It is Cotton Pickin Time
It is Cotton Pickin Time the cotton gets picked.
Here in Georgia cotton is being harvested and baled up. Plus it is Pecan harvest time here as well.
Georgia ranked 2nd in the U.S. in cotton planted acres and 4th in number of bales produced.
● Cotton is the most widely grown row crop in Georgia.
● Georgia had 1.29 million cotton acres planted and produced an average yield of 675 lb/A.
● Georgia produced 1.8 million bales of cotton.
● Market value of production reached $406.08 million in.
Texas is the #1 producer of cotton, about 40% of the product grown there.
We camped at a spot here in Georgia where the owner had dozens of pecan trees around the campground. They had already been harvested but there were still hundreds of them on the ground and he said we can have all we wanted of those. So we picked a grocery bag full of them to take with us. They are so good.
This campground is near Glenville Georgia and if you are ever in that area they have a pecan factory right in town where folks can sell there pecans no matter what size bag you bring in, they will buy them. But they also roast them here and cover them with chocolate, Carmel. You name it they make it and sell it at a little store in front of the factory.
This is a cotton ball, when it is ripe it splits open and the cotton emerges.
It is Cotton Pickin Time, Have a great weekend.
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Southern snow!
Yes, this is their snow. 🙂
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Are they really strict about littering at those camp grounds ?
Keep it clean, boys.
Boxing day isn’t here yet !
Have you ever, seen a hawk flying away with a claw full of cigarette butts……?
Is it midnight pumpkin ?
Thank you Sandra. Most informative. I have spent time in Georgia. It’s a great place. I found the people to be very friendly. One time I was in Macon traveling west to leave. I went to a convenience store and there were a couple of bikers outside. I struck up a brief conversation with them. One dude had an American flag bandana on his head if memory served. I had asked about a certain highway I needed to transition to up ahead and he gave me some directions. When I told them I was from Texas he said, “We’re sorry.” We had a good laugh.
Yes, I find the folks to be very friendly and helpful when in need of advice on things. We are going to get the cold weather this coming weekend down here also. I see oranges on trees still, hopefully they make it.
Well this was a cotton pickin’ good time reading this post. I was surprised when I guessed wrong on the black walnut the other day. Very interesting how they harvest the cotton. Also interesting about the pecans. I can remember going to Florida and thru the Southern states years ago and seeing signs for Stuckeys famous pecans … they would show pictures of pecan candies and pecan pie and then tell how many miles to the next Stuckeys. I think it might have been in Georgia when we went to Florida in 1972, but I think I’ve seen them other routes when I was younger.
We picked a big bag of pecans off of the ground, they are so good and fresh off a tree is even better.
I see pecan pie in the cards for you Sandra. 🙂 And Georgia has its peanut farms (I think – I am thinking about Prez Jimmy Carter’s peanut farm). I got a funny photo this Summer at the Henry & Clara Ford Estate. Though I didn’t see a single walnut on the ground (probably thanks to the squirrels), this is a very old tree and a sign said “don’t stand under the tree due to falling walnuts” – I will probably use it for a Wordless Wednesday post sometime.
That would make a great post. 🙂
I think so too … I think I took a picture underneath to show it was bare on the ground.
Almost looks like snow
Yes, the fields are very pretty this time of year.
Fantastic.
Thank you Peter 😉
You sure have an interesting journey!
It is Marland, my entire life I lived in the Midwest and never traveled much at all. Everyday there is something new to see on this journey. 😊
I like it!
💜 I also remembered “cotton pickin’ varmints!!!” in certain cartoons EveryOne; where the “cotton” stealing villians, the criminals, were put in their place and learned a lesson about not taking from others what is not theirs unless offered with generosity
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Covering with chocolate must be delicious.
It could be 😊
💜 This is great info SupaSoulSis, there is a question I have though; why are cartoonists so mean about “Cotton Pickin” and, now I’m thinking Cartoons, cats, bears “fire breathing dragons” and rabbits et al tend to be treated mean 🤔 ? 😂🤣😅😆😁😄😃😀🙂 🙃😉😊
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So true, 😊😅
We’ve got some cotton fields in this county, too. More cotton grown further east. Cotton prefers a sandy soil to red clay.
That is good to learn, I was wondering if it just needed the warmer climate of the south, I did not think of the soil. It is amazing to learn that it is grown all across the south, all the way to Texas.
Yep. Coastal states do it, well. Central NC is full of red clay. Tobacco seems to do OK. I can’t speak for the midwest. Unsure of their soil.
I live where it is mostly clay, not much for crops there at all.
That’s when you build raised beds with potting soil…or, have a greenhouse, if you aren’t a large producer. Higher elevation will affect crop growth, too.
My maternal grandparents were farmers. My grandmother was forever snatching cuttings from plants, wherever she went. She could grow anything, cook anything and sew anything.
Yes, I have a raised bed for a few things to grow, our growing season is so short in the Upper Pennisula of Michigan, it is hard to grow things without a green house.
Yeah. You are in cold territory. Green houses help, greatly. I couldn’t live up north. I’m too attached to southern, coastal living…even if said coast is three hours away. HA! Then, there are the hurricanes…sigh
Yes, that is why we are in the south every winter now since we retired. I don’t miss shoveling snow at all. 😊
I’ll bet!
These cotton fields look like they are covered in snow.
Yes, they are so pretty right now. 😊
I’m 83 and when I was twelve I started picking cotton in south georiga,we picked all day from sun up to sun down,and I could never pick 100 lbs.it was always in the 80’ies or 90’lbs.i could never reach my goal,that meant I got paid 80 or 90cent,for a days work!
Wow, that is hard work for that amount of pay. The younger generation doesn’t know what hard work like that is. My first job I was 12 years old also, I picked strawberries, the goal was to get one row done and we would get 10cents a pint. I never would make a row and I ate some of my work so that did not help either. Thank you for sharing Barbara.
Up here it is wintertime ….
And I do enjoy my cotton clothes!
Kind regards,
Me to, 😊
A good informative post. Thank you, Sandra
You are very welcome Don, I love seeing the cotton fields when we travel south. Merry Christmas to you as well Don. Have a wonderful day.
Cool post, Sandra! We are in the midst of cotton harvesting here in West Texas too. Mike has worked in the cotton industry since he was in high school. It’s pretty interesting how it’s grown, processed, and used. Most of the cotton grown around here is made into denim.
I am always fascinated to see cotton plants. Just the fact it grows on a plant and then it is turned into material. Plus it is just pretty to see in the fields. My research said that Texas is number 1 in quantity of cotton.
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Have a great weekend, Sandra !
You also Francine, thank you 😊
This brings up memories. I stayed for an extended period in both Ochlocknee, Georgia and Roscoe, Texas, both in cotton country. Thanks for the post.
You are very welcome Paul, I love seeing the cotton fields. They are pretty at harvest time. Have a wonderful day Paul.
Wow! That’s so cool. (I was way off with my black walnut guess!)
But it does have the shape and color of the shell covering on a walnut. 😊
Realy impressive to see these coton fields…. it looks like it has been snowing 🙂
It amazes me every time to see cotton growing on plants. Yes the fields look like snow to me also 🙂
fascinating! interesting to see the cotton ball before it bursts open. not something we have around here.
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I thought so also, cotton fields are so pretty. 🙂