I just was inspired by Aki, who, whilst at DuranDuran, decided she must plant corn. I dunno… her concert updates were terse.
So, I opened up plot #3 for corn. It is two rows, on the south side of my house. There’s a lot of sun there, I can tell because the earth was parched. I am hoping that the corn will grow and help shade the house. However, knowing my luck with gardening, and my inability to do simple trigonometry in my head, …I am sure the house will get about 17 square inches of shade, I’m sure that will make it noticeably cooler.
Anywho…corn is awesome. BitterKat has me reading “Omnivoure’s Dilema”, and it makes me like corn even more. (And that’s after reading the awesome Corn & Capitalism by A.Warman!)
Am I late too season in season to plant? More than likely. It is supposed to be harvest in 80 days. Which puts us late October. Cutting it close.
I dug two rows in the sod. I even used some store bought dirt, which, makes me feel like a dirty cheater. The rows are about a foot apart. The rows are about a foot wide. When I planted the seeds, I planted two seeds, one on either side of the row, every foot or so. Hopefully, I’ll get about a corn stalk per foot.
