed instead of slips. Hey, you do you! I love the distinctive leaf shape.

Corn seedlings 3 weeks after planting and hoeing the amaranth and morning glory seedlings between rows. Some of the rows still have the 'weed' within row. The corn was outpacing them, so I mostly left them.

Just shelled this year's flint #corn!

Now thinking back to the fire I set to burn the weeds (too lazy to hoe) and an amazing carpet of #morningglory and #amaranth seedlings that followed. A little hoeing ain't bad.

I'll grind, separate the #flintcorn into winter flour and grits
#smallfarmlife

#Flintcorn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn.[1] With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the

#Flintcorn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn.[1] With less soft starch than dent corn (Zea mays indentata), flint corn does not have the

Flint corn or ornamental corn. This variety of flint corn is called Strawberry Popcorn.

"Strawberry Popcorn" - Photographed November 2, 2025, in Palmyra, Virginia. 📷

#ornamentalcorn #flintcorn #strawberrypopcorn #autumn #fall #decorative

Pixel art of a cob of flint corn, yellow red and black, with a beige-to-rust husk.

I decided to include flint corn instead of sweet corn in Hallowed Crossing as a nod to the First Nations people who are the original and continuing stewards of the land on which I live.

#HallowedCrossing #FlintCorn #PixelArt

A close-up view of ears of colorful dried corn as displayed for sale at a local farm stand.

Quintessential US #foodways: Zea mays / #maize / calico #corn / Indian corn. I thought this was #FlintCorn, but flint corn doesn't (as far as I know) have the dents in the kernels. Anyway, it's quite beautiful and, if you know how to and care to prepare it, good #food! #IndegenousFood

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#rainbowcorn #flintcorn #calicocorn #fall #fallharvest #polymerclay #sculpey