This past spring, for a number of reasons, I decided to plant a garden. So now, at long last, after 2 1/2 months of watering, weeding, and daily inspection and monitoring, I get to enjoy the first taste of food that I had a hand in growing.

For dinner this evening, I boiled a gigantic vat of water and dropped into it 2 fresh-off-the-stalk ears of corn, the greatest vegetable on this here God’s green earth, in my humble opinion. From picking to water was about 5 minutes. Then, a generous slathering of butter and the result is the tastiest corn-on-the-cob I’ve ever had in my life, as well as the freshest.

Now if only I can salvage about 4 or 5 more ears before the squirrels/deer/racoons/birds or whatever other animal it is that’s found a 24-hour buffet in my modest backyard garden returns. (More than 3/4 of the ears have been pealed back and eaten!)

Just look at that yellow, corn goodness…