Tag: corn

“Our day is about collaborating — in particular the collaboration of farmers,” said Barbara Zheutlin, executive director of Berkshire Grown, to an impressive group of participants who gathered at Sky View Farm in Sheffield to kick off the day-long farm tour.

Whether at a farm stand or market, it is a small crime of property damage to tear open the tip of an ear of corn.

When it comes to the sexual reproduction of plants, our new Education Secretary may struggle for ways to teach the complexity of sexuality, both botanical and human.

This is a pivotal moment in the cycle of growing and storing food for all seasons.

The flowering plants hold the promise of ears of colorful “green,” or fresh, corn to eat and ears to dry on the stalk.

With gardening season in full swing, I am also energized to redouble my efforts to interplant as many row-seeded crops as possible.

Overeager and anxious to get a jump on the season, I planted a couple of my rows of corn way off line so their crooked ranks stagger, loop from left to right and back again like happy, wandering, drunks.

May 11 through 24, 2015 Mt. Washington -- With the sudden onset of unseasonably hot weather, the vegetable gardener is in a tailspin. We’ve gotten...