Mary Calarco:
Ian tilling ye olde grass.
Mary Calarco:
Tilled and ready for a little sheep manure love
Mary Calarco:
Mmm...organic matter.
Mary Calarco:
Veseys 'baby corn' seeds
Mary Calarco:
Working the rusty hoe
Mary Calarco:
Cheese!
Mary Calarco:
More cheese!
Mary Calarco:
6 days = sprouts!
Mary Calarco:
And now we wait...
Mary Calarco:
Before weeding
Mary Calarco:
After weeding
Mary Calarco:
5 weeks: 2 ft tall, weeds pulled, bone meal added. Things are looking good!
Mary Calarco:
6 weeks: 3 ft tall
Mary Calarco:
6 weeks: Baby corn to left, sweet corn to right
Mary Calarco:
Dusk
Mary Calarco:
7 weeks: Almost 5 ft tall
Mary Calarco:
The little pickle
Mary Calarco:
11 weeks: 10-12 feet tall
Mary Calarco:
11weeks: ready to harvest!
Mary Calarco:
1-2 cobs per stalk
Mary Calarco:
Cob o' corn!
Mary Calarco:
Freshly picked! Final count = 71 cobs
Mary Calarco:
Hey @ChefJKennedy, remember last year when I was looking for fresh Ontario baby corn? I grew my own instead!!
Mary Calarco:
Currently pickling baby corn...
Mary Calarco:
Contained and pickling as we speak. Yield: 8 jars
Mary Calarco:
Oh right...we're growing squash too!
Mary Calarco:
Worms-eye view of our squash
Mary Calarco:
More squash
Mary Calarco:
Old fence posts turned bean trellis
Mary Calarco:
The 'Honey and Cream' corn is up!
