Cotton field! by homeschoolmom

Cotton field!

I finally found a spot to pull over and take pictures of the cotton fields near our house. The local county extension office had cotton growing beside their building, so I was able to park and walk right up to it (as opposed to stopping in the middle of the road and snapping a quick picture). I even got to touch it. Yep, it feels just like a cotton ball! LOL!
Interesting - never seen a cotton field!
October 3rd, 2014  
@quietpurplehaze I had only seen a cotton field once before, but it was picked. This is is full of cotton.
October 3rd, 2014  
Wish we had cotton fields instead of beans and sugar beet. Lovely
October 3rd, 2014  
Oh when those cotton balls get rotten
You cant pick very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home

October 3rd, 2014  
@lucypics We lived in IL, so I'm used to corn and soybeans. But here in NC, we have cotton, tobacco, sorghum, and a few plants I haven't been able to identify yet!
October 3rd, 2014  
Great shot--thanks for sharing-never seen a cotton field before:)
October 3rd, 2014  
Nicely captured!
October 3rd, 2014  
October 4th, 2014  
I keep thinking of the scene from ??? where Sally Fields is picking cotton with her children and a farm worker and their hands are bleeding from how hard it is to pick it- oh, Places in the Heart- that's the film. Wasn't crazy about the film but that scene really stuck.
October 4th, 2014  
@olivetreeann I've been wondering if they still hand pick it, or if there is a machine now.
October 4th, 2014  
@homeschoolmom I would think there's a machine. It is most likely not cost-effective to do it by hand.
October 4th, 2014  
@olivetreeann I wouldn't think so either. I can't wait to find out.
October 4th, 2014  
lovely scene
October 4th, 2014  
This is a first for me. I've never seen a cotton field before, somehow I imagined it taller. Fac
October 4th, 2014  
@jaynspain Thanks!
@ceilidh Thanks so much for the FAV! It's less than 2 feet high, probably closer to 18 inches.
October 4th, 2014  
great shot, it sure would be an awful job picking that by hand like they did
October 4th, 2014  
It looks like it goes on and on! Nice shot.
October 5th, 2014  
@lynnz Yes, up close, the plants are rather prickly.
@kwind Thanks!
October 5th, 2014  
Very nice landscape!
October 5th, 2014  
@paulam Thanks!
October 5th, 2014  
A nice broad shot
October 5th, 2014  
@digitalrn Thanks! I thought it ironic that my landscape picture is actually in portrait format! LOL!
October 7th, 2014  
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