Good Morning. I trust all is well with everyone.
Right now I'm all about comparing the growth of the corn crop behind us.
Corn is considered a hot crop & with it comes its own heat wall. During the many days & weeks of high heat & humidity, this wall of corn added to the extra dryness in our garden, as corn does take a lot of moisture/water. Just standing & taking the recent photos, I felt the radiating heat from the corn.
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| Looking East in June |
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| Looking East in July |
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| Looking West in June |
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| Looking West In July |
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| Looking straight out - north east - June |
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| Looking out - north east - July |
Isn't it amazing how a plant can absorb the heat like that? It feels like everywhere - in all countries - is suffering with extreme weather conditions this year.
ReplyDeleteI feel for all the farmers growing our food, that's why I think we all have to do more for the environment ... no crops, no food! I'm so thankful that this farmer is so friendly & answers many of my crop growing questions.
DeleteWell, waddayano?!
ReplyDeleteHaHa ... corn is my least favourite crop grown, I like the Winter Wheat best - not that it matters what I like :)
DeleteYou can certainly see the growth but I don't fancy the wall of heat that comes with it!
ReplyDeleteIt surprises me how much heat comes off the crop. The farmer asked if he could see all my scrap pages about the crops over the last few years - he was impressed that I record through photos & notes. He's due to walk the fields later this month, so we have a "date" He walks the fields checking to be sure there are not any other "crops" being grown in the crop. Illegal weed is often grown in the middle of corn fields as it is also a hot crop.
DeleteThat's a big difference within a month. Are the photos taken from your garden?
ReplyDeleteWe have a gate at the back of our garden that opens to the farmer's field, so I just step through the gate to take the photos. There hasn't been a lot of growth in the last few weeks. Farmer says the lack of rain is stunting the cobs, so less yield is expected when harvested.
DeleteFascinating watching the progress. I didn't know about the hot nature of corn. Must be interesting living so close to the crops..
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to learn more & more about the 3 crops the farmer grows - I'm fortunate that he'll stop & chat with me to answer all my questions.
DeleteOur corn is growing like mad. I wish hubby could eat it!
ReplyDeleteThis corn crop is for cattle & isn't very tasty for people (IMO) but the local people corn is now showing up on the roadside stands - I hope to have at least two-three feasts soon.
DeleteThat looks like a good crop of corn growing in those fields!
ReplyDeleteAccording to the farmer growing this crop, the crop is stunted from the lack of rain & that the cobs are rather small so he isn't expecting a high yield when he harvests this Autumn. It is cattle corn, no people eating corn :(
DeleteI'm in! AT LAST!!!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me wonder what the corn fields near here are doing. I walk there quite often but have been there only once so far this year. We, too, have been struggling for rain so perhaps the cobs will be stunted here too. I remember going picking (pick your own) as children. We used to love it! Ended up with a big sackful and then enjoyed the munching too! I can't say I have ever noticed associated heat/dryness but will be aware and see what I can discern in future.
Funny you mentioned today about this pot & surprise it appears as did Susanne's - Blogger is behaving in a most odd way. This corn is for cattle not people & we just had our one & only feed of sweet corn on the weekend. The producer of the people corn is not too far from here & she said they were lucky that their corn was getting enough rain. Another aspect of nature that baffles & intrigues me is how rain can fall in one place but only 10 feet away not fall at all. Last week we had a very damaging storm blow through & yet the big place 15 minutes away didn't get even a breeze!
DeleteThere is always something reassuring to me to see fields of tall corn. Here in Indiana there are many many farms growing corn.
ReplyDeleteI like noting which crops are in which fields; those that grow cattle corn this year, will plant soybeans next & then winter wheat. I will I knew what the crop rotation was for other crops like canola, barley & oats. Do the Indiana corn growers rotate crops?
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