Cleaning up Cornstalks

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?EUVHN 3 September 2009 Cleaning up Cornstalks
Clearing corn stalks from the garden can be difficult to reduce if they are allowed to dry. My method is to pull up the whole stalk, when still green, loosening the root with a fork. The stalks are then put through the chipper/shredder and blown onto the compost pile. In lieu of a chipper/shredder a machete and block or laying the stalks on the ground and running over them with a lawnmower does a reasonable job of reducing the stalks.