Only 10 SLEEPS to go!! The silks are drying down and the tassels are all but empty. The pollination process on our first planting has completed and now the plant will focus its energy into plumping up each kernel and developing
These are exciting days if you’re a corn plant...and a lover of all things ‘corn’!! And we are! In the blink of an eye, these vibrant, healthy plants are growing like crazy! Each stalk will put on 1,2 and sometimes 3
Tassel in the Whorl! When the tassel emerges, it marks a significant change in the focus of the corn plant. Corn switches from vegetative growth (producing roots, stalks, and leaves) to producing that glorious cob of golden goodness! These are exciting
Have you ever wondered how we are able to have corn for you from Mid-July thru Labour Day?!?First, we plant 2 varieties of Gourmet Sweet sweet corn...Kickoff and Awesome. Each has a different day length which determines how many days
Each fall, these majestic birds offer our soil ‘free nutrients’ as they forage through the remains of our sweet corn crop! This is a most welcome gift, however come spring, they return with their young families to enjoy life along
We stand a’maize’d at this absolutely incredible crop of sweet corn. This heat along with the moisture we received on Saturday morning in the form of a heavy fog, has advanced the corn by ‘leaves’ and bounds! My heart is
Save the baby corn!Today was the day that we begin the tedious task of walking each row of corn to guide the tiny corn plants through the holes that they didn’t seem to come through naturally. Most years, it’s just
Sweet corn never ceases to ‘a-maize’ me!! It is designed to grow and grow it has...even in less than favourable conditions!! ? As we go into a few chilly nights and not so warm days we can be very thankful that
Here it is folks....our first sprout of 2020!!! How exciting is that!!! (Not to worry...this little sprout only had a peak at the big world and is now tucked back in...snug as a bug!) 80 SLEEPS!!!
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