This canebrake rattlesnake wanted to be sure we knew he was there.
![[Would be well-hidden but was loud]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-12-10--6431-quarterman-road-canebrake-rattlesnake/20251210_165238.jpg)
Would be well-hidden but was loud
We being me and River the Carolina Dog (that’s a breed).
River wanted to investigate further, but came back when I called.
A Crotalus horridus is nothing for a 73-pound dog to mess with.
Here’s a video:
A freeze is predicted for tonight, so yesterday we cut the sugarcane and bedded it down for the winter.
That means we buried it a few inches deep to keep it from freezing.
But we kept some cane for squeezing juice to boil to make cane syrup.
River helped. The other dogs thought it was boring.
Gretchen explains:
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![[Cutting Sugar Cane, Some to squeeze and boil for syrup, Most to bed overwinter, to plant in the spring 2025-11-09]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting/fbmany.jpg)