Corn ! ! ! !

The blog has been inactive for awhile...but the work hasn't stopped!  Season's getting near and things are starting to fall into place.

After many years of preparation and anticipation, we've finally got some corn in the ground!  Unfortunately, we picked the year with one of the worst droughts and heat waves on record.  Miraculously, despite having next to no rain and temps above 100, it has somehow turned out to be a decent crop so far.  Being in the bottoms saved us on this one, as most all of the corn on the uplands in the area hasn't fared so well.  Still desperate for some rain to take us into season, but at minimum we will at least have something that looks like corn from above!  Better yet, the borrow pits bordering the corn filled in nicely with a heavy stand of barnyard grass (wild millet) and smartweed!

Also knocked down our thriving cocklebur crop in the other field and put up some flapgates to keep any floods (yeah right) off the corn until it's matured.

Check out the "Management" album in the Image Gallery above for a few more pictures.