Before you toss those corn cob husks, consider this: there's a simple way to harness their nitrogen and carbon to give your ...

Growing corn in your garden isn’t difficult with warm weather, lots of sun, and plenty of space. Sweet corn (Zea mays) is a fast grower, developing tall stalks with bright green leaves. One corn plant ...

Cookouts and garden parties need sides that can handle heat, passing plates, and people coming back for seconds.

A Three Sisters garden turns an ordinary backyard patch into one of the smartest planting systems around. Corn shoots upward like a living trellis, beans climb those sturdy stalks, and squash spreads ...

Quintessentially American: corn- whether dent, sweet, pop or flint- is part of our cultural identity and essential to our economy. Illinois is the heart of the Corn Belt and State Fair time is a good ...

Corn is the only easy-to-harvest and use backyard grain. With a little effort and a raised bed space only four feet by four feet, you can produce 16 or more ears of outstanding food. Here's how: There ...

In this Aug. 27, 2013 photo, these ears of sweet-tasting, bi-color corn were grown from seed in containers inside a hobby greenhouse near Langley, Wash. The Burpee's "On Deck" corn matured in a little ...

Nothing tastes better than homegrown corn, but, because of its demand for space, sweet corn has traditionally belonged to the domain of large country gardens. Sweet corn plants usually produce only ...

Growing corn in a small backyard plot is totally doable if you plan carefully and give the plants what they need to thrive. Corn loves full sun, fertile soil and regular watering, but is also ...