Stowell's evergreen sweet corn is nearly ready to pick.
Freezing Fresh Corn
We were leaving for vacation and all the fresh corn ripened at the same time. What to do?! Learn how freezing fresh corn is the way to go.
Get the juicy details on planting corn from seed
YouTube: Growing Corn From Seed
Growing corn from seed is easy, but it helps to know a few things before you plant. In this week's video Christy shares her tips for successful planting, and strategies for a bumper crop.
YouTube: Protecting and Harvesting Corn
Our latest YouTube video picks up where our first video from 4 years ago about growing corn leaves off. In this video, you'll learn tricks to protect your corn crop, timing for harvesting corn in the milk stage, and how to harvest.
Ask Gardenerd: Corn is Falling Over
Steven Duke writes into Ask Gardenerd this week: "I have an issue with corn being blown over. This year I want to plant okra around my corn to see if it can help with keeping the corn from being blown over as bad. Is this possible??"
Silks out at 1-foot tall. UGH!
Corn Failure A.K.A. Starting Over
In a small-space garden, the beds aren't always ready when it's time to plant new crops in the ground, so if we start seeds in flats, we close the gap between pulling winter crops and planting spring/summer crops. Every year we start our corn seeds in a deep seed flat in order to get a jump on the season. By the time the peas and lettuces are done, our corn seedlings are already 6-inches tall and ready for transplanting. This…
Country Gentlemen Corn
YouTube: Growing Corn
Spring is nearly here, and it's time to plant corn. Whether you like popcorn or sweet corn, it's fun and easy to grow. Just make sure you do it right. We're here to show you how. Watch our latest video on growing corn and you'll be off to a good start. Once you've watched our video on growing corn. Check out these blog posts for more information: Growing Popcorn The Birds & the Bees: Corn Sex Interplanting Corn We've also…
Interplanting Corn
You've probably heard of the Three Sisters Garden, where you plant corn, beans, and squash together for a symbiotic relationship that takes up less space for all three crops. But interplanting can work with other crops too. This year, we decided to experiment with interplanting corn in with a sweet potato bed that won't give up the ghost. Each year, despite pulling what we think is all the sweet potatoes, the crop keeps coming back, rendering a 4x4 bed unavailable…
Tassels can appear to be many shades, from purple to white
The Birds and the Bees: Corn Sex
It happens every day. Plants send up flowers, bees pollinate them and vegetables are born. But corn has its own way to doing things, bees not included. So how exactly does corn come to be? Let's explore: It all starts with a seed...but we'll skip that part and get to the juicy stuff. Jump ahead to when corn stalks are several feet high. Tassels start poking out from the top of the plant. The tassel floret - the male part…