Here is today's harvest, thanks to a little gardener named Jonathan for reminding me to go check on these! A few are a tad large, lol, but they aren't all bad...
Now on to the help I need... Here's the deal: I want to grow corn this year. I really don't want to dig up a patch for it and have to mow around it (although I will if I have to), and I definitely don't want it taking up residence in one of my raised beds. In doing my morning "walk of the estate" I noticed that the "junkyard" in the back by my shed was in full sun! This has always been an extremely shady part of the yard with nothing but some Virginia Creeper on the fence. Did the new home owners cut down a tree? I don't remember seeing them do it, but I peered through the fence and saw that they cut down 2, evidenced by the really big stumps left behind. I have heard that corn can tolerate some shade in the afternoon, and if that is so, this would be the perfect little corn stand. It is in full sun until about 1 pm, then filtered for another hour or so, and then shade. The photo is facing south, and the trees on the right are east, so you can see that as the afternoon wears on, there is more shade. The bonus would be that I don't have to rip out thick Bermudagrass turf, I would only need to move the trailer, add some amendments, and cultivate a bit. What do you think? Anyone experienced with fitting in corn in unlikely spaces or dealing with light shade for half the day? Oh, yeah, the other thing making me hesitant is that the fence you see behind the trailer is the one the occasional squirrel uses to come down from a tree, is planting corn there asking for trouble or do squirrels find it wherever it is? Help!
