Corn has sprouted!

The second time was a charm! The corn from the second sowing sprouted like clockwork 2 weeks later. The trick this time was keeping the soil very moist and keeping the bed covered so the birds couldn't eat the corn.

This is Silver Queen corn - a silvery white sweet corn. I spent my childhood summers on the Maryland shore, and the road to get there wound through the farm country of the eastern shore of the Chesapeake bay. Farm stands dotted the route where you could buy peaches, watermelons, tomatoes and the unbelievably delicious Silver Queen corn.

Not sure if this southern transplant will succeed in Massachusetts. We tried it last year and, while it grew well, the corn itself was tough and inedible.

Once the corn is an inch or two taller, I will add bean seeds around the base of each stalk.