Plant the corn in blocks at least three rows wide, with a minimum row length of 8 feet. Space rows about 18 inches apart in the block. Within each row, sow four or five seeds one inch deep in “hills” ...

If sweet corn is part of your Fourth of July tradition, here's what you need to know about finding it around the Des Moines ...

When growing sweet corn next to field corn, it makes sense to plant a variety of sweet corn that pollinates at a different time than the field corn to avoid cross-pollination.

Indigenous peoples originally cultivated corn's wild ancestor, teosinte, over 9,000 years ago in what is now Mexico.That corn, called maize, was more similar to field corn, as sweet corn wasn’t ...