SORGHUM PRESSING AND PROCESSING @ ONION CREEK FARM: DAY ONE (A PICTORIAL)
As we reported earlier this week, the sorghum harvest at Onion Creek Farm began on Friday. Due to the drought that stretches far beyond Central Texas, Marianne received emails from as far as Georgia that there would be no harvest of their sweet stuff this year. Sorghum growers are few and far between, but they are a close-knit and passionate bunch. Thankfully, Onion Creek Farm's patch of "Honey Drip" Sweet Sorghum, an heirloom variety grown by folks in this area in the early 1900s, made it this year. Just before the first light of day yesterday, friends gathered in the sorghum fields of Onion Creek Farm to begin the three day process of making sorghum syrup or "molasses". One by one, each stalk was stripped by hand of its leaves, the seedheads remaining victoriously perched atop their waving columns. Melanie Cambron not only worked the field, she captured, in a sweet pictorial, the first day of the harvest.
Marianne, owner of Onion Creek Farm and hardest working farmer in the business, at sunrise just before the harvest began.
Farm worker Katy stripping the cane.
Sammy the cat getting Melanie back to work.
Snip the dog surveying progress.
The sorghum stripped. On Saturday, the pressing begins.
Stay tuned for Day 2!
Update: And Day 3!
Marianne, owner of Onion Creek Farm and hardest working farmer in the business, at sunrise just before the harvest began.
Sammy the cat getting Melanie back to work.
Snip the dog surveying progress.
Stay tuned for Day 2!
Update: And Day 3!
Posted by DSBabble.com at Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:02 AM 
Categories: onion creek farm stand
Tags: dripping springs onion creek farm sorghum molasses heirloom sorghum honey drip
Categories: onion creek farm stand
Tags: dripping springs onion creek farm sorghum molasses heirloom sorghum honey drip
Sorry couldn't stay longer. Many hands do indeed make merry work. Thanks for sharing the merriment with us all!
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