He still is actively maintaining his garden in Avon. In fact, corn is his favorite thing to grow in the garden. Dad used to grow corn, tomatoes and grapes back in the teens and twenties. Linda confirmed that Jim is a real corn-eater. Jim continued me on the tour of the garden and I asked him what was the hardest thing about gardening.
Weeds seem to grow whether it's hot, cold, wet or dry.
This area we live in is especially warm. Just down the hill by the highway, almost nothing will grow, it's too cold. You can be riding a horse, bicycle or motorcycle and when we are getting near home, you can always tell. The air warms as we near the house. Jim's dad was instrumental in getting the water system at the homestead installed.