Corn Aphids & The Compost Burnout

I've been away from the garden for about a week or so, busy with work and all that.  Went out today and gave some much overdue attention to the compost operation.  It was a chore, I didn't enjoy it, each fork load felt heavy, the mess annoying... the work just plain unpleasant.  This is odd, working with my compost is one of my favorite ways to spend time in the garden, I hope this is just a temporary funk.  Bitching aside, I did toss one pile into the third bay and wet it down, hopefully it fires up. Lots of grubs for the ladies, it so great to hear their little feet beating it across the dusty yard to get the grubs.

Inspected my corn which it appears I've finally figured out how to grow correctly, at least to get it to the expected height!  Upon close inspection of the silks and tassels I found them to be infested with aphids and to a lesser extent some other pest.  I'm in the middle of pollen shed and this is the worst time to have an aphid problem, but that's what you get when you ignore your garden for a week.  I'm going to pick up some neem oil tomorrow and get in a quick treatment before it gets too hot out.  Hopefully I can knock this problem down and still have successful pollination of this crop.  Great information on pollen shed at this site:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/0128.html

To do:

1. treat corn for aphids
2. Harvest last of bush beans and preserver (freeze)
3. Rake up straw and newspaper so I can torch the vetch infestation in EW4 and EW5 - it's crazy!
4. Start fall crops, sow in flats where appropriate
5. Shred tree trimmings
6. So much more...