Sweet Corn for Sale!

This was the first summer that Seamus grew sweet corn on our family Farm. It was a small corner of a field but it was something. Seamus has been talking about growing and selling sweet corn for years so it was exciting to actually try his idea out. Our plan is to eventually have our kids take charge of selling the sweet corn to learn responsibility, money earning, handling and budgeting. All the profit went to them. I was so impressed with Kieren's hard work when we picked the corn. I won't forget how he ran from the field to the truck with hands full of corn as he dripped sweat off his forehead in 90 degree weather. That kid was so dedicated to earning some money for school supplies and clothes. Unlike my son, Vivian did a great job complaining about how hot and tired she was. 

Overall, I would say that we had a successful year. Kids and myself tried selling corn by the dozen downtown and only sold a couple. I don't think I'll agree to do that again. That was quite an experience. We didn't sell much for the amount of time we spent hanging out and advertising our fresh corn sign. It was a good learning experience and the kids were so well behaved for not having much to do. However, we did sell quite a few dozen to our school district employees, some friends and family businesses. A brother in law that lives in Spokane took orders from his work employees and we were able to sell over 40 dozen. Even though, it took hours to pick the corn we were happy to get some business.  Our family made a trip out of it and delivered the corn to Spokane. We also donated 20 dozen of corn to our school district. Seamus is on the local school board and wanted to help support the welcome back to school BBQ. We are looking forward to growing sweet corn next year. We will be taking orders once again in August 2018 and unlike this year, I will be organizing a sweet corn 5k fun run next September at our local town Community Days celebration. I hope this event can be a start of a Community Days tradition.