Here comes the Corn

It's the middle of summer in Central Florida and like most of the East Coast, we've been sweltering and hiding away from the fierce sun. I've been trying to get outside daily to keep up with my Concrete Garden, but found that dawn really is the only pleasant time of day right now. At that point, right after the sun has risen just enough to allow me to see unaided, but not enough to start significantly heating the day I find I potter around for twenty minutes before I have to get ready to go to work. The end of those twenty minutes also makes for great light for photography, so this morning I took the opportunity to snap a couple of photos to show you the rapid developments going on with my corn.

The tassels first started showing up about a week ago and I've been eagerly awaiting the tell tale signs of the Silk Strands

and sure enough, late Friday Afternoon I spotted the first strands appearing. This morning I was able to lean in and snap a photograph of two of the strands. This is after just two days.

It should take about twenty days for the corn to be ready to harvest, we'll find out if my gamble with planting them in a single row to fertile the cobs will pay off, or if the recommendation to plant them in a number of rows was the way to go. For now however its going to be a waiting and pest watching game.