Knee High on the Fourth of July

It's our Independence Day today. Regular readers will remember that I've posted quite a few pictures of the soybean field behind my new yet soon-to-be-former house, so I thought you might appreciate seeing what it looks like today. The soybeans are alternated with corn, and this year's a corn year, so it's now a cornfield.

There's an old Farmer's Almanac saying that the corn should be "knee high by the Fourth of July," so (being as I'm a reviewer), tests were conducted:

And sure enough.

Anyway, just wanted to wish my fellow Americans a Happy Fourth of July! Hope you have a good day, wherever you are.

Mike

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[Bob]

My father used that same expression when I was a kid (50s). But around these parts in SW Ohio I have been watching over the years and it is usually more like waist high or higher by the Fourth of July.

[Dave Jenkins]

I've seen better knees on cypress trees. :o)

[hugh crawford]

No no no, you need an elephant!

http://www.thefieldposition.com/2012/07/todays-corn-is-as-high-as-an-elephants-eye/

[Matt Miller]

Here in central Iowa, most of the corn is already over five feet tall. I've lived here all my life and it gets taller, quicker every year. Corn is a big deal and they sure have figured out how to modify it. I've been saying "chest high by the Fourth of July" for years. Time to change it to "nose high".

[Roger Bradbury]

We used to say, referring to something or someone, like a child, that wasn't very tall, "Knee high to a high knee"

Which of course means nothing...