Calf Raising...

I believe we'd go hungry if my husband had to make his living by being a welder.... Or a mechanic... **Note to self: Buy more Greased Lightning...lots of Greased Lightning** *All of the above took place just because my windshield wipers weren't spraying water on the windshield. Parts were being thrown all over the shop floor, because they "served no purpose" and we didn't "need them". Hmmm...I wonder why the manufacturer put them in there if they don't serve a purpose..." But, if there's one thing he can do...Eric can farm! Being as how he's a third-generation farmer, it was just what he was destined to do. So, I guess that the reason he's so great at it is because it's in his blood. At Cooter Creek, Eric farms row-crops. We have corn.... **This is actually how all of my houseplants look! But, unlike my plants, this is how you actually want your corn to look.

And, we have peanuts....

Mmmm....I cannot wait to boil these babies when they get a little bigger...

And, of course, we have cotton. Lots & lots of cotton.....

Did you know that a cotton only blooms for two days? On the first day, it looks like this...

...a pretty, white flower.

On the second day, it turns a pinkish-purple color....

Then, it falls off & forms a small, hard boll... This boll will grow & eventually bust open with snow-white cotton. (I'll have to post a picture of that later in the fall.) But, trust me, it's beautiful!

At Cooter Creek, we only farm row-crops. We do not raise livestock of any kind. No cows, horses, pigs, chickens, etc...

But, we do have calves...

Boy, do we ever know how to raise some calves around this farm... **Note to self: Please try to remind Eric that brown dress socks are really not cool with sandals...but the calves do make up for it!**