Growing Corn

Saving corn seeds is a cost-effective and organic way to get seeds for next year's crop. Once you know the process for saving seeds for one type of corn, you can apply it to any type of corn. This...

Corn is a crop associated with farming and the summer growing season. The tall, green stalks are impressive, and the ears of corn the plant produces are delicious. If you would like to grow some...

While storing seed from the previous year's crop delights any independent-minded gardener, saving and storing corn seed presents special challenges. Corn is notorious for cross-pollinating with...

Most people who grow their own corn not only reap the obvious benefits of free, fresh produce, but they also gain some satisfaction from nurturing and caring for the plants from the time they are...

This article will tell you how to plant corn in your garden for best results.

Popcorn is one of the most popular snacks in America, but very few popcorn-lovers understand how the food they love to eat is made. Popcorn comes from the Zea Mays Everta variety of corn and is...

Most of us have only seen popcorn in a bag or jar at the grocery store. Even gardeners who grow sweet corn may have never thought about trying to grow one of America's favorite snacking foods:...

Today cornfields are huge and mostly farmed by conglomerates. However, even the smallest garden can produce some golden ears of corn. Growing corn doesn't have to just take place in large...

More than any other vegetable, corn tastes best when you pick it, then rush it straight to boiling water. That's because its sugar turns to starch in the blink of an eye. Corn needs hot weather,...