Sweet Corn

Sweet corn became available Saturday afternoon and we tried a dozen ears. About half of the ears were under-developed but the rest of it was as good as sweet corn gets. Since our standby outlet closed a couple years ago, only marginal corn has been available. It is unclear whether there will be enough good sweet corn available to put some up.

Our area, like most of the upper Midwest, is under drought conditions. This complicates farming with a residual effect on folks like us who rely on farmers for sweet corn. We aren’t going to go hungry.

I caught a deer in my tomato patch yesterday. When it saw me coming, it attempted to jump over the eight foot fence. It got caught and ended up bending the fence over to make its escape. The fencing system implemented this year is not working, although I am getting more exposure to deer behavior. Next year it will be better.

I delivered my spouse of 40+ years to her sister’s home on Sunday. They are preparing for a move after closing on a home at the end of the month. She will be gone for about two weeks, although these things are never certain. I reverted into some form of myself I don’t quite recognize. The main characteristics of this are changes in eating habits (spicier), and a weird feeling of loneliness when I realize no one else is home.

I’ve been preparing an editorial calendar for the 23 posts I will make on Blog for Iowa in August. I have outlines for half a dozen so far and feel there will be no shortage of topics. The trick is to make them relevant to August 2023. I’m not sure what exactly that means during the resurgence of Republican state governance. Well, I do, but I can’t post every day about what the Biden administration is doing.

It is hard to miss that Elon Musk directed Twitter to become X. It’s probably for the best as it drove me to become more of a lurker than a poster in social media. What am I worried about? Here’s a definition of media addiction:

Social media behavioral addiction is defined by being overly concerned about social media, driven by an uncontrollable urge to log on to or use social media, and devoting so much time and effort to social media that it impairs other important life areas.

The Addiction Center website.

Musk X’d that out.

Soon I’ll harvest the rest of the red cabbage, celery and potatoes. Arrival of sweet corn is a sign we’ve turned to corner of the gardening season. As long as deer don’t eat the entire tomato crop there will be plenty to do in our kitchen garden. I’m ready for it.