Corn Success At Last

After the disappointment at my desire to overdo the garden, I am proud to say that I harvested three delicious ears of corn today.  I picked the corn, threw it on the stove to cook and we ate it with our grilled burgers for dinner.  It was smaller than the market corn, only about 6 to 8 inches in length.  Two of the ears were pretty thin and one was thicker.  The taste was sweet, but the kernels were a bit chewy, so I am not sure if they were over-ripe or over-cooked.  I expected sweeter than ever taste, but they tasted "just like the supermarket ones, Mom".  Oh well, after four years of unsuccessful attempts to harvest corn, I am thrilled with my little ears.

The zucchini are making up for the small corn size.  I have been checking the plants daily to prevent the fruit from growing to large, but with the current heat spell they have gone crazy.  The tomatoes are ripening like crazy too.  I used my first ever Fresno Pepper in an avocado and crab salad soup.  I had to get out the ice pack because I must have wiped my nose after I cut the peppers and my face was on fire!  Next time, I will use gloves and glasses before I handle the pepper.  Who knew?  This is the adventure I had hoped it would be!!

Still waiting for the cucumbers and melons, but they look like next month's harvest at the earliest.  I do have one artichoke growing, which I am very surprised by since I thought the plant would not fruit until next year.  It is growing right out of the center of the plant.  Not sure what it is supposed to do, so I will just keep an eye on it.