ByBetty
An update is in order to see the beautiful blooms in our organic pima cotton.
We do need a rain, but the cotton is looking good for now. The blossom are turning from yellowish white to pink, and then to purple. Once they fall away there we be a square (don’t ask me why they call it that) which will produce the cotton boll. For now we can enjoy the blossoms.
Blessings,
Betty
Betty
2021 Texas Hemp Growers Association Field Day and photos of our organic cotton continuing to bloom.
Betty
Here is a #ThrowbackThursday from 2013 when Jessica Dupuy wrote an article about our family in 2013 for Edible Austin.
Betty
One lonely cotton plant in a West Texas vineyard… This really is a strange site. First all most of the plants you see here are grape vines. Dormant from the winter, the plants look like sticks without leaves on them tied to metal and bamboo poles and wires. But then … there it is ……
Betty
Our family got to be a part of a project done by Anvil Knitwear (http://www.anvilknitwear.com/.) By the way, if you watch the intro on their web site as it changes pictures you will see a picture of one of my daughters out in one of our cotton fields. So, let’s get back to the really…
Betty
Cliff and Betty attend Grape Camp 2010 at Newsom Vineyards while organic cotton harvest is underway at the farm.
Betty
I have been working on a post about using a hedger in the vineyard, but I can’t seem to get it all ready. I even have brix counts that I need to post. So for tonight (hmmm, seems to be early morning actually), here are a few pictures of the organic cotton. Betty See Full…