Fingers Crossed, 25 Ears of Corn
To my delight, I went out to the garden this morning and all of my corn had sprouted out of the ground! I am most apprehensive about my corn because corn has special growing requirements. My uncle explained to me last night that people typically plant corn in at least a 10×10 plot.
I am a little discouraged. I also learned that each stalk will only produce one ear of corn, two at the most. If I’m lucky we will get 25 ears of corn!
All of my other veggies are growing beautifully. I’ve only spotted a few zinnias popping up out of the ground but I did plant a handful of mammoth sunflower seeds today. I am also very worried about the bees. I hope I get enough pollination action.
I attached some lattice to a few stakes and drove them into the ground by the cantaloupes, they like to crawl. The wind blew over one of the lattices so I had to drive it back into the ground. I have to get some more lattice for my cucumbers. I will dig around in the wood shed at my parents and try to find some more.
It did not rain yesterday as I had hoped so I watered some this morning after hoeing and pulling out some grass that is starting to creep into the garden. I have been toying around with the idea of extending the garden and planting a row of butterbeans and a row of string beans. I’ve also wondered about putting up a scarecrow, maybe a weekend project to work on with the kids.
My plan now is to have a garden every summer. My mother has beautiful flower gardens and my grandmother has grown vegetables every summer. She used to have huge gardens but as she has aged, her gardens have grown smaller. The tradition and desire has been passed to me. Now that I have children I want to make sure I pass the tradition down to them and also fill their bellies with the best stuff on earth.
