I don't mean to be critical, but after enjoying your post Tea for the Tillerman I'm a little surprise to see you working the compost and fertilizer into the soil by hand instead of running the tiller down the row.
I hadn't heard the proverb before, but it is so true. Of course for us, it always seemed the raccoons and squirrels were the greatest threat to our golden treasure.
All criticism expected and respected. Fortunately we had tilled this garden during the making of Tea for the Tillerman, so working it in by hand was relatively easy.
Although not that important for the corn, we have left enough space between crops to use the tiller for weed control and we'll probably do a video on that when it's time to weed!
Squirrels are fast and raccoons love the cover of darkness. Have you found a way to keep these critters at bay?
My Dad used to say the best way was a yard full of kids at play and having the dog pen next to the corn patch. But now the kids have all grown and our old dog Sam passed many years ago. So Dad gave up growing corn just to feed the squirrels and now buys it from the road side stands which fortunately are still abundant around here.