Garden

 

"Knee high by the 4th of July" - that's from the days before the hybrid varieties hit the fields. This is the corn in the front field. I took the photo a couple of days ago and it has grown a couple of inches since. It's about 5 feet tall now, meaning we're pretty much isolated here being surrounded by trees or corn and humidity. The corn being the main culprit. I worked in the garden a bit last evening and it didn't take long before I was dripping with sweat.

Speaking of which, the tomatoes, peppers and cukes are doing well. The corn and peas have taken a hit from the rabbits and/or deer. The corn is an ornamental variety that I planted on a whim from an ear I had picked two years ago. It sprouted right quick like but mostly disappeared shortly thereafter. I'm going to replant it but I doubt if it will have time to reach to maturity. The peas have a fairly short time to maturity, so I should be OK there, as long as the wildlife stays away. However, the place is lousy with rabbits this year, but the grocery store always has peas in both the frozen food department and in the canned goods aisle.

Nothing much going on otherwise - just life as I know it. It'll be cooling down this coming week, so I'll be able to resume project work both in the shop and yard work.

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Since it's the 250th anniversary of our country, you might want to watch the movie about our founding by Hillsdale College. The Missus and I went to the theatre to see it, but now it's available on You Tube.

Also, since we're talking movies, I watched This Land is Mine yesterday on TCM. The movie stars Charles Laughton as a meek school teacher living in a Nazi occupied country who is put on trial for a murder he didn't commit. I couldn't find the complete movie but I did find an audio version. If you click on the link, skip ahead to 44 minutes and you can hear Laughton addressing the court. It's not as powerful a speech as it was with the video, and it loses quite a bit of the forcefulness without the set-up, but it's quite relevant to what's happening today just the same. If you get a chance to see the whole movie, I'd suggest you do so. 

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Wishing you and America a very happy 4th of July.