The key to harvesting is picking the optimum moment - for no crop is this truer than sweetcorn. I've grown corn several years in a row, and it's always been a huge disappointment: unfortunately we've always been on holiday in late August/early September when the ears are at their prime, only to get back to kernels like cardboard. This year, the arrival of our tiny person has meant our usual late summer jaunt hasn't taken place. It's a shame, but it has meant that - hallelujah! - the corn could be harvested at just the right moment. This year we...

reBlogged to corn on Sep 2, 2007, 4:33PM

Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to corn on 2007-10-12, 06:03:09

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