Country Lore: Protect Your Corn from Critters

By William Woys Weaver

Ears of corn can be protected from raccoons and squirrels by wrapping the ears with reinforced packing tape. Circle the ear with the tape about 2 inches below the tip. Then wrap the ear to the stalk so the critters can’t pull it down. (Do not wrap the tape so tightly that the corn cannot expand properly in the husk.)