Posted by NW Ohio Tim on August 25, 2011 at 07:59:34 from (76.76.36.32):
In Reply to: O/T Shocking Corn posted by fergienewbee on August 25, 2011 at 07:40:16:
I'm far from an old timer, but when I was a kid, my dad showed me how they used to do it back in the day.
They would take 4 stalks in 2 rows, bend them over and twist them together crosways to make a little domed frame (kind of like a modern dome tent poles). I remember him telling me they could never build good shocks after the European Corn Borer arrived because the stalks would break instead of bend. Anyhoo, after that frame was made, you just cut and stand the stalks up to make your shock. He said a shock built that way would never blow over in the wind.
I make two shocks in our garden sweetcorn patch every fall just to keep the memory alive.... reminds me of dad everytime I do it. I was probably about 10 when he showed me.
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