This year, (because we do rotational planting —-meaning all crops are rotated from one field to the next keeping disease and bug problems down as much as possible) the corn all happened to be planted around the house and the buildings.
The heat inside of a corn field is hot and humid, corn just loves a hot day, add in the water to keep the corn growing and you have a huge humidifier!
Breezes don’t make it inside this box of heat and moisture unless we have a wind…I relish wind now…
On the flip side I love smelling the corn, so rich and full and alive. Sounds carry from far away so it seems the train (6 miles away) is right down the field. The dogs can’t figure out if they should bark or not. They mostly don’t unless someone is right at the yard, so the nighttime dog phone has rather stopped.
And we get an up close and personal daily report on how the corn is doing, just be looking out the window or working in the yard.
Harvest for sweet corn is on….you should be seeing Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn or Mountain Sweet Sweet Corn in your market soon. If you do just know that the corn was grown somewhere near our farm!
(No we don’t grow sweet corn, we grow corn that used for feed or to be made into corn meal. Our season of growing lasts much longer than sweet corn.)
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
George loves to tell the story that I didn’t know that there was sweet corn and field corn…. I DIDN’T….. I just thought that corn was corn… See how dumb I am when it comes to farming????
When George took me up north right after we were married, we stopped at a little ice cream place in the middle of no-where. There were corn fields all around… I loved the smell and hearing the breeze brush them together…. SO–I know what you are talking about —living in a corn field!!!!
Can’t wait to get the Olathe Sweet Corn here…. Love it.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Amazing…. I never thought of how the fields planted near the house affect the sounds and humidity, etc. I have learned again, Linda. Thanks!!
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That is pretty neat! We were surrounded by corn when I was a kid and loved to play in it…probably shouldn’t have but we weren’t farm kids and didn’t know any better. Alas the inmates from the local youth detention center hid in there too when they escaped, which was pretty scary.
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I think I’ll hit your place just in time for sweet corn. Look for an email from me soon.
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“nighttime dog phone” WHAT!!
I thought middle of a cornfield was my line. I’m glad I share that with you over there in the banana belt.
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Do your grandchildren like to run through the rows? I remember having so much fun playing hide and seek in our friends’ cornfields. 🙂
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Thanks for the lesson on corn. Like Betsy, I thought corn was all the sweet variety!
My family and relatives who lived on the land were either sheep or cattle owners. There
were wheat properties in the areas, now also canola and cotton. I would always think,
I couldn’t stand being in a tractor all day just hoeing etc and then doing the harvest. and
due to the heat, some of the wheat farmers did the work at night!
But someone has to do it to put food on tables etc.
Very enlightening post, thank you.
Cheers
Colin (Brisbane. Australia)
Weather report: Fine and sunny again! We are being spoilt – ha ha!
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Your fields look good and is that Russian Sage blooming..it is beautiful! Dog phone..gotta love them:)
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I love fresh sweet corn.
Great pictures. :o)
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Having never grown corn, this is a very interesting and informative post.
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If all goes well, that is living inside of a green wall of $$$$$$ at harvest time. I have been around a lot of cornfields, and have had some good times in the middle of a cornfield. Itchy, but good.
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I have friends in Indiana and Ohio and the corn crops there are doomed by drought. Glad to hear your news that yours thrives.
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Impressive crop! You should be able to get a good price for that harvest. Yay!
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It must be like living in your own personal oasis. Your garden is looking lovely, you must be pleased with it. We have actually woken up to a sunny blue sky this morning after a lot of dull, damp and dreary weather so looks like a gardening day for us.
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Do you ever feel a bit claustrophobic? Beautiful (green!) pictures though. Glad everything is hanging on despite the lack of rain.
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I love your pictures. Except for the mountains in the background, your pictures remind me of growing up on the farm in Indiana. We got some Olathe Sweet Corn at the grocery store today — yummy!
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Lovely photos Linda. I love the Olathe sweet that I used to get as a kid. Great that you rotate your crops!
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I lived on a farm in Illinois growing up, the farmers rotated between corn and soybeans, I think I liked the corn best because it brought the geese in the fall..:-)
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What a cool view and great barrier, but hot and humid -sigh. Sweet corn is my all time favorite veggie!
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It IS odd how the sounds travel over corn fields!
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I remember visiting my Aunt and Uncle when the corn surrounded their home. We kids loved to play in the corn fields.
Hooray for Olathe corn!!! Yum!
Our stores have been selling corn with ‘Fresh Colorado Corn’ signs…. it’s not Olathe corn, though and not nearly as good!
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Lookin’ good! I forgot to add in my comment on your latest post that you take absolutely stunning photos as well…makes me feel like I’m right there (but not doing any of the hard work).
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