When it is time to harvest the broom corn, the plants are tabled. Tabling is when the stalks of the broom corn are bent over, about 30″ from the ground, towards the next row in a diagonal direction. As the stalks are bent over the next row, it creates the look of a table top in the field. Tabling allows the tassels to stay straight as they continue to lengthen and help prevent birds from eating the seeds in the tassels.
This past week, the BHHA finished tabling our rows of broom corn in our historic garden by the Albert Krans Livery Stable Museum. Our plan is to use some of the tassels to make fall decorations that will be for sale at the Colony Store and then use the rest to decorate the town for Jordruksdagarna.
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