The Last Corn Report… Maybe…

Except for when I eat it… Then I will have to tell you about the taste…

The corn on the top was the first one on the tallest stalk of the good day corn.  The next one was on the next biggest stalk also good day corn.

This was on one of  the smaller ears on the good day corn, but the silks had gone brown which means it’s done.  All of  these ears were on the small side but as I said they were planted about a month late for Oklahoma weather and all would be bigger but I still am glad I participated in Tipper’s planting trial.  The Blind Pig and The Acorn, Tipper’s blog site is a lot of fun to read and she really has good planting info, she does canning, makes art, tells good stories and her daddy and brother make really good music.  Drop by her place and read a bit when you have a moment.  It is well worth the trip.

The bad day corn is still trying to get there and there are two or three small, small ears still trying to come out on the good day corn but with all the rain and the milder days I really think that they are all about done for this year. This has been a lot of fun for me, I’ve learned a lot and hope that I’ve passed good information on to you and been entertaining to you all, too. 

Dang… now I’m going to have to figure out which of all the fun stories running around in my head I’m going to share next.  I’m going to try to do at least one more post before I head south to Ft. Worth for the wedding this weekend and I’m thinking I’m going to have to do a give away next week after I get back.  I’ve passed my 200th post mark without even realizing it and, besides that, it’s been a while since I’ve had a give away.

Stay tuned…

Corn Report Time…

And, no, I’m not talking about the kind on toes.  Thankfully, I hear you saying.  I’ve posted what seems like a bunch of posts on broke ribs and busted up knees and I’m tired of posting about mangled old body parts.

With that being clarified… I do have one quick thing to tell you before we go on to another stellar corn post…Tipper, over at Blind Pig And The Acorn, posted about every one who participated in the good corn day/ bad corn day test.  She also writes about cooking, canning, freezing and enjoying the things she grows. She also will share with you Pap and Paul’s music.  Good ole’ picking and singing and traditional Appalachian music.  Tipper is working real hard at keeping the old traditions alive and she is a really good read, too. 

Onward and upward…

Good day corn is on the right.  I left the sprinkler in there for a size reference.

Good day corn.. 50 inches plus 3 inches for the tape case = 53 inches.

Same song, second verse with the bad day corn…

25 inches plus 3 inches for the case = 28 inches.  A bit more than half the size for the good day corn.

Tasseling on the good day corn.

And some more.  Five of the six good day corn plants are tasseling out.

The one bad day corn, while much shorter is looking like the good day corn looked last Sunday.

The other two bad day corn plants.  I don’t know if they are going to make at all.

So all you folks out there in the blogsphere… this is the end of the corn report for this week.  I’ll have a green bean, blackeyed peas and tomato report coming up this week.  And maybe a yarn or two, a flower report, a dog report but no body part reports.

I hope.

Thanks, Tipper!!

Tipper, over at Blind Pig And The Acorn who won the Hoochie MaMa Wahoo jewelry, was nice enough to send some photos wearing the necklace a couple of different ways.

She feels like the photos were kinda dorky, but she was kind enough to send them on anyway. I thought they were pretty darn good, but I don't much like to have pictures taken of myself and think that all the photos of me look pretty dorky, too.

Anyway, thank you Tip for being kind enough to share, despite your hesitations.

I had asked her if I could quote from her e-mail and she said I could, but I decided the smile in the third photo said plenty enough.



I think you look pretty great.