Even though we had a lot of our Sorghum cane ruined this year by deer running through our field and bedding down in it, we got some good syrup made and I'm happy with the results.
Sorghum has historically been known as "poor man's sugar". We seriously take for granted the easily purchased cheap sugar in white granular form that you find at the store. White sugar crystals or cubed sugar was only reserved for the tables of the rich and wealthy in America just 100 years ago and beyond. Farmers, pioneers and homesteaders instead grew Sorghum or other types of cane sugar to satisfy their sweet tooth.
In northern climates, you had a larger industry of syrup production from trees like the maple. But in the south and much of middle America, people grew cane sugar. Aside from bee keeping which can be dated back to the ancient Egyptians, these were how much of the world got its sugar.
Here are some of the pictures of our harvest this year. The whole family helps out!
TuboBiz Juicer.
This is Joshua (@thehomeschoolkid) helping to feed some cane into the
Into the bucket the precious juice flows. We fill the bucket and then pour it into the Evaporator where it will cook and make that fantastic syrup!
Look at all that beautiful cane sugar! The juice itself is very tasty if you want to drink it. And healthy too! It's very high in Iron!
All this seed needs to be saved. We stack the cane up and then the boys will come by with clippers and cut off the stalks of the seeds tops and drop them into a container. The seeds will later be stripped off and sold on our website.
Look at all those seeds. We will have enough to plant next year and sell a lot of them on our website to customers.
HOMESTEAD PUMPKINS
No only do we have a lot of sorghum seeds and a good amount of syrup, but we also harvested a LOT of our pumpkins this fall. It was literally a mountain on top of our table and we have these stashed all over the house right now. Jaimie is canning them little by little and we are giving some away to friends and family.
They are great for cooking and for keeping in jars. We use them for soups, dinner meals, breads and of course they make amazing pumpkin pie. Pumpkins are great for being used in either sweet or savory dishes.
Is that you back there, honey? This picture was taken after just coming in with the last of the pumpkin harvest. She and I and the boys were tired. These things are heavy!
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If you would like to try some of our homestead seeds, you can purchase them on our website using Steem! Paypal or a credit card works too. Especially if you have children, give the sorghum seeds a try. They will love chewing on the sweet cane in the fall. They should grow in most of the U.S. except for some of the northern states.
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WOW brother NICE WORK!! I do not miss a post and you can look back I upvote all your post. Just not the best on commenting. Thank you for the blessing you guys share with us. I did resteem. God Bless
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Correct me if I am wrong, but the seeds of sorghum can be toasted and used in granola or mixed with other grains for breakfast cereal.
You are correct. Some varieties can even be popped like popcorn or ground into flour to make bread. It's gluten free!
We live in the land of the sugar beet here. I’ve thought about making our own sugar/syrup a try from that one day. You must all have a lot of fun there on the homestead! There’s always pictures of you with a goofy face lol
We try to have fun! Homesteading can be hard work and trying at times. You just have to maintain that good attitude! :) thanks for the comment!
I used to work for Pioneer Seeds as a summer job in high school. Is the sorghum they sell the same stuff?
Probably not, there are hundreds of varieties of cane sugar and sorghum. I don't even know what variety this is. It came from a woman who didn't speak english. LOL
I was unclear...I didn't mean the same variety...I mean the same plant species..
Nice size pumpkins! Will definitely have to try some of your seeds as well, thanks for sharing!
Keep us posted on your results!
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At times you have stated that you have Sugar Cane and at others you have Sorghum. Do you have both or did you finally arrive at an identification for one seed? Evidently, sorghum produces syrup, while sugar cane makes molasses? Interesting post. What plans do you have to stop the trampling in the future?
You are the best family, we need more like yours! Happy Harvest!
Wow ... Happy harvesting very abundant results. I really like the sweets from sugarcane juice and I am amazed by the enormous pumpkins from your garden. You are a very successful farmer. Hopefully also will be successful also in steemit. Greetings know and thank you for sharing something very interesting @mericanhomestead.
That extractor is the bomb!
I just may have to bite the bullet and get some of those seeds, might use some of my sbd to do it... tweeted to share to others.
Wow Huge Pumpkins! Hope You Got A Rest!! Ps. Nice Picture Of You!
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That's a great harvest and it makes all the effort wort while. I found you here from watching you on Now you see tv.
Thanks for the article, nice harvest! I forgot about the sorghum seeds I got last season. Hopefully they are still viable.
Time to toast some pumpkin seed too. Great harvest.