Popular corn maze goes political

COLUMBIA — There wasn’t a pick-your-own pumpkin patch at the Shryocks Callaway Farms this year, but it had no effect on the popularity of the farm’s main feature, the life-size corn maze.

Debbie Shryock said the wet weather conditions in the spring not only prevented the farm from planting the pumpkin seeds but also resulted in a late planting of corn and beans.

“There was a point when we wondered if we could even get the corn planted,” Shryock said.

Fortunately, the Shryocks were able to grow the corn, and throughout the month of October when the leaves of corn usually turn brown the leaves at the farm’s corn maze were still a vibrant green.

“In the long run, it paid off to grow the corn later,” Shryock said.