For the last couple years we have been the beneficiary of some manpower help from our neighbors at Kraft. Peter Brown who is on the board of the Friends of Wagner Farm brings some co-workers over to the farm and we work on different projects that we need help with. For the last two years we have had a very special job that our friends have gotten really good at, harvesting broom corn. Few people know that brooms actually come from a plant that very much resembles the common corn plant. The difference is instead of developing a ear of corn with seeds on it the broom corn has seeds randomly attached to straws that come out of the top of the plant. To get material to make brooms with you have to cut off the head of the plant where the straws are. Once the harvest is done then you dry the heads and remove all the seeds. With the crazy pace going on here at the Farm it was so nice to have the extra help from our friends at Kraft. So thank you very much!!!
