Edmonton Corn Maze

Last weekend "the Eng" and I headed out to the Edmonton Corn Maze for some fun. I had been to the Corn Maze at Lacombe before, but never to the Edmonton one.

There is so much to do at the Edmonton Maze. There is a little petting zoo, peddle bike races, a large pillow bouncer and of course popcorn!

It took us about 2 hrs to go through the maze and complete all 10 check points.

Corn in Alberta is not a very popular crop to grow. Our growing season is more suited towards canola, wheat, barley and oats. Most of the corn that is grown in central Alberta will be used for animal feed rather then human consumption. The exception is in southern Alberta where you can find the Taber corn!

Our corn does not grow to be as tall or the stalk as thick as it does other places. Crystal has been doing a Corn Report, and this is what the corn looked like on the same weekend in Iowa.

This is the corn in Alberta

This is the corn in Iowa

Farming- Part 7

The fall harvest is in full swing after a week of great weather. This helps the farmers get their crops dried and ripened to be able to harvest. 

The canola crops are starting to come down into swaths. They will lay on the ground until the seeds inside the pods have ripened. The seeds will become black and the oil will no longer be green.

There is also lots of machinery in the fields and on the road. Grain trucks, swathers, combines, and tractors will be doing the harvest, and moving between fields. Watch for these in your area, and where you are driving for these pieces of machines.

The cereal grain crops are also well in harvest. They are taking the crops down with combines. The combines cut the stock, and then take the seed away from the stock. The seed is then stored until a grain truck comes to take the grain away. The stalk is then left behind in rows called swaths. These swaths will be baled up eventually and used as straw for animals.