{"id":273,"date":"2014-05-19T21:18:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T01:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2014-05-19T21:18:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T01:18:55","slug":"first-outdoor-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/first-outdoor-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"First Outdoor Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I planted the first seeds of bush beans and corn into the garden.\u00a0 It was a cloudy day but it still was warm enough to get them into the ground.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t plant an entire row instead I just planted the first set of corn and with some extra room I planted some bush beans.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t planning on growing bush beans because I wasn&#8217;t sure I would have extra room.\u00a0 What I did was plant them at the end of where my pole beans are going to go because there is plenty of room in this area.\u00a0 Basically where the pole beans end are where the bush beans will begin.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Corn on the other hand is a different story.\u00a0 Last season I planted two rows of corn at the same time and was overwhelmed with the ripening of corn at the same time.\u00a0 Most of the corn either became too tough because there was just so much and I couldn&#8217;t eat all of it fast enough.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the two short rows that I used for corn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-048-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Corn Rows\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-048-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-048.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This time I decided that I am going to be planting them in sets.\u00a0 Since I have about two rows of thirty feet I will plant them in sets of five feet rows.\u00a0 That means every single week I will plant corn in five foot rows until the entire row is filled with corn stalks.\u00a0 This way they will not all ripe at the same exact time and I can eat them at a much slower pace.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of using corn from the store I have been using an heirloom corn that I have been saving for the past few years.\u00a0 It has yielded many ears of corn over the years and has been a great addition to the garden.\u00a0 I just left one ear on the stalk for about a month and then cut it off and placed it in the refrigerator until today.\u00a0 You only have to sacrifice one ear because they have plenty of seeds for two thirty foot rows.\u00a0 You should even have some extra as well.<\/p>\n<p>This is what it looks like<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-275\" src=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Dried Ear of Corn\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-006-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ericsorganicgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Picture-1-006.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also planted some more flowers inside since all my plants are now outside enjoying the sun.\u00a0 I am taking advantage of my florescent lights and growing as much as I can before putting them away for the season.\u00a0 When summer is here I can then just start growing them directly in the garden or place the containers in the sun.\u00a0 For now sunlight is still scarce and this 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