Post your seeds and pods

Milkweed seeds in a bowl

Dave: Corn, of course. How could we forget?

The kind in your photo is called dent corn. This little fact may be new to some viewers.

I don't want to dent your enthusiasm OhLook, but here corn like that would be past its used by date (too long on the plant) and fit for cattle fodder.
Corn on the cob - mouthwatering delectable

avondale87 wrote in post #18942294
I don't want to dent your enthusiasm OhLook, but here corn like that would be past its used by date (too long on the plant) and fit for cattle fodder.

Yes, animal feed is one of its uses. Dent corn

Thanks for link OhLook
I'm used to "corn" as being that delicious tucker we boil and get the teeth into.
But it's got to be fresh. You could eat it raw if inclined.
I assumed (wrongly ) this would have been same.
My goof!

Thanks, Richard. The delicious stuff is sweet corn, especially good if home-grown so you can cook it when picked. We tried for a couple of years and gave up because squirrels got to most of it first. I saw one running along the fence rail and out of the yard, carrying a whole cob in its teeth.

They say that lots of berries means a hard winter is on the way. Bad news for us in the UK, as our trees and bushes are loaded with these.

Rose Hips. It's that time of the year here.

Teasel and Rose Hips