corn gone

beefsteak · June 4, 2011

Augghhhh!, My neighbors goats got out of their pen today and devoured my sweet corn, it was about 6 inches high and doing great, I was really looking forward to some early sweet corn. Now I guess I'll replant and eat corn about 3 weeks later

It could have been worse I guess, they didn't touch anything else..........

rnewste · June 4, 2011

Well, you are fortunate it wasn't 3 feet high, and too late to plant again.

However, if it happens again, I would take out my Cookbook and look up the chapter: "Goat Stew"....

Raybo

neeld · June 4, 2011

I have a recurring feral pig problem that starts every year, right about now. If I had goats too, I think I'd be putting in an Argentine style chivo spit next to the luau pit. Two birds, one stone and all that.

beefsteak · June 10, 2011

Well I replanted the corn in another spot and let the corn that was nipped off alone to see what would happen, it seems to be coming back pretty well. Hopefully it will still make a good harvest if the goats don't get out again.

beefsteak · July 11, 2011

Here is a pic of the corn the goats nipped off, it is about 3 ft high and doing well, the stalks in the center did not get nipped off as bad as the ones in the outside rows.

June 4, 2011	#1
beefsteak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW PA zone 5 Posts: 121	corn gone Augghhhh!, My neighbors goats got out of their pen today and devoured my sweet corn, it was about 6 inches high and doing great, I was really looking forward to some early sweet corn. Now I guess I'll replant and eat corn about 3 weeks later It could have been worse I guess, they didn't touch anything else..........

June 4, 2011	#2
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Well, you are fortunate it wasn't 3 feet high, and too late to plant again. However, if it happens again, I would take out my Cookbook and look up the chapter: "Goat Stew".... Raybo

June 4, 2011	#3
neeld Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Morro Bay, CA Posts: 8	I have a recurring feral pig problem that starts every year, right about now. If I had goats too, I think I'd be putting in an Argentine style chivo spit next to the luau pit. Two birds, one stone and all that.

June 10, 2011	#4
beefsteak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NW PA zone 5 Posts: 121	Well I replanted the corn in another spot and let the corn that was nipped off alone to see what would happen, it seems to be coming back pretty well. Hopefully it will still make a good harvest if the goats don't get out again.