tuesy

These are such awesome pictures. Thank you! It reminds me of the movie Places in the Heart.

IBQUILTIN

Great shots, and they do remind us where our quilting fabric starts. Good job

cctx.

Come down to Robstown, Texas and you'll see more cotton growing, especially during the Spring and Summer. Drive down Highway 44 and you'll see pieces of cotton lining the entire highway on both sides of the Highway where the cotton is being transported. Robstown is about 18 miles away from Corpus Christi, Texas.

DeneK

There are huge cotton fields across from my house... They have just started harvesting. What amazes me is how much cotton is left on the bushes after they take the machines thru to harvest. Seems like such a shame. But I guess it is cost prohibitive to do it any differently.

Also, about 2 weeks ago the crop dusters sprayed defoliant so that when they harvest, all that is left are the branches with the cotton bolls.

mary quite contrary

Thanks for the info. We kept seeing crop dusters and assumed it had to have something to do with harvesting but we didn't know what.

nwm50

Isn't it neat to watch them grow and transforms into a fluff? We did peanuts 1st and then the cottons, my grandkids loves to get up close to'em and pull a few for show/tell @ school.
The peanuts were pulled first & then they went over the vines and whipped into bales for feed and all that's left is the field.

QuiltswithConvicts

Were you in the Lubbock to Seminole area? That field looks like one that wasn't irrigated, but relied on nature to help. The irrigated fields are much hardier, bigger plants and way more cotton bolls.

The cotton from the Lubbock to Seminole area isn't the premium quality needed for top notch fabric, but there are millions of uses for it anyway, like Q-tips & cotton balls. It's a rather short ataple. I agree, we need to keep on producing that cotton so we have plenty of gerige goods to send over to whereever thay send it to print and send back to us!

I could spit everytime I think of everything that is produced in China. Indonesia can keep on producing our batiks, though! :thumbup:

mary quite contrary

We were in the north west corner of the state. I don't remember exactly where we stopped. It was fun to watch the harvest though.

QuiltswithConvicts

Isn't it?

I don't understand how the cotton stays put in that large "brick" until the truck comes and what keeps it from falling apart as they load in into the truck.

Ileen

I Agree With you On That.