SRS- The corn probably needs to be hilled to keep it upright. As for mineral oil, it's dribbled down into the center of each ear "tip" into the corn silk. An eyedropper works well.

We're picking snow peas, sugarsnaps and lettuce, with cherry tomatoes as they ripen. We are glad to have the potatoes that wintered over for our meals. The spring-planted potatoes will be ready in another month or so. We have one more batch of sprouted potatoes that I'll plant for wintering over. The potato beetles and Japanese beetles emerged late thanks to the rain, and so far I'm able to keep up with them. The biggest veggie garden is about half-way finished in terms of the pathways being mulched with sawdust and shavings on top of newspaper.

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