Combine trying to pick the cotton off those short stalks.
Cotton just did not grow high this year, no rain to amount to much.
Waiting to bale it up.
One bale!!
Normally there at least three bales from these fields up here.
Glad I did not hang out wash today;-)
Cutting the stalks.
Soon they will plant no till Winter Wheat.
All gone!
interesting, is that field yours, I can see you now making your own fabric from that big bale of cotton, lol
ReplyDeleteWe had a dry summer too. I don't know how the crops were but I know there isn't much left of my flowerbeds now. Pretty much everything is brown and dead from lack of rain. Good thing is everything will come back next spring!
ReplyDeletei think there was trouble here with all the crops, too...usually the area has the best watermelons and cantalopes and this year, not many and what they had was not good. Hopefully, this next year is better. It seemed odd with the WET horrible winter we had that we'd then go into such DRY conditions, ya know?
ReplyDeleteWe pass cotton fields on our way to the Sparta Hilton! They amaze me. I sure wish we had more rain. We sure need it.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting to see it harvested! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI have lived in the south most of my life, but have yet to get out and touch a cotton field. What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteStepdaughter lives near a bunch of fields off Hwy 41 in TN. I may just have to go cotton hunting. I've seen those fields when the cotton is white and fluffy -- looks beautiful.
Harvesting reminds me of when we were stationed in England. We lived in a Farmhouse with fields all around worked regularly.
ReplyDeleteHopefully next summer will be better - more rain - but not too much.
ReplyDeleteSo much for the field trip. Maybe next year! L,A-
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! Reminds me of driving by the cotton fields in Bakersfield CA as kids. And to think this is where all us quilter's craziness starts!
ReplyDeleteThe cotton fields seem a little skimpy around here, too. Usually at this time the fields are white and then there are little cottom balls all along the road on the way to wherever they take it. Here in South AL it is either cotton or peanuts.
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