A few pests can create problems for corn growers. Crows and other birds may peck the ground and steal the seeds before or as they germinate. Use a row cover secured with pins, soil, or rocks to ...

Sweet corn harvested fresh from the home garden and cooked soon afterward is one of life’s great treats. If you have never had that experience, now is the time to plant sweet corn in the garden. Sweet ...

From July through late September, corn is king. You’ll find this fresh, sweet treat at every grocery store and farmers market, and on restaurant and home menus alike. That said, not all corn is ...

Sweet corn fresh from the garden makes a tasty addition to a summer picnic, but gardeners need to plant sweet corn soon to enjoy this tasty treat throughout the summer. In this article, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent cool weather and rainy days may have prevented gardeners from planting sweet corn by the recommended start dates of early ...

Finding sweet corn at a roadside stand or farmers market is one of the best treats of summer. Every year, growers try new hybrid varieties to tempt their shoppers to buy more. I look hard for older, ...

Here we find ourselves in the middle of sweet corn season — what a treat! But while the ears in the grocery store bins may sometimes be labeled with where they’re grown —Brentwood, for instance, or by ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Hard to believe Memorial Day weekend is coming up. A salute to all of our military veterans and their families. Thank You! Originally called Decoration Day ...

Early varieties of sweet corn were sweet because of the action of a sugar-inducing gene (su) located on a particular chromosome in its genome. Several new mutants have been identified in recent years ...

Recent cool weather and rainy days may have prevented gardeners from planting sweet corn by the recommended start dates of early to mid-May. But you can still plant by June 15 to enjoy sweet corn late ...

Finding sweet corn at a roadside stand or farmers market is one of the best treats of summer. Every year, growers try new hybrid varieties to tempt their shoppers to buy more. This year, you might see ...