Growing Cotton?

[Mortblanc]

"Super easy?"

planting, growing, chopping, picking, ginning, carding, spinning, weaving all in a year long labor intensive process that requires a minimum of 220 frost free days and rain at just the exact right moment and dry at just the exact right moment.

I grew up in the "sunny south" of the US, which is the largest export area of cotton in the world. I can attest that there is not one single aspect of growing cotton that is "super easy". Working cotton is the agricultural equivalent to a bad horror film. We even write songs about escaping the cotton fields!

Stick to wool and flax, they are better suited for your climate and as self sufficient crops.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aByT3YjMjY

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One good side effect of working cotton,

Escaping cotton field workers are responsible for developing Blues, R&B, Rock and Roll and most modern country music.