Category Archives: Uncategorized

This was the only thing that kept me going. It was what I looked forward to after finishing a long row in the hot sun. It was my motivation to keep going. I am talking about the snacks. The snacks were amazing! Every day, one of the chores that one of the detasselers had, eachContinue reading “The SNACKS!”

Stretching curfew is probably something that most of us teens would be familiar with. The midnight curfew at detasseling was one of the more strict rules set in place by the older detasselers out of respect for Greg and Barb. The rule was that you had to be on the house porch by midnight, andContinue reading “Curfew??”

So this blog is going to be a little different than the rest… It’l be more of an explanation of something I greatly love, and something that brought all the girls together at the end of the day. At the end of the day, everyone is tired and groggy for the most part. Despite that,Continue reading “Midnight Cereal”

You might think that working in the sweltering heat, torrential rain, lightning storms, and freezing drizzles would not be fun… Well you are 100% correct! It is NOT fun at all. Hard core stinks. It honestly makes you wonder who in their right mind would ever sign up for this. There was one field inContinue reading “The CURSED Field”

At detasseling, pranks are a big deal. Like a BIG deal. Brainstorming pranks was one of the first things we did when all the girls arrived. Throughout my time at detasseling, there were three big pranks… two of which were from the guys, and one being revenge from us girls. Prank #1 Before I goContinue reading “The Fun Part: PRANKS!”

After training day, detasseling didn’t seem that bad. However, I was much mistaken about the amount of effort this job took. On our first day alone, we all loaded onto the bus ready and eager for our first day of work. I was nervous, but it was an excited nervous at the same time. IContinue reading “Alone in The Corn…”

For the first day in the field, it’s a training/refreshing day. All the first-years were paired up with one third-year or two second-years to train them. Honestly, when I first got to the cornfield, I had absolutely no idea what we would be doing. I knew that we were pulling tassels, but I didn’t knowContinue reading “TRAINING DAY!”

Many people might think, “who in their right mind would go live with 50 strangers for 3 weeks?” Well, I would! Except not everyone was a stranger. Along with me was one of my best friends, and cousin, Katie Beth. We were both first years, meaning this would be our first time going down toContinue reading “The Beginning…”