Sweet corn time again! It's early this year, usually not ready till mid August. This year I had to put a double wire electric fence around the patch (1/3 acre) to keep the raccoons out...1st time since we moved the patch maybe 8 or 9 years ago. Dogs must be getting too old, and the youngest not taught what to do. Also the first time in years I had to check it, usually the dogs did it...one would just bring an ear up on the lawn, his mother brought up the whole stalk...many of them!
We picked last Friday afternoon, it was a bit warm in the field, about 94 and 90 % humidity...thankfully there was a breeze. We picked about 38 dozen, a bit more than normal but we are 4 inches below normal for rainfall this year so some of the ears aren't as big as normal. Corn gets stacked on table in shop with a/c on
Saturday morning we had 6 of us husking it into the loader bucket, which was nice, it's the worst part of the whole process. After it's all husked the tractor and loader get parked in front of the house to put the cobs in.
Ended up with 4 coolers full of corn
Some corn after being washed to help remove any remaining silks. My wife started on this after the 1st cooler got full.
More corn on the table to be cut
Mil and friend from college doing some cutting, he helps every year...he gets corn and in return he brings us walleye ( good trade!)
Corn on stove boiling...just corn, water, lemon juice, and a little salt
From the stove it gets put into bowls and then into an ice bath to cool
We needed an afternoon snack of course to go along with beverages...started with bloody Mary's while husking, some beer, and margaritas throughout the day
Ground round with onions salt and pepper on saltine crackers
After cooling it goes into the canner to get bagged
After bagging into the freezer...ended up with 134 qt bags this year. Shared with my buddy, mil, grandma, and daughter and sil. Needless to say we won't buy corn in a can or eat it at a restaurant, can't stand it after having sweet corn
And for supper...the best BLTs of the year, first ones with garden fresh tomatoes!
It takes alot of time from planting, weeding, picking and freezing but oh so worth it! Started husking about 11 am when the help showed up and mostly done by 8 pm, including clean up.
Almost forgot...pic of last years helpers
Thanks for dropping by!
Ryan
We picked last Friday afternoon, it was a bit warm in the field, about 94 and 90 % humidity...thankfully there was a breeze. We picked about 38 dozen, a bit more than normal but we are 4 inches below normal for rainfall this year so some of the ears aren't as big as normal. Corn gets stacked on table in shop with a/c on
Saturday morning we had 6 of us husking it into the loader bucket, which was nice, it's the worst part of the whole process. After it's all husked the tractor and loader get parked in front of the house to put the cobs in.
Ended up with 4 coolers full of corn
Some corn after being washed to help remove any remaining silks. My wife started on this after the 1st cooler got full.
More corn on the table to be cut
Mil and friend from college doing some cutting, he helps every year...he gets corn and in return he brings us walleye ( good trade!)
Corn on stove boiling...just corn, water, lemon juice, and a little salt
From the stove it gets put into bowls and then into an ice bath to cool
We needed an afternoon snack of course to go along with beverages...started with bloody Mary's while husking, some beer, and margaritas throughout the day
Ground round with onions salt and pepper on saltine crackers
After cooling it goes into the canner to get bagged
After bagging into the freezer...ended up with 134 qt bags this year. Shared with my buddy, mil, grandma, and daughter and sil. Needless to say we won't buy corn in a can or eat it at a restaurant, can't stand it after having sweet corn
And for supper...the best BLTs of the year, first ones with garden fresh tomatoes!
It takes alot of time from planting, weeding, picking and freezing but oh so worth it! Started husking about 11 am when the help showed up and mostly done by 8 pm, including clean up.
Almost forgot...pic of last years helpers
Thanks for dropping by!
Ryan