This is our heirloom yellow dent corn, black oil sunflowers and Floriani Red flint corn. They’re planted in our back field that is bordered on the south and east by trees and a creek and on the north and west by grass hay and prairie grass. This protects the heirloom corn from being cross pollinated by other corn planted in the area. The yellow dent is the corn we used for cornmeal this year. This fall we will use it and also the Floriani for corn meal. We also plan to use the Floriani and the sunflower seed as feed for the hens. The Floriani is higher in protein than other varieties of corn. Combining it with the sunflowers will allow us to eliminate soy from their diet. It will also give us a truly local feed for our local eggs!
