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:
https://youtu.be/Pk1unm9K1nU?si=6R49ymVJQ-O4jEqf Continue reading
The watering house indicates the rows with cane. They also continue beyond the middle where the hoses start.
![[Watering hose just before the rains]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2025-05-09--planted-sugarcane/20250509_170917.jpg)
Watering hose just before the rains
This was just before the rains started. Three inches so far, so no hose watering since then.
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Terry Davis cut the cane because of frost.
He ground the cane,
then Mr. Tucker lit the fire under the bowl;
Gretchen took pictures.
Here's
a video playlist:
Cane grinding with Terry Davis and Mr. Tucker in Berrien County, Georgia, 16 November 2012.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms.
And here's a slideshow of still pictures:
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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)