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and a variety of other plants that are food

for the monarch butterflies. When you’re

planning your waystation, remember that

caterpillars require different food than

butterflies! You can find more information

at http://www.MonarchWatch.org.

Christopher G. Padgett

Louisville, Kentucky

Seven Springs FAIR

I love your magazine and have been

reading it since the mid-1970s. I’ve put

so many great things that I’ve learned into

practice. I had the pleasure of going to

the FAIR in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania,

for the second time this year and it was

awesome! Keep up the great work!

Rachel Dubois

via Facebook

Corny Question

I grew some ‘Carl’s Glass Gems’ corn this

year and it was so beautiful that I want to

grow it again. Can I save some to plant?

Patricia Gardner

via Facebook

Yes! Because ‘Carl’s Glass Gems’ is an

open-pollinated corn, the seed will breed

true if it wasn’t crossed with any other

types of corn. Save seed from as many

ears as you can to keep all of the genetic

variability in the population intact. For

commercial breeders, the minimum would

be seed from at least 200 plants.

Because you’re a backyard breeder,

you’ll be fine with a few hundred seeds

taken from as many different ears as

you can. In future years of growing,

you can simply purchase some new

stock if yours begins to perform poorly

or you inadvertently lose some of the

colors. — Hank Will, Editorial Director

Moonshine Chicken

The “Chicken with Apples and Onions”

(October/November 2016) recipe is

fantastic! I didn’t have Calvados in my

cupboard, so I used my homemade apple

pie moonshine! I used locally sourced

‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Fuji’ apples and

added cut-up asparagus during the last

10 minutes of cooking the chicken.

Carol Repass

Bowling Green, Ohio

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