Pollination is in progress!! Each silk is attached to a single kernel of corn on each cob!! It is very important that pollen falls on each silk to produce a perfect cob of corn. At this stage of the growing process

Searching for silks...found some!!! An exciting time in corn production! Notice the different rows...some tasseled out and some not as advanced?!?! This is a result of our experiment with the black mulch vs the clear mulch! Although the black gave us

Happy Canada Day...from our family to yours!!! 'Countdown to Corn' begins today...25 SLEEPS til CORN!

The river has gone way down and most of the water has gone away. We will have some compaction issues to deal with later but other than that, the crop will bounce back with a little SLC (Snyder Loving Care)!

Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with our farmer friends to the north of us in light of Friday's flooding. Can't imagine what they are going through if our fields look like this! Life along the mighty Grand River!!

Looky here, looky here...just over a month away!!

We can hardly believe how well this new subsurface drip irrigation is working on our heavier clay soils. Can't wait till harvest! This portion of our crop will be ready for all of you at the end of our season...just

Today is a very exciting day on our farm!! After years of talking about going to sub-surface drip irrigation, we have now started the journey! This season will see our final 9 acres of sweet corn being watered from 12"

Now if we could only train each one to come up through the hole instead of beside it. Next step is to walk each row to guide the baby corns through their hole to freedom! It's a May long weekend

What a lovely sight for sore eyes!!! It amazes me how resilient seeds can be...they are designed to grow and that they are!!