This ear of corn sticking out through the corn crib slats won’t be full of kernels as soon as the blue jays and squirrels spot it.
Ear of Corn
Picture of the Day for December 12, 2023
The nice December weather has allow farmers to get the crops without several feet of snow hindering the harvest.
Corn Picked
Picture of the Day for January 29, 2021
The squirrels like to visit my bird feeders, but they also raid the corn crib at the farm and it is interesting to watch them trying to drag a whole ear of corn away.
Squirrel Treats
Picture of the Day for November 26, 2019
Ahead of the predicted snow storm, farmers were busy trying to harvest corn before the fields are buried in snow.
Shelled Corn
Picture of the Day for November 28, 2018
There are still some corn fields not harvested yet, but even though the corn stalks might be standing yet, there are many bare cobs where the various critters have helped themselves to a snack of corn kernels. The yield will continue to go down as more cobs are eaten by hungry critters.
Bare Corn Cob
Picture of the Day for August 4, 2018
Some of the corn silk are still soft and creamy color in the corn less mature, while other corn has silks which are turning brown already. The silks often look similar to my hairdo in the morning and I guess they follow some human hairs. Soft and light at birth, darkening with age and then turning brittle and falling out.
Corn Silks
Picture of the Day for November 14, 2017
The damp, misty day prevented some harvesting of crops today and since the sun was not out shining bright, this old barn might have provided some dry shelter for critters.
Waiting Harvest
Picture of the Day for August 10, 2017
The sweet corn is ripening as August days roll on into the late summertime, which bring out the raccoons and deer to feast on it and sometimes they don’t leave much to harvest. And even the field corn that is harvested will have critters going after it, like squirrels and even birds, like this blackbird stealing kernels of corn.
Kernel Thief
Picture of the Day for August 2, 2017
With the weather this spring, a lot of the corn wasn’t “knee high by the 4th of July”, but now most of the corn stalks were over my head and it is tasseling and silking. And the corn silks look like a hair wig as the silks blow in the wind. There is one silk for each potential kernel of corn, and if a silk doesn’t get pollinated, then there will be a missing kernel.
Corn Silk
Picture of the Day for December 3, 2016
With the colder days, the squirrels are a constant nuisance on my bird feeder and there was no close corn field nearby this year for them to eat cob corn so they like my bird seed instead.
Corn for Squirrels
