Two Kids and a Map

Traveling down the street, across the country, and around the world with two kids and sharing our stories.

Awhile back, we visited a small scale sustainable farm in Walnut Hill, Florida. When we were driving home, we drove past this:

It took me a second to realize what it was in that form! Can you tell what it is?

Does this help?

Here is a hint! Everytime I drive past one of these fields I think of two things: 1) Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind and 2) marshmallows!

Doesn’t that kind of resemble a big fluffy marshmallow?!?!

Yup…that is cotton! To learn more about the cotton process, take a look at this downloadable .pdf file Cotton: From Field to Fabric.

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on 29 Jan 2010 at 1:25 am 1.Lucia said …

Yes, a field of marshmellows….wouldn’t that be delightful! Always fun to see how things grow. Thanks for sharing.
on 29 Jan 2010 at 9:09 am 2.Amy @ The Q Family said …

We drove past a cotton farm on the way from Atlanta down to Florida and it looks so nice. Wouldn’t it be nice if they are really marshmallow?
on 29 Jan 2010 at 1:04 pm 3.Amy @ pitstops for kids said …

Very cool. For a girl from the NW, cotton fields are iconic of The Deep South. I think of Gone with the Wind, too!
on 29 Jan 2010 at 8:58 pm 4.amida said …

I would love to squish one of those. I wonder if they feel more like cotton candy or cotton ball?
on 31 Jan 2010 at 10:45 am 5.Dominique said …

Wow! It looked like a bit Styrofoam brick to me at first.