Cotton Planting 2013- The Seedlings Are Up!

   I wish I could explain to you how beautiful this is for me as a farmer.

The cotton seedlings are coming up. The weather this week has been a little unstable. It was windy and cold for a few days. Then beautifully warm. There is more wind on the way. I still haven't watered the trees here at the house. Too risky. We will wait until after this next wind storm.

In the meantime-
   We have been watering and fertilizing the wheat. We have also finally finished the replants in the orchard. Another busy week on the farm.

You Can Take the Kids Out of the Country…

By Paul H. Betancourt

Copyright January 2013

               I am proud of my kids. Neither one wants to farm and that’s OK. We raised them to be independent and they are good at it. What I have noticed is-you can take a kid out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the kid.

            Our daughter teaches fifth grade. Last summer she finishes a long, hard school year. Does she take a break? Nope. She spends three weeks painting the insides of her new home and then starts her masters program.

            Our son just finished five and a half years in the Army. Two of those five years were extended camping trips in Afghanistan. Not farming, but lots of long days working outdoors.

            Our son-in-law was raised on a turkey ranch. He worked for a food processor a good chunk of last year. He had a lot of ten, twelve and fourteen hour days. No clock punching for him.

            None of them farm, but they took the lessons they learned growing up on the farm and applied them in their work. You can take the kids out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the kids. Fortunately they learned a few good habits growing up on the farm.

I hope Y'all have a great week.