Cotton Fields

We biked by a cotton field the other day.

We were able to get up close to the plants this time.

 I don't what what I thought the cotton plant was...but it is like a flower...the buds open...and you have cotton flowers...

I don't know why but this just intrigues me!!
On the outskirts of Yuma...they have cotton all bundled up...

I was shopping for batting for quilts...and I found Cotton Quilt Batting ...grown in the USA.... Maybe it was grown right here in Yuma....

I realize the 'crop' is no different than grain...but it's so new to me I'm in awe!

Cotton Field

Yuma is the Winter Vegetable Capital of the World.....
but did you know cotton is also grown in Yuma....
We didn't know that until last spring...apparently they grow the cotton in the summer when it's to hot for the veggies....

This fall we came upon a .. Cotton Field...

This was a first for me.... I had never seen a cotton field!