While I was in Ca, the stake corn was ready to harvest. I told my neighbor about it and sent her over to pick some corn for her family. 10 cents an ear is a steal for this corn. Laura the Great picked on the hottest day all month. I wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes in that heat. I'm a delicate flower and wilt easily ;)
She powered through the high temps and picked 22 dozen ears with her family, and 10 dozen were for us! Pick your own corn without even having to pick it? Now, that's a treat. I spent the afternoon with Laura and our other neighbor Sarah on my porch shucking corn and talking while the children helped then played then helped again and Laura sipped her sweet tea. What's more southern than that? It was picturesque...except for me. I swear the garlic is burned into my skin. I can still smell it on myself days and showers later. I have permastink.
I took a break for dinner (setved with fresh corn, of course!) and FHE, but it's almost midnight and I just finished up. 120 ears of corn preserved for the year. I ache, and by the look of my swollen cankles, I can tell I probably overdid it today. But it felt good to be productive again, and now the job is done and we will enjoy wonderful "peaches and cream" corn all year long.
Take that, Post-Vacation-Monday!
2 comments:
this is the best corn i've had in a long time!! thanks for letting us know about it!! i enjoyed shucking corn and catching up with you!
Holy cow! I think I only did 90 today and I am so sore!
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