Nine ears harvested this afternoon and served at dinner; they were quite tasty, with all kernels present (unlike most of the local corn we've tried this summer) although one had immature kernels. We have no experience growing corn and have found it really hard to tell when an ear is ready to pick.
The Husband's corn patch is at the north end of our garden area. It topped out at about 8 1/2 feet tall. I almost tried to discourage him from trying corn because I thought it needed a lot more space than we have. I'm sure glad I kept my mouth shut!
He is already making plans for next year: He is going to dig up some of the lawn closer to the house and plant yellow corn, which should be ready earlier than the white he planted this year. When we get back from our road trip, he is going to use this year's corn patch to plant a winter crop of fava beans. We can eat the beans next spring, then he will plow the plants under to enrich the soil and then he wants to plant melons. Variety yet to be decided.
This is a photo of the immature corn that we picked about 10 days ago. It looked good with the kernels all well-formed, but they were tiny, with nothing to them and not sweet at all.
No comments:
Post a Comment