Dinner Tonight!

Couscous salad with organic cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers and basil

And of course some corn from the garden!

It Doesn't Take Much...

It doesn't take much...

Only this amount of corn plants...

Yields this amount in one day's harvest...

To feed some hungry boys...

Yummy organic goodness!

Garden to table in 30 minutes!

Ears

We be eatin' corn tonight!

Despite Neglect...

Despite a lot of neglect on my part this year, my garden is producing well.  I started working part-time in the winter, and since then I have found little time for gardening.  Luckily we have gotten lots of rain this year so it made up for my neglect.

Here's today's harvest:

 Here are some side profiles of the garden this year:

Hopefully we will be able to eat the corn and okra soon!

The One That Got Away

Most families have some stories that are passed down through generations, retold at family gatherings and embellished for emphasis.  You know, the 'The fish was THIS big" type of stories.  

Well, growing up, one story that resurfaced every summer was the Corn on the Cob Dating Story.  We would eat fresh corn a lot during the summer, and inevitably we would ask my parents to retell the Corn on the Cob Dating Story.  

My mom loves corn on the cob.  Apparently, on one of my parents' first dates my mom ate tons of ears of corn.  My dad was astonished that she could put away so many.  

I initially remember the number of ears to be 10.  Over the years the number grew each time the story was told, and now when I tell the story to my kids it's at least 20 ears of corn.  

Today we harvested our first ear of corn from the garden.  This one's for you, Moppy!