{"id":9917,"date":"2025-11-10T10:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9917"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:40:24","slug":"cutting-sugar-cane-2025-11-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/cutting-sugar-cane-2025-11-09.html","title":{"rendered":"Cutting Sugar Cane 2025-11-09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nA freeze is predicted for tonight, so yesterday we cut the sugarcane\r\nand bedded it down for the winter.\r\n<p>\r\nThat means we buried it a few inches deep to keep it from freezing.\r\n<p>\r\nBut we kept some cane for squeezing juice to boil to make cane syrup.\r\n<p>\r\nRiver helped.\r\nThe other dogs thought it was boring.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Cutting Sugar Cane, Some to squeeze and boil for syrup, Most to bed overwinter, to plant in the spring 2025-11-09\" name=\"MMM:Cutting-Sugar-Cane-Some-to-squeeze-and-boil-for-syrup-Most-to-bed-overwinter-to-plant-in-the-spring-20251109\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/fbmany.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/fbmany.jpg\"  alt=\"[Cutting Sugar Cane, Some to squeeze and boil for syrup, Most to bed overwinter, to plant in the spring 2025-11-09]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/fbmany.html\">Cutting Sugar Cane, Some to squeeze and boil for syrup, Most to bed overwinter, to plant in the spring 2025-11-09<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\nGretchen explains:\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Pk1unm9K1nU?si=6R49ymVJQ-O4jEqf\">\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Pk1unm9K1nU?si=6R49ymVJQ-O4jEqf<\/a><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pk1unm9K1nU?si=6R49ymVJQ-O4jEqf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<H4><a name=\"Cutting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/#Cutting\">Cutting<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Gretchen trimming leaves, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Gretchen-trimming-leaves-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_082612.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_082612.jpg\"  alt=\"[Gretchen trimming leaves, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_082612.html\">Gretchen trimming leaves, 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"River, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:River-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_082619.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_082619.jpg\"  alt=\"[River, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_082619.html\">River, 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Standing sugarcane, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Standing-sugarcane-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/581097637_25529916989927162_7970255421578952512_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/581097637_25529916989927162_7970255421578952512_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[Standing sugarcane, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/581097637_25529916989927162_7970255421578952512_n.html\">Standing sugarcane, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Gretchen, cane, River, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Gretchen-cane-River-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_084842.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_084842.jpg\"  alt=\"[Gretchen, cane, River, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_084842.html\">Gretchen, cane, River, 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Gretchen is pleased with this cane stalk, while River watches, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Gretchen-is-pleased-with-this-cane-stalk-while-River-watches-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085744.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_085744.jpg\"  alt=\"[Gretchen is pleased with this cane stalk, while River watches, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085744.html\">Gretchen is pleased with this cane stalk, while River watches, 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Gretchen says the canestalk has eyes (28M), 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Movie-Gretchen-says-the-canestalk-has-eyes-28M-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085747.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_085747.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Gretchen says the canestalk has eyes (28M), 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085747.html\">Movie: Gretchen says the canestalk has eyes (28M), 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"River helping, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:River-helping-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/579973527_25529917186593809_8673699033261311498_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/579973527_25529917186593809_8673699033261311498_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[River helping, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/579973527_25529917186593809_8673699033261311498_n.html\">River helping, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Save that one to squeeze juice, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Save-that-one-to-squeeze-juice-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085817.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_085817.jpg\"  alt=\"[Save that one to squeeze juice, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085817.html\">Save that one to squeeze juice, 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Grind this canestalk for juice to boil to make cane syrup (14M), 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"Cutting:Movie-Grind-this-canestalk-for-juice-to-boil-to-make-cane-syrup-14M-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085820.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_085820.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Grind this canestalk for juice to boil to make cane syrup (14M), 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_085820.html\">Movie: Grind this canestalk for juice to boil to make cane syrup (14M), 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<H4><a name=\"More\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/#More\">More<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Most of the planted cane cut, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:Most-of-the-planted-cane-cut-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578939748_25529916186593909_8617706984907709110_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578939748_25529916186593909_8617706984907709110_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[Most of the planted cane cut, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578939748_25529916186593909_8617706984907709110_n.html\">Most of the planted cane cut, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"margin-left:1em;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top\">\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"All the planted cane cut, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:All-the-planted-cane-cut-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578786316_25529916919927169_183614632169888516_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/578786316_25529916919927169_183614632169888516_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[All the planted cane cut, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578786316_25529916919927169_183614632169888516_n.html\">All the planted cane cut, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"jsq cutting sugarcane, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:jsq-cutting-sugarcane-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578432700_25529916183260576_7055807214358043550_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/578432700_25529916183260576_7055807214358043550_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[jsq cutting sugarcane, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578432700_25529916183260576_7055807214358043550_n.html\">jsq cutting sugarcane, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"All the sugarcane cut, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:All-the-sugarcane-cut-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578553267_25529917213260473_3017302210257541558_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/578553267_25529917213260473_3017302210257541558_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[All the sugarcane cut, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578553267_25529917213260473_3017302210257541558_n.html\">All the sugarcane cut, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Good looking sugarcane, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:Good-looking-sugarcane-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578245894_25529917409927120_8752777439356115491_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/578245894_25529917409927120_8752777439356115491_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[Good looking sugarcane, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/578245894_25529917409927120_8752777439356115491_n.html\">Good looking sugarcane, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"jsq and the cane bed, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:jsq-and-the-cane-bed-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/577952339_25529916416593886_6302530123565209843_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/577952339_25529916416593886_6302530123565209843_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[jsq and the cane bed, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/577952339_25529916416593886_6302530123565209843_n.html\">jsq and the cane bed, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Sugarcane in the bed, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:Sugarcane-in-the-bed-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/579662683_25529916716593856_1614606741060622167_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/579662683_25529916716593856_1614606741060622167_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[Sugarcane in the bed, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/579662683_25529916716593856_1614606741060622167_n.html\">Sugarcane in the bed, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"jsq adding cane to the bed, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF\" name=\"More:jsq-adding-cane-to-the-bed-20251109-Gretchen-Quarterman-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/579907217_25529916436593884_2514064824336673643_n.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/579907217_25529916436593884_2514064824336673643_n.jpg\"  alt=\"[jsq adding cane to the bed, 2025-11-09 --Gretchen Quarterman for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/579907217_25529916436593884_2514064824336673643_n.html\">jsq adding cane to the bed, 2025-11-09 &#8211;Gretchen Quarterman for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"float:left;text-align:center;padding-left:0.25em;padding-right:0.25em;width:315px;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Most of the cane bedded until planting in the spring, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF\" name=\"More:Most-of-the-cane-bedded-until-planting-in-the-spring-20251109-jsq-for-OPF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_173331.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"300\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/small\/20251109_173331.jpg\"  alt=\"[Most of the cane bedded until planting in the spring, 2025-11-09 --jsq for OPF]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2025-11-09--sugar-cane-cutting\/20251109_173331.html\">Most of the cane bedded until planting in the spring, 2025-11-09 &#8211;jsq for OPF<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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. 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