All along the Bigfork River at this time of year, the corn is setting on ears and the local coon population is putting a pot of water on the stove in preparation for the big feed. It's always amazed me how you can look at a garden full of almost ripe corn in just the same way a raccoon does. Who wants to eat corn that isn't quite ripe, not even coons.
So we plot and plan on how we can beat the coons to the corn. Aside from staying awake all night sitting in the garden with a shotgun, there's just not much we can do. Sometimes we'd just like them to take what they want if they'd just save us a little.
At this time of year on a hot day, you can stand in a corn field and actually hear it growing. It makes a kind of rustling sound and farmers say it sounds like "Money". I guess it does.
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