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Monday, 27 July 2020 11:25

The corn season - the yearly pattern

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Every corn season follows the same pattern: I go out and plant corn as early as possible in April. Weather is just turning from winter to spring and the ground…
Tuesday, 27 August 2019 20:20

Flawed

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Selling loads of near-perfect corn is fun and easy. You get to make lots of people happy and it doesn't take much time or effort to find the right 13…
Monday, 21 July 2014 22:23

Grandma Lingley's Corn Freezing Recipe

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Many people have asked for Grandma's Famous Recipe for Freezing Corn so until I get a "Recipe" page done on the website, here it is... (it is also printed on…
Wednesday, 09 July 2014 15:30

First Day: Getting all the kinks worked out

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Well the first day of 2014 is in the books.  As with every season, the first day is always a little disorganized.  This is the time where I remember all…
Tuesday, 01 July 2014 11:49

Everybody is getting excited

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I know everyone is anticipating the beginning of corn based on the number of calls I have been getting.  It is looking like it should be sometime next week but…
Monday, 20 January 2014 18:24

Tomato Time

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Here it is nearly the third week of January.  Every year my traditional starting time for starting tomatoes from seed is my daughter Jenna's birthday on the 26th.  Easy for…