(photo P Volker)
Yesterday I walked Phil’s Camino in two different sessions. In the morning with Catherine to catch up and say our rosary and then in the afternoon for the scheduled walk. Somewhere in between those times the little corn shoots shot out of the ground, BANG! And not just one or two but most of them were up. That is nine days from when I first wetted the seed. Praise the Lord! And the sun is out now warming things up so that should get them all breaking out of the soil. A happy Felipé here! Well, OK, we will run with happiness.
And I finished a swell book that William CCBC had sent me for Christmas. I had a flurry of great books come in and it feels good to have made maybe more than a dent in that. It is entitled Guardian at the Gate by Ian Glasgow and signed by Ian. Ian and his two brothers spent a lot of time staying at their Great Uncle’s and Aunt’s farm in Nova Scotia.
Off to talk with Janet in LA and walk the Camino at 9. Can’t wait to go and eyeball the baby corns!
🌽baby corn loves🌽, Felipé.
Baby corn loves, this lightens my heart and seems like a metaphor for new life coming, if we but persevere and believe enough. You have to explain to this City Girl, though, what is happening here. I thought you wet the seed in containers, and now (bless those little buds) our future ears to slather are shooting out of the ground. I guess I missed the step where you planted them, and I seem to remember that last year you had friends–some from afar–who arrived to help you plant. If only I was there on site, to walk with you, and watch the corn grow beside us. Tell me the stages, that I can track new life in my own work.
Henriette ~ let me sort this out. Most folks just plant the dry seed in the ground. But I have learned over the years that I can plant sprouts which is a little more labor intensive. But what it does is it gives me a longer growing season without the really labor intensive step of starting the seeds in a green house and transplanting those plants outside. Here is a timeline of what happened:
Friday 5/8 started to wet the seed inside
Sunday 5/10 planted 4 rows outside with that wet seed.
Monday 5/11 planted 8 rows outside with Patti helping with same.
Tuesday 5/12 planted 4 rows outside with Craig and Cyndi helping with same.
Sunday 5/17 afternoon most corn up approximately 1 inch tall.
Yea, that’s my story.
That is what it all looked like. Farmer John sent some pics of his corn in Iowa which I will put up tomorrow if I remember. And tomorrow we have a phone call. See you then, Felipé.x