tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725185168123342341.post2422031990649703665..comments2024-03-27T19:12:49.160-04:00Comments on Hibiscus House: Cotton Pickin Friends and WreathHIBISCUS HOUSEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16837055484501484003noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725185168123342341.post-75246096586424259562014-11-19T19:33:14.061-05:002014-11-19T19:33:14.061-05:00They have harvested just about all of the cotton a...They have harvested just about all of the cotton around us but don't seem to be in any hurry here. It will probably be soon. It is so much more prettier now in full open white...than it was in my header shots...guess I should have waited. Yes they have machinery to pick the cotton now for sure...I haven't seen many fields of tobacco only a few recently. They don't grow it here as much now for sure as they did when I was younger. I remember working that sticky stuff at my granddaddy's barn. It would always be wet in the morning when they would take a tractor with drag and many hands to harvest the tobacco. I remember the boys wanting to drive the tractor...that must have been THE job to have. I always handed a little sticky yucky bundle to the older women who would string the tobacco onto tobacco sticks. That was to be my dream job to be a stringer...lol...They stopped stringing it before I grew old enough to string...(lucky me, no I mean really lucky me) I hated working in tobacco. They would hang it in the tobacco barns to cure with heat...then take it to the pack house and the women would take off the tobacco as they called it...pull it off the sticks it was strung so it just pulled off easily. I did get to take it off the stick and actually it was fun and smelled kinda good. Then they would put it in a burlap sheet tie it up weigh it I think and take it to the tobacco market...where people auctioneers walked and bid on tobacco...the boys usually got to go to the market...but I went once or twice.<br />You just brought up some memories Kathy! I've personally never grown any...<br />HIBISCUS HOUSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837055484501484003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725185168123342341.post-5308323713741208492014-11-19T18:24:33.901-05:002014-11-19T18:24:33.901-05:00Will they come harvest the field soon? I assume t...Will they come harvest the field soon? I assume they use equipment there now, don't they? They used to grow tobacco in Missouri, my mom remembers going to the barns where it was hung to dry. We had a scientist friend that worked for the Danforth Center (Monsanto) gave us some tobacco seed: Missouri Twist Bud and Burley. We grew it on the slope down the back of our drive and it is so pretty when it blooms. We never did dry it, seeing that we don't smoke and have nowhere to hang it.Kathy Felsted Usherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725185168123342341.post-48939943163910861112014-11-17T00:08:43.213-05:002014-11-17T00:08:43.213-05:00Thank you so much Marissa! Oh, I'll bet your m...Thank you so much Marissa! Oh, I'll bet your mom could tell some stories. I had family members that picked also but I never did. We worked in tobacco a lot back then..I didn't like that much, but have fond memories of people working, talking together. That was fun. Always good to hear from you!HIBISCUS HOUSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16837055484501484003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725185168123342341.post-35765663382202074162014-11-15T10:40:40.701-05:002014-11-15T10:40:40.701-05:00Gorgeous wreath!
My mom picked cotton for many yea...Gorgeous wreath!<br />My mom picked cotton for many years. She was a migrant worker and has the fondest memories. <br />What beautiful memories you and your friends have to treasure.<br />Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07393101640348893129noreply@blogger.com