It’s day 91 and we are starting to see some fruit from all the laboring.

While only a few stalks grew this year , it probably wasn’t enough to get some ears of corn to grow. Corn is a self pollinating plant and to get enough corn for consumption you need about 4 acres of corn. While I’ve seen some ears start to grow on some of our stalks, another culprit may prevent a yield of corn this year: rabbits have been spotted in our garden and have so far eaten all of our green beans and sweet peas (which were located in the elevated bed). Some of the more fruitful corn stalks have been bent over as if something were laying down in the center of the three sisters. Time will eventually show if any yield is possible this year.

Spanish black beans and pinto beans have been harvested from the garden this year. While it’s been a paltry amount , it’s enough to excite our children. We have found some more growing but we have taken the drying then pick approach.

Squash, as you can see from the photo, has completely taken over our garden.
We have a pumpkin growing near our fence line and some buds for pumpkins, butternut squash and spaghetti squash growing up as well. I’m happy to report that numerous honey bees have been pollinating all of our flowers this year as opposed to the overall paucity of last year.

I’m hoping that we will be able to harvest more next month, so please stay tuned!