Growing staples is my passion: Beans, corn, squash, peas, and potatoes. I grow lots of tomatoes to help the staples go down more smoothly.
It was raining at the beginning of this week so I repaired and refurbished a cast iron corn sheller from about the 1880s.
Then I shelled corn until I had about 20 gallons of seed:
Popcorn:
Flour Corn: