Such many memories Where is the mule? lol my 95 yr old mama enjoyed watching and remembering her childhood on SC farm making sugar cane syrup. My memory was going to a great uncle's farm and his cutting a piece of sugar cane for me. The only time I ever had it as my granddaddy died the next year. I still remember how wonderful a 7 yr old girl thought it was some 60 yrs later
@@DeepSouthHomestead lol I knew that. I have seen pictures of the mule doing the job you used the lawnmower. FYI my granddaddy planted 40 acres in cotton and tobacco plus other crops with a plow and mule. cira 1950's. I enjoy watching your info
This is a first time that I have seen sugar cane planted and harvested. I am so thankful to yall for making videos about this process. I have learned something new. I have always said you can learn something new every day. Thank you so very much.
Oh my goodness! I am so excited! I have been searching for sugar cane to grow for several years. I know where we live there used to be a sugar can "farm", but I haven't found any growing wild. I have a million questions, but I want to watch all the videos to see if I can get my answers first! Thank you for sharing this!
That’s pretty amazing what you are doing with your place. I regret not having the knowledge and ability to do all that y’all do when I was younger. I’m still able to do canning and I really enjoy doing it. My arthritis doesn’t allow me to do much else. As long as my husband is able to do the garden and harvesting we’ll get by.
Fred Marvin makes bombproof pruners that are made for the tree industry. It would be much easier than balancing in a scoop while using loppers. You can cut your own pole for the pruner head to like 4' for the perfect reach on that cane. Can also use it at ground level to avoid bending over and putting unnecessary strain on your backs. Just a thought, not trying to sell anything.
I watched you making the syrup last year. This one was more detailed and with Amanda filming we got to see the inside of the press. It is amazing to think except for the mule that is the same way our forefathers made cane syrup 100's of years ago. Looking at all your jars of syrup makes me want a plate of pancakes and some cane syrup. LOL Sure is going to be mighty tasty this winter.
I ❤️ watching u guys. The two of u teach me so much. I come from a small town in Georgia. I’ve always wanted to live of the land. However, I ended up in Atlanta thanks to my mom. This is how I should of grown up. 🤔
We made syrup for half the County but on Larger Quantities when we finished the Syrup we Made People couldn't believe how clear it was and how great it taste. We used wood for the Fire and a Similar Grinding Mill...............it was awesome Syrup
Excellent video never watched sugar cane being processed .You all work good as a team, Danny Wanda and Amanda awesome job. Love to have some of that syrup . God bless all of you.💕🌈🌻
Hello. I was wondering what kind of cleaning and maintenance you guys have to do to keep your press in good shape? Does it stay out year round or do you cover it or put it away when you arent using it? It would be awesome if you were able to borrow a mule or donkey to help out once a year.
This is truly amazing!! You grew and processed it all yourself. I've been trying to find a way to make a sweetener myself but i live in a cooooold climate with single crop growing season on our property so growing sugar cane is out. i even have trouble growing beets between june-september(frost on either side). This video is so inspiring. Maybe i need to just really go hog wild on growing stevia? I really appreciate you showing us all this amazing work you did with this crop!! Way to go all!!
Enjoy your down to earth videos. Just started growing cane this year and learning alot. Bought some stalks at a farmers market today only to find out that some of the stalks had the growth nodes already removed. Not happy but at least I got a few to plant and learned a lesson in the process. Now, I'm a little confused about the topping off process featured here. Why risk falling off the tractor when you can just cut the stalks down and then cut off the tops? Is this part of a process to sweeten the cane somehow? Is there a time gap between topping and cutting down?
Great video! We need to watch the playlist so we can plant the cane we ordered from ya'll correctly and get familiar with the whole process before it's time to harvest. Danny do you have a recommendation for the juicer? This video doesn't come close to the hard work and time it took ya'll. Thanks for finding the time to film it while working. ❤
Hi there. My Granddaddy used to make sorghum when he lived in North Carolina. I have a question. First we moved to Central America now and we live across the street from a sugar cane plantation. My question is Is your sugar cane a perennial? They harvest the sugarcane the end of January or February. The men use machetes here to cut the cane.
Looks delicious. I remember back in the day when my mom use to warm up what I think was homemade syrup for pancakes. It was soo good! I have no idea what she used or how she did it. I saw that you used cloth hot pot holders. You should get some silicone holders or mittens. You won't get burned with those and if you get the square ones you can use them as jar openers as well. Oh and have you thought of maybe using a couple of donkeys or horses where they take turns getting exercise while turning the mill? Just trying to be helpful. Hugs (:
Forgive me for the naive question but, why heat up the liquid? Could you simply drink the juices that come from the plant as it is being crushed? I loved the video!
This may be even more laborious than making maple syrup! What is the ratio of juice to syrup using canes? For maple syrup it is about 32 sap to 1 syrup.
Is there any reason why you don't double press the sugar cane? In other video's I see them folding the pressed cane over and putting it through the press a second time.
Danny I was wondering why you are topping the cain while it is still standing? I grew up on a sugarcane farm and old enough to remember before there were cain cutters and everything was cut by hand. The way my family did it was to cut the cain with a cain knife then top it once it was on the ground. Just curious !
@Steve Slade No we cut first then put the tops between the rows under the cut cane which was across 2 rows this would only burn the shucks off the cane and not boil the cane stalks. I know when I lived in Hawaii they burnt first I didn't see any difference in the 2 methods. but they also cut first then topped. In Louisiana and in Hawaii they used cain knives which has a wide thin blade and a hook on the back side to move the cain around.
TEAM Work ! It is so interesting to watch this done . I know it is a lot of work . If you are selling this on Etsy what do I put in to get to your site ? Sure looks good and something you just don't get any place . Thanks for the great video . Will Hank munch on a stick of cane ? Blessings to you all , Linda
That's pretty cool I was thinking of growing some sugar cane in my small space garden here in AZ. Do you have to pressure can it once you put it in the jar and how long does it last?
What varieties of cane are you growing in this video? I'm growing sugar cane for the first time and I just planted some a week ago (Zone 9a). Someone gave me some Morgan Red stalks and a Purple Ribbon stalk. I bought a stalk at an outdoor market but I don't know what variety it is. I loved watching your video; very informative especially on how to harvest the cane and remove the leaves. Just subbed to your channel. Thanks for posting this video. ☺☺
We have 2 vaieties, one is a chewing cane and one for making syrup. Danny got them many years ago and the person didn't know the name but it had been in his family for many years.
Hay Danny, have you ever tried planting some sorghum for syrup, you have got all the Equpment and they have some bug poison out now that will control the Aphid , you don't have to answer, just something to think about.
Such many memories Where is the mule? lol my 95 yr old mama enjoyed watching and remembering her childhood on SC farm making sugar cane syrup. My memory was going to a great uncle's farm and his cutting a piece of sugar cane for me. The only time I ever had it as my granddaddy died the next year. I still remember how wonderful a 7 yr old girl thought it was some 60 yrs later
Can't afford to feed a mule for a year to use for a couple of days.
@@DeepSouthHomestead lol I knew that. I have seen pictures of the mule doing the job you used the lawnmower. FYI my granddaddy planted 40 acres in cotton and tobacco plus other crops with a plow and mule. cira 1950's. I enjoy watching your info
This is a first time that I have seen sugar cane planted and harvested. I am so thankful to yall for making videos about this process. I have learned something new. I have always said you can learn something new every day. Thank you so very much.
The BEST video on sugar cane processing i've seen! Thanks Ya'll!!
I know the work is hard. Praying for all of you. Renewed health and energy. Blessings to you and your land. Claudia
Wanda and Amanda did great cutting the cane and the pigs seemed happy 😃 Awesome looking cane syrup!
Oh my goodness! I am so excited! I have been searching for sugar cane to grow for several years. I know where we live there used to be a sugar can "farm", but I haven't found any growing wild. I have a million questions, but I want to watch all the videos to see if I can get my answers first! Thank you for sharing this!
Thankyou guys for doing your part to keep this heritage alive. God bless you.
Wanda has excellent eye and hand coordination in topping off the cane!
Thanks, practice each year.
That’s pretty amazing what you are doing with your place. I regret not having the knowledge and ability to do all that y’all do when I was younger. I’m still able to do canning and I really enjoy doing it. My arthritis doesn’t allow me to do much else. As long as my husband is able to do the garden and harvesting we’ll get by.
You are doing great to grow and can things. We can do what we can do. We don't need to expect to do more.
Marie, drink birch sap and apply some on your arthritis. Tell me if this makes you feel better
Fred Marvin makes bombproof pruners that are made for the tree industry. It would be much easier than balancing in a scoop while using loppers.
You can cut your own pole for the pruner head to like 4' for the perfect reach on that cane. Can also use it at ground level to avoid bending over and putting unnecessary strain on your backs. Just a thought, not trying to sell anything.
This is truely a dying art. Thanks...God bless!
I watched you making the syrup last year. This one was more detailed and with Amanda filming we got to see the inside of the press. It is amazing to think except for the mule that is the same way our forefathers made cane syrup 100's of years ago. Looking at all your jars of syrup makes me want a plate of pancakes and some cane syrup. LOL Sure is going to be mighty tasty this winter.
THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE ❤ 😍 💜 💖 THANK-YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!!
Watching this video again.Wanda and Amanda good job. God bless
Ms. Wanda & Amanda are hard workers. Hope y'all have a great yield of syrup.
I ❤️ watching u guys. The two of u teach me so much. I come from a small town in Georgia. I’ve always wanted to live of the land. However, I ended up in Atlanta thanks to my mom. This is how I should of grown up. 🤔
Is there a reason you don’t cut the canes down first and then top them when they’re on the ground?
Wanda is awesome. You all are. That last scene, all jarred up, what a beautiful sight.
Very interesting process. Thank you for sharing with us. God Bless You All.
We made syrup for half the County but on Larger Quantities when we finished the Syrup we Made People couldn't believe how clear it was and how great it taste. We used wood for the Fire and a Similar Grinding Mill...............it was awesome Syrup
Wanda, the wonder woman !! Great job!!
That was fascinating to watch! Made me want pancakes this morning..lol thanks for sharing
Amazing job you all did. Enjoy!
Excellent video never watched sugar cane being processed .You all work good as a team, Danny Wanda and Amanda awesome job. Love to have some of that syrup . God bless all of you.💕🌈🌻
What a blessing to me to see. And Wanda looking beautiful and all of 16.
Hello. I was wondering what kind of cleaning and maintenance you guys have to do to keep your press in good shape? Does it stay out year round or do you cover it or put it away when you arent using it? It would be awesome if you were able to borrow a mule or donkey to help out once a year.
😲 Wow...this is epic! You just opened up my mind!
That's a lot of work! :) Very cool watching process. Loved the gas "mule".
I just love you guys, we too are going to homestead in Washington and will still be watching
Very educational. Thanks for showing.
Great video Danny. Thanks for sharing.
That’s amazing. I wonder how far north sugar cane will grow? Thanks for sharing and teaching us these old methods.
Hard job but you all make it look easy!
This is truly amazing!! You grew and processed it all yourself. I've been trying to find a way to make a sweetener myself but i live in a cooooold climate with single crop growing season on our property so growing sugar cane is out. i even have trouble growing beets between june-september(frost on either side). This video is so inspiring. Maybe i need to just really go hog wild on growing stevia? I really appreciate you showing us all this amazing work you did with this crop!! Way to go all!!
Mad-Village Muller sounds like stevia is your best option.
From Lil Giant Stevia might be the way to go, for you, but I have an allergic reaction to it in the juices that add it. You also might try beekeeping.
I'm so dizzy, good song for crushing sugarcane.😊
Wanda is really good at cutting and snagging them tops.
Oh I would love to be there to help y'all it brings back memories ,Thanks for sharing God Bless
Is that blue ribbon cane?
Y'all work so hard! Bless y'all's hearts
Fascinating video to watch from harvest to canning!!!
Great-Gramma had a dipper like that (dipping from canner to boiling pans) she only pulled put when we were drinking from the rain barrel.
Oh how I love these videos and wish that we lived in an area that we could learn all that you and Ms Wanda do.
WATCHING THIS PROCESS IS SO WONDERFUL!!! ONLY THING BETTER WOULD BE TO BE THERE IN THE MIST OF ALL THE
GOOD STUFF!!
Mr. Danny, will you be selling any cane this year? Looking for some to plant. I've never grown it, but would like to give it a try. Thanks!
Rex Childers they have some for sale on their etsy store.
Catching up with some older video's. This is neat to watch.
Enjoy your down to earth videos. Just started growing cane this year and learning alot. Bought some stalks at a farmers market today only to find out that some of the stalks had the growth nodes already removed. Not happy but at least I got a few to plant and learned a lesson in the process. Now, I'm a little confused about the topping off process featured here. Why risk falling off the tractor when you can just cut the stalks down and then cut off the tops? Is this part of a process to sweeten the cane somehow? Is there a time gap between topping and cutting down?
Great informative video, thanks. Can this syrup be used in coffee and tea?
Great video! We need to watch the playlist so we can plant the cane we ordered from ya'll correctly and get familiar with the whole process before it's time to harvest. Danny do you have a recommendation for the juicer? This video doesn't come close to the hard work and time it took ya'll. Thanks for finding the time to film it while working. ❤
Hi there. My Granddaddy used to make sorghum when he lived in North Carolina. I have a question. First we moved to Central America now and we live across the street from a sugar cane plantation. My question is Is your sugar cane a perennial? They harvest the sugarcane the end of January or February. The men use machetes here to cut the cane.
Good syrup. I’ll be buying again this year!
Hard work for some yummy goodness. Great job guys!
Ha ha Wanda! This was one of my fav videos!!!!! Love y’all
Loved seeing the whole process!
Looks delicious. I remember back in the day when my mom use to warm up what I think was homemade syrup for pancakes. It was soo good! I have no idea what she used or how she did it. I saw that you used cloth hot pot holders. You should get some silicone holders or mittens. You won't get burned with those and if you get the square ones you can use them as jar openers as well. Oh and have you thought of maybe using a couple of donkeys or horses where they take turns getting exercise while turning the mill? Just trying to be helpful. Hugs (:
So you strip cane two weeks before topping? Do you wait for a frost to strip cane? Thanks
Wonderful job!
