Grown and cherished by Sheila and Kevin OReilly in the fertile Tallangatta Valley for more than 45 years, this remarkable heirloom corn stands as a living tribute to the passion and principles of home seed savers. Sheila, an early advocate for preserving open-pollinated and heritage varieties, believed that good food should always remain in the hands of ordinary people not lost to hybridisation or corporate control.
Originally sourced from a seed savers nursery on the NSW coast, this Bali-type corn thrived in the OReilly family garden. Its unlike any other sweet corn producing multiple sturdy stems, each carrying an abundance of small, tender cobs with exceptional sweetness and depth of flavour. Grown in rich, manure-fed soil and rotated seasonally, it became a staple crop that fed a family of seven (and half the neighbourhood) year after year.
In true homegrown tradition, the OReilly’s froze their harvest to enjoy through the year boiled, buttered and salted, or stirred through Sheilas beloved rice salads and summer soups. At full height, the plants can reach over 2.5 metres (9 feet), forming a stunning wall of green that also serves as a natural windbreak for smaller crops.
Today, Sheila OReilly Corn continues that legacy a symbol of seed saving, self-sufficiency, and the simple joy of growing your own food from seed to plate.
Seeds kindly donated by Brian O’Reilly.
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