How to Grow Sweetcorn - Corn on the Cob from the Garden
How to Grow Your Own Sweet Corn in Your Kitchen Garden
Possibly it’s just me but corn on the cob suggests more exotic origins than the UK - but check this out for a fabulous lunch
2 corn on the cobs from plant to plate in 10 minutes !
There’s little more satisfying than harvesting your own vegetables and turning them into a delicious feed.
The other day saw the Goldeneye nosebag well and truly in place in preparation for my first ever home-grown sweetcorn.
They’re incredibly easy to grow and need little or no care. I dotted mine around gaps in other plants ensuring only they all were in a spot that gets some sun.
Mother nature did the rest and eventually supplied two cobs per plant, non failed !
Here’s what the finished thing looked like.
My Own Sweetcorn
I do believe there really is a great deal to be had from growing some vegetables yourself - I’ve yet to meet anybody who has started it then got bored and gave it up - that must mean something.
The whole process is incredibly therapeutic from the very preparation of beds and the actual cooking - it’s never felt like a chore to me.
Days like this one when you can just pick two corn on the cobs, straight into boiling water for 8 minutes or so then serve really do feed the soul as well as stomach.
It’s not much I suppose, no big deal, hardly earth-shattering but somehow it made the day.
There’s much to be found, and ultimately gained, in simple pleasures - I’m finding so much in life which seems either unseen or ignored by so many . . . makes you think !
Organically Yours
Rod
Little Brother said,
October 17, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
Rod,
Looks great! How did you grow your own sweetcorn?
LB
Amiguru said,
October 17, 2009 @ 5:09 pm
Well done Rod,
Fine pair you have there. I have grown sweetcorn in the past as well as most other things. Among the many hats I wear is Professional Gardener. I worked in Peoples Park in the mid to late sixties and have been an amateur from about the age of 8.
Locally, (here), my main claim to fame is my annual crop of Kiwifruits grown out of doors. Kiwis are dioecious so need one plant of each gender for successful fruit production. My pair had a record crop last year of 783 fruits and this year’s crop looks equally promising. I shall be harvesting next month as a bit of cold weather concentrates the sugars. they are then kept in a cold conservatory and they last me and my family, friends and colleagues until about April. Extremely rich in vitamin C too.
regards,
Neville
Rod said,
October 17, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
Neville,
you never cease to amaze !
The kiwi is a real surprise to me, I would never have imagined it possible to grow them in England - I also cannot get my head around the yield - just amazing !
Well Played Sir - take 7 man points !
Cheers
Rod
Amiguru said,
October 17, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
Thankyou kind sir,
That’s what everyone says but the sunniest place, (hours of sunshine per annum), in the UK is only about 3 miles away from here. I can e-mail pics of last years crop and indeed this years which is still on the vine, if evidence is required. They are totally pest free as a crop and the flowers are pretty as well as the large leaves. I would recommend them to anyone who has the climate, AND THE SPACE as they are like pythons squirming all over the place with 30 ft. of growth per annum if allowed to run riot. They keep crossing my garage roof and attacking my neighbour as well as trying to climb over the outside of my conservatory and onto the roof
Neville
Rod said,
October 17, 2009 @ 7:36 pm
Neville,
sounds very impressive and evidence is not required from such an esteemed personage
Happy Harvesting
Rod