Reno Resonance: Corn

Corn has been my passion ever since the first Field of Dreams on Arroyo. Eating corn out of the yard is the best, and I mean the very best. I was very excited about how much room I would have for corn and where the sunniest parts of the yard were. Digging up all the planter beds was a lot of work and I was quite ambitious, but really only planted half the yard. The corn was the last to go in, and I did 2 good sized beds, planting one a few weeks earlier than the other. I began to refer to them as Corn 1 and Corn 2, so for the purpose of this blog that will continue. I did not take as many pictures of early Corn 1and this was the earliest I could find.. By the time the garden was in full swing the weeding took as much time as anything....the weeds in this yard are out of control, and it would realistically probably take a few years to really get them in a manageable state front and back. The veggie part of the yard is very well tended and will be very easy to manage in the future should we live her for another planting season.

Corn 1 about half way to harvest.

Corn 2 as little sprouts. This is when it gets really exciting for me. I talk to my baby corn and can't wait to get up and see it everyday.

Corn 1 and Corn 2 together, Corn 1 at this point has corn on the stalks.

A closer shot of Corn 1

This is corn 2 at the end, everything has been picked and eaten. Oddly enough it was a weird year for corn. While in previous years I harvested one or two ears per stalk, this special organic corn did not perform nearly that well. Some of the ears were large and perfect, but most were small and many were down right deformed. But no matter the size or shape, it was all delicious.