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dollars per ear.” He laughed and laughed. He thinks he is

so funny. He said he buys his corn at the farmer’s market

at 3 ears for a dollar. We’ll see who’s laughing when I

have corn fresh off my patch, and he is still buying his

picked days in advance. And I won’t share a single ear

with him. Well, maybe just one so he can see what he is

missing Then I’ll have the last laugh. Ha.

August 23 - I didn’t lose any corn last night, of

course, there is none ripe right now, but I think my fence

must be working. I didn’t touch it or anything to find out.

I’m not sure how a person goes about checking if an

electric fence is working. My neighbor suggested I just

wire it to 220 and fry their little hides. I told him raccoons

were cute little animals, and I don’t want to hurt them, just

make them know they aren’t welcome. I can’t believe

anybody would consider hurting such cute animals.

August 25 - I got hit again. I just had a few ears

starting to ripen, and the furry little critters came. They

took another couple dozen ears, but I still have lots. They

are quite smart. They pushed some of my potatoes over

and shorted out the fence. But I dug out the row of

potatoes closest to the fence so they can’t do it again. My

neighbor brought over some corn he bought at the farmer’s

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