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Yesterday, my character was planting beans, so, to ensure he didn't do it the wrong way, I hung out on a lot of farmers' blogs. There are some very active farming bloggers in Canada and the USA – including one who, as well as his own farm, visits others across Ontario to check out and share what they're up to. I found myself increasingly fascinated by garlic cultivation and corn growing. That's when I discovered Corn Porn.
Farmers evidently don't get out much (well farms do tend to be a bit of a tie) so one or two have developed a line in farm related humour. They shared some fascinating photographs to explain the reproductive processes of corn (or as one described it - "gratuitous cornography". It's all about tassels (male) and silks (female). I went back later to find one of the posts, called 'Corn Porn', and hadn't bookmarked it, so I typed corn porn into Google only to discover there's a whole different way to use those corn cobs. I don't think that's ever going to make it into any of my books!
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