John anticipates this day all year, it comes in a close second to the Bacon Lettuce and Tomato season (which is imminent). Finally the big pot of boiling water is on the stove and we are all (pigs, chickens, cows and dogs as well) munching on cobs of hot corn dripping in home made butter sprinkled with pepper and salt. The simplist of perfect tastes.
Geraldine, now the boss of the turkeys is so tame. If you reach down into the run she will very delicately step into your hand. She is such a social bird. This week we will begin to build the run that comes off their house. They are old enough to come out now. But they must be kept IN. I could not bear to lose any to dogs.
Mr Flowers entertaining the garden chickens.
My garden is getting positively over grown. Luckily I like it like that.
Sheila is a lot better today, even though every time I tried to work with her foot she quietly folded it back under her belly. This may take some time. However she was up and walking ever so slowly. It is important that she keeps moving whether her feet hurt or not. She is prone to lying about way too much which is very unhealthy for such a big lass. Her back will start to hurt and her arthritis. She does not realise that she needs to move so she gives me very dirty looks when I get her up. She reminds me more and more of a sea lion lately – cast on the beach. And the less she does the less she can do so I need to get her up and about. But once she is up and walking she definitely feels better.
Our university student from Japan is coming back tomorrow for a couple of weeks. That will be fun.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farmy,
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
46 responses to “The sweetcorn is ready”
Love corn. Made grilled corn salad twice last week. Lucky you to pick and eat it in just a few hours. Glad Sheila is better. Love the sea lion comparison. 🙂
It is the signal of summer when the sweet corn is ready to go. Lovely, lovely dripping with butter and salted and peppered to perfection. Excuse me whilst I drool uncontrollably.
Yes, how did the sunflowers go? How was the F. M. yesterday? Weather here looks promising for the week. I know how Sheila feels, but you are such a good mother to her, she knows she must move about. As Misky said sitting is the new smoking.
The farmers market was lovely, I left the flowers there with the boys and have no idea how they sold.. i must catch up on that.. the food was great though.. c
Oh Celi – you mean you did not pretend to be Eliza Doolittle at Covent Garden ? Tut! Tut!
I, on the other hand, am really envious of those huge, lush white hydrangeas 🙂 I have tried several times to grow them and they always just wilt and die on me. Enjoy your corn cobs and BLT’s. Laura
Yes, I love them too!
I wish our animals understood our language so we can explain that we are trying to help them or let them know what is needed. I also can’t wait for the sweet corn. The grill is waiting!
I am wondering is there a dried mud clump in the hoof of our dear piggy? Would she let you scrap the hoof to see if there is? It could be something simple like that..sorta like a stone bruise.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Yes i have scraped it out and I think that may have helped somewhat but the nail is ripping off too. She did let me clean it though.. c
Oh, good! A start then. Now on to the hoof clippers.
nothing better than sitting in a rambunctious and overgrown garden while devouring corn on the cob. And aren’t you just the best patient mother with Sheila!
Big hugs to you and all your animals on the farmy.
We, too, are enjoying the local corn grown just over the hill. One good reason to love July! Bob’s Cobs are in, and the anticipation was palpable! Love the crunchy, pop in your mouth freshness. If only we had homemade butter to go along! YUM!!
So wonderful to see the sun in your photos!
Adore the picture of Mr Flowers fanning the chooks!
Just the sweet corn alone makes me drool. But with HOMEMADE butter? That would be heaven! At the mention of another visitor, my little nine year old friend, who often is reading this along with me, has asked if there is any news on the English exam for Fede???
And I can’t believe how fast those piglets are growing. So adorable.
I’m longing for the sweetcorn now – todays title is like an invitation: Everybody ready? Dinner’s served! – Cute, cute piglets. Beautiful little pea chick with its tiny supernice snowflake-like feathers. Will it be white like Godot? And poor Sheila: I’m so sorry for her. And you are so trying to help her – this is wonderful, Celi.
Have a very nice and sweet (corn) evening!
Have you ever had a ‘helper’ who did not want to come back the way we all do in a ‘virtual’ way? Absolutely lovely that your Japanese lass will be returning to share farmy life for another few weeks!
Am hopping mad!! Have tried to correct that ‘anomaly’ for weeks – Ok, Eha of course!
Any news from Fede?
Fede is well and working hard in Argentina.. all good