Reaping Dinner from the Garden

Stepped out the back door the other night and into the garden to collect a few ingredients for my dinner. The garden is producing some yumminess! For my casserole, I harvested a couple of eggplants, a few potatoes and some basil. Muy delicioso!

I also picked some corn. Although sweet, the ears are pretty small and, um, have issues. Anyone know what causes this and how to make it better for next year?