• Word Pearls: Tobacco Farming Autumn Memories      by
 • October 16, 2013 • 600's Applied Science, 630's Agriculture,
DONNA'S COLUMNS, DONNA'S DECIMAL SYSTEM, Word Pearls • 0
Comments      Autumn causes me to revisit my memories of growing
up on a tobacco farm more than any other season of the year.
More than early springtime when seeds were sown in a “plant bed”
and then covered with a big white sheet providing nurturing
shelter for strong, healthy plant development, and more than the
early summer, when those plants were transplanted into fields of
uniform rows. Even more than the late summer, which you would
think would provide the most prolific memories because that was
when the bulk of the work was performed in bringing in the
majority of the harvest.      But, no, it was the fall that
carved the shape of a tobacco leaf into my soul.      During the
fall, the last of the “pullings” would take place, meaning what
leaves were remaining on the stalk were harvested and placed in
the barns for curing.      Pe