An old friend recently visited her family in Alabama, where she described the "fields of leftover cotton winking in the wind" as s...
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Ho-Ho-Harvest?
I've taken quite a few photos of harvested fruits and vegetables over the years, but this is perhaps the most unique combination -- bell...
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Breaking Bolls in My Illinois Garden
It's official. I grew Alabama cotton in my Illinois home garden. Yesterday, as I watered my containers with an enthusiasm muted by the ...
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Bolled Over
If you had asked me three months ago, when my first cotton seedlings were zapped by a late spring frost , if I thought I'd be successful...
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Sunday Morning Surprise
This weekend is the first in about a month that I've been able to take a leisurely Sunday morning walk through my garden. Aside from an ...
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Some Like It Hot
We're about midway through our growing season, and the garden is starting to show signs of frustration with the abnormally high temperat...
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Should Have Known Better
I've heard it a thousand times. May 15 is the frost-free date for our Zone 5 garden. So when I put four of my cotton seedlings out when ...
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Feeling a Little More Southern Than the Day Before
A week ago, I planted twelve cotton seeds, four each in three 20 ounce party cups filled with soil, as I started my quest to grow Alabama co...
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Can a Connecticut Yankee Grow a Dixie Crop in a Midwestern Garden?
Last fall, I wrote about a friend of mine whose incredulity reached new heights when she learned that I had never seen cotton growing or fe...
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