Adding to j’s comment, I’m wondering how mulch would work? Here in MN, using a thich straw mulch in the veggie garden keeps mine virtually weed free. I understand that mulch doesn’t work with every crop, every soil type, or every climate, but it’s a thought. In addition to keeping the weeding to next to nothing, it moderates soil temperature, helps to conserve water, and when it breaks down, feeds the soil. Up front, it means an extra day of work (and that work is STILL easier than the weeding kind of work) for me, but what it saves me in time alone over the course of the summer from not having to weed, makes it way, way worth it.

Best of luck in this venture.

Love your way of thinking.

I have farmed for most of my adult life, in some form or another, whether it be scouting cotton in the Delta to pay for college, milking cows, or just plain gardening. This is the first year I have grown a garden organically, and it actually was not that hard.

Just a few questions:

Where is organically grown cotton ginned at in the US? Is this something that small farmers in the US could do, say with 3 or 4 acres? Returns? I know you may not know the answer to these questions, but I am very interested in your ideas from the ag side of it.

Russ Garner