Knee High By the 4th of July

My grandparents live in Iowa--so I'd like to think I'm fairly familiar with corn. I'm always checking the corn at the store before buying it--and often get asked how to find a good ear. Here I am with my sisters after picking corn in Iowa while I was pregnant with Ethan.

Anyway--so there's a saying that for a good growing season corn should be "knee high by the 4th of July." This is the first year I've planted corn--but so far it looks good!

Here's how the rest of the garden is doing:

the tomatoes

the zuchinni

the pumpkin

Happy 4th of July! How blessed we are to live in this country!