Corn this year

Happy Gourmand · 09-03-2012, 07:24 AM

I got some of the nicest looking and best corn I ever had this Labor Day Weekend. I also got some of the worst.
The best came from Hannafords in Gilford, the sign says it was from Pearl Farm, which I believe is in Belmont or at least close by. Nice big full ears with no sign of pest damage. This was on Sunday. 5 for $1.
On Saturday, i was on my way back from boating and my wife asked me to stop at Picnic Rock Farm which is very close to where our cottage is. Upon entering the stand, I was greeted by a lady at the register and a man standing by the corn bin. Before I got to see the corn, I asked how it was and the response was "excellent", but when I approached the bin, I noticed that the tops of every piece had been cut off. The gentleman tending the bin explained that they didn't spray and some sort of summer wind from the South brought in some sort of worm/insect that got to all of his corn.I think he called them ear bud worms or something like that. As it was too late/I was too tired to go elsewhere, I decided to give it a shot....at $ .50 an ear, but WAIT, he had a bag of 16 that he would give me for half price. They were small, not fully developed and some were very irregular. They did taste OK though...not real good, but not too bad. $ .25/ear after discount.
I like to support local businesses and local farmers, even though I know that I will pay a premium at the local stands over what i pay at the supermarket. Howcome that nasty Southern Warm wind so badly affect one crop and not another just a few miles away? Could it be that Picnic Rock Farms was trying to salvage a crop that maybe should have gone into silage or otherwise destroyed?
This experience sure put a bad taste in my mouth for this local farm stand.

09-03-2012, 07:24 AM	#1
Happy Gourmand Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ruskin FL Posts: 1,027 Thanks: 188 Thanked 322 Times in 179 Posts	Corn this year I got some of the nicest looking and best corn I ever had this Labor Day Weekend. I also got some of the worst. The best came from Hannafords in Gilford, the sign says it was from Pearl Farm, which I believe is in Belmont or at least close by. Nice big full ears with no sign of pest damage. This was on Sunday. 5 for $1. On Saturday, i was on my way back from boating and my wife asked me to stop at Picnic Rock Farm which is very close to where our cottage is. Upon entering the stand, I was greeted by a lady at the register and a man standing by the corn bin. Before I got to see the corn, I asked how it was and the response was "excellent", but when I approached the bin, I noticed that the tops of every piece had been cut off. The gentleman tending the bin explained that they didn't spray and some sort of summer wind from the South brought in some sort of worm/insect that got to all of his corn.I think he called them ear bud worms or something like that. As it was too late/I was too tired to go elsewhere, I decided to give it a shot....at $ .50 an ear, but WAIT, he had a bag of 16 that he would give me for half price. They were small, not fully developed and some were very irregular. They did taste OK though...not real good, but not too bad. $ .25/ear after discount. I like to support local businesses and local farmers, even though I know that I will pay a premium at the local stands over what i pay at the supermarket. Howcome that nasty Southern Warm wind so badly affect one crop and not another just a few miles away? Could it be that Picnic Rock Farms was trying to salvage a crop that maybe should have gone into silage or otherwise destroyed? This experience sure put a bad taste in my mouth for this local farm stand.