Tag: John Barleycorn

  • The Harvest and  John Barleycorn

    The Harvest and John Barleycorn

    WE DIDN’T NEED A SCARECROW I’ve shucked a lot of corn. When I was growing up, a good portion of our garden was always devoted to growing sweet corn. We ate it, froze it, and gave most of it away. I can say without exaggeration that our corn never had bugs. Not a single ear.…