Instead of measuring the height of our corn yesterday we decided to go to the Bridgewater Fair. We're glad we did!
We bumped into Mr. Halas. Mr. Halas was a great resource to us when we were first starting our experiement. We got to briefly tell him how well the corn is doing. He was happy for us.
Then in the judging tent we saw this:
It's corn from Larson's farm. We wondered: how could they be entering corn into the fair for judging when we saw their fields full of weeds?
Later on we bumped into one of our Mom's friends, she had the answer. She said that the field of weeds we saw is where Larson's grew cattle corn, not the sweet stuff we like to eat. Apparently they're growing the sweet stuff elsewhere as they can be found at the New Milford Farmers Market on weekends. Mom said she'll try to arrange for us to visit the Farmers Market.
Tomorrow is an important date. Based on our calculations we'll be able to pick ears off one of the varieties of corn we've been growing: the Japanese Hulless Popcorn. Does this mean we'll try popping it right away? No. We plan on picking just one ear to see how ready it is. Then we'll have some more research to do on how to dry it so that later on we can pop it. Our Aunt was telling us there is a place that sells popping corn right on the ear -- just stick it into the microwave and watch it pop right off the ear! That sounds really cool! We hope we can do something like that with our popcorn.
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