It was so cool this morning, with a good breeze blowing . . til about 10:00, so I got a lot done. After lunch, I’d go out there and work til I couldn’t stand it, come in and cool off and then go work some more. All of the asparagus is trimmed backed and weeded. Maybe this weekend I’ll get fresh mulch on top of it.
Blue Corn
Most of the blue corn was ready for picking. I had hoped to let it dry on the vine but we’ve had just enough rain that the bottoms of some of the ears had been wet enough to start rotting, and the birds have found it so I pulled what was ready to be pulled and will let it dry in the extra bedroom . . cool, dry and away from hungry birds and grasshoppers.
I think it’s so pretty. Next year I’ll have to decide if I’m going to grow blue corn or glass gem corn. Both are pretty but I don’t want to grow them at the same time and cross-pollinate.
Artichoke Flower
Everything I’ve read said it isn’t good for your plant to let the artichokes flower but I wanted to see what it looked like so I left the last artichoke on the plant til it flowered. The rest have been cut back. I’ll see if I can get seeds from this one.
Tomorrow I hope to weed around the artichokes, add fresh mulch and that will probably be an all day chore.
katie z. says
It’s terribly hot here, but I did manage a fabulous garlic harvest this year. As for the rest… Not a good year. All our corn rotted from the rain. I’m glad yours is looking good!
Sherrill says
Ooo, love the corn AND the artichoke flower!! Have you used all the corn/cornmeal from last year yet? Think you’ll get about the same amount, more or less?
Patricia Cash says
Blue corn, never seen it and the artichoke flower beautiful. Our tomatoes are not liking all the rain Texas Hill Country has/is getting. They are big and taste good but not pretty and a lot rot on the plant. But we are getting in a lot of bacon and tomato sandwich eating!
Joyce says
I think the artichoke flower is very pretty! Is there a reason you shouldn’t let them go to flower? Do they self-seed and take over the earth?