Corn in alpha

We harvested our first corn this year. Call it alpha stage corn.

I'm pleased that we succeeded at all, given our climate and utter lack of corn-growing experience.

The stuff's pretty short, though. Two inches each.

Some things to do differently, next year:

• Plant in a matrix, rather than a single row. Corn needs intensive cross-fertilization.
• Speaking of fertilizing, putting some goodies in the dirt for the corn to draw on. (Remember the old fish Indian corn trick)
• Use seeds with the shortest growing season.