Good video! Thank you for posting.
I want to get some sugar cane to grow ❤❤❤👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Forgive me for the naive question but, why heat up the liquid? Could you simply drink the juices that come from the plant as it is being crushed? I loved the video!
Good job Mrs wonder
U teach me how to do mys thanks u
Very interesting
Ms WandA is an inspiration
This was an interesting video. It's too bad I live up north in MN. :) Thanks for sharing.
This may be even more laborious than making maple syrup! What is the ratio of juice to syrup using canes? For maple syrup it is about 32 sap to 1 syrup.
LOL, Wiggins, I'm setting here watching and y'all or only about 90 miles south of me in Newton.
Best clip on cain, rest up you guys....
Is there any reason why you don't double press the sugar cane? In other video's I see them folding the pressed cane over and putting it through the press a second time.
When people press it again they dont have the rollers set right. Mine is set to squeeze it all the first time.
Danny I was wondering why you are topping the cain while it is still standing? I grew up on a sugarcane farm and old enough to remember before there were cain cutters and everything was cut by hand. The way my family did it was to cut the cain with a cain knife then top it once it was on the ground. Just curious !
@Steve Slade No we cut first then put the tops between the rows under the cut cane which was across 2 rows this would only burn the shucks off the cane and not boil the cane stalks. I know when I lived in Hawaii they burnt first I didn't see any difference in the 2 methods. but they also cut first then topped. In Louisiana and in Hawaii they used cain knives which has a wide thin blade and a hook on the back side to move the cain around.
@Steve Slade We used to sit on the headlands waiting for rabbits and was visited by skunks also on a few occasion.
TEAM Work ! It is so interesting to watch this done . I know it is a lot of work . If you are selling this on Etsy what do I put in to get to your site ? Sure looks good and something you just don't get any place . Thanks for the great video . Will Hank munch on a stick of cane ? Blessings to you all , Linda
We hope to have some on etsy in a week or so. deepsouthhomestead.etsy.com
This was a very good video! Thank you for sharing! How do you process the chewing cane?
Its processed the same way. It just makes a darker and sweeter cane syrup.
Did you plant as seeds or cuttings
Danny
After you cut the cane, do you have to replant more cane?
Or will it keep growing back year after year ???
Can press made in Columbus, Ga. That's where I live. All the mills are gone now.
Do the goats eat the stuff you remove? Seems like it would make good kindling.
That's pretty cool I was thinking of growing some sugar cane in my small space garden here in AZ. Do you have to pressure can it once you put it in the jar and how long does it last?
I am making some right now! What is the temperature that I need to take it off?
What do you do with the fodder you got off the field
What varieties of cane are you growing in this video?
I'm growing sugar cane for the first time and I just planted some a week ago (Zone 9a). Someone gave me some Morgan Red stalks and a Purple Ribbon stalk. I bought a stalk at an outdoor market but I don't know what variety it is.
I loved watching your video; very informative especially on how to harvest the cane and remove the leaves.
Just subbed to your channel. Thanks for posting this video. ☺☺
We have 2 vaieties, one is a chewing cane and one for making syrup. Danny got them many years ago and the person didn't know the name but it had been in his family for many years.
@@DeepSouthHomestead Thank you. ☺
Do you have to weed it ? Or does it deter weed growth ? I’m buying some canes for our little farm this year
Thanks
Can you root the tops you cut off?
Is there a link to your products on Etsy ?
Deepsouthhomestead.etsy.com will get you to our store. Thanks
Great video
Have you ever processed the cane to actual sugar or does that require different equipment?
do you ever make mollasses
What type of cane did you plant and where did you get it from?
thnks
Thanks for sharing
Guestion!!???
Why can't you top the cane, when it's cut down!!!??
I live in Ohio. If making cane syrup is done here I don't know about it. This is fascinating to watch. What do you use the syrup for?
Does it grow back once u cut it down
Awesome!!!!
Hay Danny, have you ever tried planting some sorghum for syrup, you have got all the Equpment and they have some bug poison out now that will control the Aphid , you don't have to answer, just something to think about.
someone needs to get wanda a candy corn holder for that garden tractor. Little candy and coffee. :) So need to see this process.
I think a candy corn coffee holder would look great on the tractor. LOL
Do y'all rinse or clean out the mill after running the cane through?
Yes it gets washed before and after each use.
@@DeepSouthHomestead ,just hose it off I assume? No soap or anything? Just got my first mill setup, getting ready for next fall.
How do u like that ls tractor
That looks likes some good stuff.
Where did you get your stripper tool?
What month was this? Thanks.
2018 October probably
Why do you top them ??