Potato Corn Chowder

I totally lucked out this year.  Mayu split a CSA basket with some friends.  For those of you who don't know, CSA is Community Supported Agriculture.  At the beginning of the planting season, you buy into a farm and each week you pick up your share of the produce at the Farmer's Market.  Even with splitting the basket, Mayu had a ton of veggies.  When she wasn't actually cooking my meals, she was sending me home with yummy produce, including massive quantities of potatoes and some corn.  What better to make than potato corn chowder?  I made it up as I went along, using what I already had in the kitchen.  Here's my recipe:

2 T butter
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup green onions, sliced
3 T flour
2 cups heavy cream
2 cups chicken stock
1 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced
1/2 cup ham, diced (or cooked, crumbled bacon if you prefer)
3 ears corn, kernels removed
extra milk for thinning, if desired

Saute garlic and green onion in butter until soft.
Add flour and stir until flour starts to color
Add about 1/2 cup cream, stirring constantly until smooth
Add about 1/2 cup chicken stock and bring to a boil, continuing to stir throughout
Add the rest of the cream and just bring to boil
Add remainder of stock, ham, and potatoes, bringing to a boil
Continue to cook until potatoes are done
Add corn and cook a few minutes more
Soup will be chunky and fairly thick.  Add milk to thin if desired.

Makes 4 - 6 servings and freezes pretty well.  I hope y'all enjoy it!