Hehe, welcome to the club! Raised beds are awesome, and the trellises just add to the fun. We use fence posts to stand most of our trellises upright. We plant corn rows on either side of a trellis. As the corn grows we also plant peas in the bed as a companion plant. They climb up the corn and the peas' root system gives the corn plants a bit of a boost. It's not unusual to see MASSIVE corn in our gardens. Sometimes we end up lashing the corn/peas to the trellises with sisal twine. We've had corn hit 28' tall, with up to 5 ears per plant. (not small ears either, 8" -13" ) Cukes, beans, and some melons love trellises too. We even set our tomatoes up this way as well. I like the hoop system you showed. It works great for beans, peas, cukes, gourds, grapes.... I bet your corn would jump if you planted some peas or beans with it right now. It's not too late
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Wow! That corn sounds amazing!... perhaps we could work out a trade for some seeds!
I've got red, green, rainbow, various popcorns, and others too! Those photos look great!
pics are from a garden of ours back in 2009. mid jun and early july. *no chemical fertilizers, just compost / tea
Nice, I like rabbit manure, compost, and fish emulsion myself! Got some experiments going on right now.