With a break in the weather we were able to get a lot of planting done. Like most Illinois farms, we are way behind in getting seed in the ground. While the garden plants should do fine, the corn fields may be in trouble. Most of the corn takes 100-120 days to fully mature from seed to harvest. The issue is not having enough time on the back end to fully finish the growing season before the first frost in the fall. If it is an early frost then the corn plant dies and the maturing process stops with a lot of work left undone. Luck for us I have a feed store on speed dial!
